Artur Kosicki (born 13 September 1978) is a Polish

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and

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. From December 2018 to May 2024 he server as

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Biography

In the years 1997–2004 he was a member of the

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band

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, where he dealt mainly with dancing, sometimes also singing. He graduated in law from the University of Białystok. In 2005 he became professionally involved with public administration. He worked in the district office in Białystok, then in the Department of Architecture of the Municipal Office in Białystok. He became an expert in the Housing Council of the

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, in 2016 he became an advisor to the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Krzysztof Jurgiel. Then he started working at the Ministry of Development. He also became a lecturer in various postgraduate studies at the

University of Białystok The University of Bialystok is the largest university in the north-eastern region of Poland, educating in various fields of study, including humanities, social and natural sciences and mathematics. It has nine faculties, including a foreign one i ...

. In November 2017, he became the chairman of the

Law and Justice Law and Justice ( , PiS) is a Right-wing populism, right-wing populist and National conservatism, national-conservative List of political parties in Poland, political party in Poland. The party is a member of European Conservatives and Refo ...

party in Białystok. In the 2018 local government elections, he was elected a councilor of the

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of the 6th convocation. He was elected chairman of the PiS council club in this body. On December that year he became the

, succeeding Jerzy Leszczyński. and served in that position until May 2024 when he was replaced by

Łukasz Prokorym Łukasz Prokorym (born 23 July 1985) is a Polish politician who is serving since May 2024 as Marshal of Podlaskie Voivodeship. Biography He was born in Białystok and studied in University of Białystok. In the 2018 Polish local elections he ran ...

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Law and Justice politicians Politicians from Białystok 1978 births Living people Marshals of Podlaskie Voivodeship University of Białystok alumni {{LawandJustice-politician-stub