Borys Piotr Budka (; born 11 March 1978) is a Polish politician, member of

Sejm The Sejm (), officially known as the Sejm of the Republic of Poland (), is the lower house of the bicameralism, bicameral parliament of Poland. The Sejm has been the highest governing body of the Third Polish Republic since the Polish People' ...

of the 7th, 8th and 9th legislature,

Minister of Justice A justice ministry, ministry of justice, or department of justice, is a ministry or other government agency in charge of the administration of justice. The ministry or department is often headed by a minister of justice (minister for justice in a ...

in 2015, vice-president of the

Civic Platform The Civic Platform (, PO)The party is officially the Civic Platform of the Republic of Poland (''Platforma Obywatelska Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej''). is a Centre-right politics, centre-right liberal conservative political party in Poland. Since ...

political party in the 2016–2020 period, leader of the parliamentary political group of Civic Coalition since 2019, leader of the

from 2020 to 2021. Elected as a

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in 2024.

Life

Budka is son of Józef and Maria. In 2002, he graduated Faculty of Law and Administration at the

University of Silesia in Katowice The University of Silesia in Katowice () is an autonomous state-run university in Katowice, Silesia Province, Poland. The university offers higher education and research facilities. It offers undergraduate, masters, and PhD degree programs, ...

. In 2007, Budka began practice as Legal Counsel. In 2011, at the University of Economics in Katowice, based on the ''Kwalifikacje pracownicze w stosunku pracy'', he obtained a PhD in economics with a specialization in employment policy. Since graduation, he has been working as an academic teacher at the Department of Law at the Faculty of Finance and Insurance of the University of Economics.

Local Councilor

Since 2002, he obtained the mandate of a local councilor in

Zabrze Zabrze (; German: 1915–1945: , full form: , , ) is an industrial city put under direct government rule in Silesia in southern Poland, near Katowice. It lies in the western part of the Metropolis GZM, a metropolis with a population of around 2 m ...

. In 2002 and 2010 he was a local councilor belonging to

. In 2006 he held the same function belonging to local committee. In 2002-2005 he was a vice leader of Gliwce City Council. In 2014, Budka was a candidate for the presidential election of

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. He took third place (6192 votes).

Parliamentarian

In 2011, Borys Budka obtained a parliamentary mandate (

) in

constituency. He got 10 260 votes. On 30 April 2015, Prime Minister

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announced his candidacy as

. He held this position on 4 May 2015. In parliament of the 8th term of office, he became a member of the Justice and Human Rights Committee and the Legislative Committee, and also became the co-leader of the Special Committee for Changes in Codifications. He was also appointed by the parliament to the

National Council of the Judiciary The National Council of the Judiciary () is the national council of the judiciary of Poland. It is a public body in Poland responsible for nominating judges and reviewing ethical complaints against sitting jurists. Establishment and composition T ...

. On 26 February 2016, Borys Budka held a position of co-leader of

's parliamentary club. On 12 November 2019, he became the new leader of the Civic Coalition parliamentary club. On 3 January 2020, he announced his start in the election as leader of the

. On 25 January 2020, he was elected chairman of the

, defeating

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and

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in the first round of elections. He officially took the office on 29 January 2020, when the official election results were announced. He replaced the current party leader

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. In 2020, he officially supports

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in the presidential election.

Private life

Privately is married to Katarzyna Kuczyńska-Budka, who is local councilor in

. He is a long-distance runner, he runs in street running. He achieved his life record in a marathon (2 hours 39 minutes, 3 seconds) in 2009 in the first edition of the Silesia Marathon.

References

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