Henryk Kowalczyk (; born 15 July 1956) is a Polish politician and teacher, who is served as Deputy Prime Minister of Poland and Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development. He was first elected to the

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' ...

on 25 September 2005. In 2006–2007, secretary of state in the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. From 2015 to 2018 he was a

minister without portfolio A minister without portfolio is a government minister without specific responsibility as head of a government department. The sinecure is particularly common in countries ruled by coalition governments and a cabinet with decision-making authorit ...

in the cabinet of

Beata Szydło Beata Maria Szydło (, née Kusińska ; born 15 April 1963) is a Polish politician who has served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since 2019. A member of Law and Justice (PiS), she previously served as the prime minister of Poland f ...

. At the same time, he was the chair of the Standing Committee of the Council of Ministers and vice-chair of the Economic Committee of the Council of Ministers. In 2016, he was the acting Minister of State Treasury. In the years 2018–2019, he served as the

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in the first government of

Mateusz Morawiecki Mateusz Jakub Morawiecki (; born 20 June 1968) is a Polish economist, historian and politician who served as the prime minister of Poland between 2017 and 2023. A member of the Law and Justice (PiS) party, he previously served in the Cabinet of ...

. In 2021, he was designated as the

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of Poland and Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development.

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Henryk Kowalczyk – parliamentary page
– includes declarations of interest, voting record, and transcripts of speeches. University of Warsaw alumni Law and Justice politicians 1956 births Living people Members of the Polish Sejm 2005–2007 Members of the Polish Sejm 2007–2011 Members of the Polish Sejm 2011–2015 Members of the Polish Sejm 2015–2019 Members of the Polish Sejm 2019–2023 Politicians from Gdańsk Environment ministers Government ministers of Poland Members of the Polish Sejm 2023–2027 {{Poland-Sejm-politician-stub

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