Marek Józef Gróbarczyk (born 13 March 1968 in

Nowy Sącz Nowy Sącz (; hu, Újszandec; yi, Tzanz, צאַנז; sk, Nový Sonč; german: Neu-Sandez) is a city in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship of southern Poland. It is the district capital of Nowy Sącz County as a separate administrative unit. It has ...

) is a Polish

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and

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, who served as a Minister of Maritime Economy in

Prime Minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister is ...

Jarosław Kaczyński Jarosław Aleksander Kaczyński (; born 18 June 1949) is a Polish politician who is currently serving as leader of the Law and Justice party (known by its Polish acronym PiS), which he co-founded in 2001 with his twin brother, Lech Kaczyński, ...

's government and has served the same role in the

Cabinet of Beata Szydło Cabinet of Beata Szydło formed the 17th government of Poland, until 11 December 2017. Governing during the 8th legislature of the Sejm and the 9th legislature of the Senate, it was led by Beata Szydło Beata Maria Szydło (, née Kusińsk ...

since 2015. A graduate of the Maritime Academy in

Gdynia Gdynia ( ; ; german: Gdingen (currently), (1939–1945); csb, Gdiniô, , , ) is a city in northern Poland and a seaport on the Baltic Sea coast. With a population of 243,918, it is the 12th-largest city in Poland and the second-largest in th ...

and the Technological-Agricultural Academy in

Bydgoszcz Bydgoszcz ( , , ; german: Bromberg) is a city in northern Poland, straddling the meeting of the River Vistula with its left-bank tributary, the Brda. With a city population of 339,053 as of December 2021 and an urban agglomeration with mor ...

, he spent a number of years after finishing his studies as an officer in western civilian fleets. After this he went into private business (housing) and public service. He was a board member in many state-run oil corporations. After the resignation of Maritime Economy Minister Rafał Wiechecki on 13 August 2007, (Wiechecki's party,

League of Polish Families The League of Polish Families ( Polish: ''Liga Polskich Rodzin'', LPR) is a conservative political party in Poland, with many far-right elements in the past. The party's original ideology was that of the National Democracy movement which was hea ...

, broke their coalition with the

Law and Justice Law and Justice ( pl, Prawo i Sprawiedliwość , PiS) is a right-wing populist and national-conservative political party in Poland. Its chairman is Jarosław Kaczyński. It was founded in 2001 by Jarosław and Lech Kaczyński as a direct s ...

party), Prime Minister Kaczyński named Gróbarczyk as the new minister. During his speech, Kaczyński mistakenly spelled the new minister's name as ''Ogarczak''. Gróbarczyk is a non-partisan. After Law and Justice's electoral defeat he stepped down. In

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he was elected as

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(MEP) for the

party. He was re-elected in

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, but stood down from the

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in November 2015, when he was replaced by

Czesław Hoc Czesław Hoc (born 22 February 1954) is a Polish politician. He was elected to the Sejm on 25 September 2005, getting 10,746 votes in the 40- Koszalin district, as a candidate of the Law and Justice. Prior to his entry into politics, Hoc was a do ...

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* 1968 births Living people People from Nowy Sącz Law and Justice MEPs MEPs for Poland 2009–2014 MEPs for Poland 2014–2019 Members of the Polish Sejm 2019–2023 Government ministers of Poland Gdynia Maritime University alumni {{Poland-MEP-stub