Dariusz Drelich (born 10 July 1967) is a Polish businessman and politician that has served as

voivode Voivode (, also spelled ''voievod'', ''voevod'', ''voivoda'', ''vojvoda'' or ''wojewoda'') is a title denoting a military leader or warlord in Central, Southeastern and Eastern Europe since the Early Middle Ages. It primarily referred to the ...

Pomeranian Voivodeship Pomeranian Voivodeship, Pomorskie Region, or Pomerania Province ( Polish: ''Województwo pomorskie'' ; (Kashubian: ''Pòmòrsczé wòjewództwò'' ), is a voivodeship, or province, in northwestern Poland. The provincial capital is Gdańsk. The ...

since 8 December 2015.

Biography

Dariusz Drelich was born on 10 July 1967 in

Kolbudy Kolbudy (; formerly german: Ober Kahlbude) is a village in Gdańsk County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Kolbudy. It lies approximately west of Pruszcz Gdański and ...

, graduating in Organization and Management at the University of Gdańsk and completing post-graduate studies at the Gdańsk University of Technology and the WSB University in Gdańsk. He joined the Liberal Democratic Congress in 1990, a heavy proponent of

Donald Tusk Donald Franciszek Tusk ( , ; born 22 April 1957) is a Polish politician who was President of the European Council from 2014 to 2019. He served as the 14th Prime Minister of Poland from 2007 to 2014 and was a co-founder and leader of the Civic Pl ...

's ideas at the time, and was a councilman of

Gmina Kolbudy __NOTOC__ Gmina Kolbudy is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Gdańsk County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. Its seat is the village of Kolbudy, which lies approximately west of Pruszcz Gdański and south-west of the regional ...

from 1990 to 1994 and of Gdańsk County from 2014, as well as the representative of

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 ...

in Pomeranian Voivodeship, joining the party in 2005. He was appointed Voivode of Pomeranian Voivodeship on 8 December 2015 by Beata Szydło. During his time as voivode, Drelich experienced conflict with the majority liberal government of the voivodeship and thus limited or delayed most reforms suggested by the local government, causing his term in office to be rather controversial, an effect made worse by him implementing the reforms of his parent party, PiS. As a businessman, he co-founded the metal trade and manufacturing company POMKOL (Przesiębiorstwo Usługowo-Produkcyjno-Handlowe Pomkol sp. z o.o.) in January 2002 and is the active owner of the company.

Personal life

He is married to Małgorzata Drelich and has two daughters: Roma and Nina, 23 and 11 years old respectively. He currently lives in

Lublewo Gdańskie Lublewo Gdańskie () is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kolbudy, within Gdańsk County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. For details of the history of the region, see History of Pomerania The history of Pomerania st ...

References

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