Mariusz Kamiński (born 25 September 1965 in

Sochaczew Sochaczew () is a town in central Poland, with 38,300 inhabitants (2004). In the Masovian Voivodeship (since 1999), formerly in Skierniewice Voivodeship (1975–1998). It is the capital of Sochaczew County. Sochaczew has a narrow-gauge railway ...

) is a Polish politician who served as the head of the

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(CBA) from August 2006 to October 2009. Since 14 August 2019, he has served as the Minister of the Interior and Administration, in addition to coordinating Polish secret services, which he had done previously as a minister without portfolio.

Career

He had previously been a member of the

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, elected on 25 September 2005, getting 9142 votes in 19

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district, as a candidate on the Law and Justice list. He was also a member of Sejm 1997-2001 and Sejm 2001-2005. Kamiński was dismissed (as the head of CBA) on 13 October 2009 by prime minister

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. Kamiński was sentenced to three years in prison for abuse of power in March 2015 but had appealed. After the

2015 Polish parliamentary election Parliamentary elections to both the Sejm and Senate were held in Poland on 25 October 2015 for the eighth term of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland, which ran from 12 November 2015 until 2019. The election was won by the largest opposition par ...

the Polish President

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pardoned Kamiński, the President's spokesmen argued that people who fight corruption "deserve special protection." In March 2016, the appeal court while examining the appeals raised during the case, in regards to the decision above of the President, annulled the judgement and discontinued the proceedings. On 31 May 2017 the Supreme Court, in an adopted resolution, recognised that pardon as ineffective. Despite the opinion of European Commission, CJEU, Venice Commission, Association of Polish Judges "Iustitia" and the United States Department of State, Polish Constitutional Tribunal ruled (with the one dissenting opinion) that the constitutional right of grace as a concept broader than pardon also includes acts of individual abolition. Afterwards, Kamiński became the head of the secret services as a minister without portfolio.

Personal life

Kamiński is strongly opposed to

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. He is also one of the few members of the conservative Law and Justice Party who is publicly an atheist.

Awards

Commander's Cross of the

Order of Polonia Restituta The Order of Polonia Restituta ( pl, Order Odrodzenia Polski, en, Order of Restored Poland) is a Polish state order established 4 February 1921. It is conferred on both military and civilians as well as on foreigners for outstanding achievement ...

References

* https://www.gov.pl/web/gov/mariusz-kaminski

External links

Mariusz Kamiński - parliamentary page
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Career

Personal life

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