Jacek Robert Sasin (born 6 November 1969 in

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) is a Polish

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and former local government official.

Biography

The son of Wojciech, a turner, and Irena, an office worker. He graduated from the 20th Secondary School named after Bolesław the Brave in Warsaw. In 2007 he assumed the role of

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of the

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. His career included stints as the deputy head of the Chancellery of the President and as secretary of state in the Chancellery of the Prime Minister. In the local elections of 2010, he became a councilor of the Masovian Voivodeship Sejmik on behalf of PiS. He was also appointed mayor of the Praga-Northc district, but ultimately he did not take up this position. In 2011, he became the candidate of Law and Justice in the parliamentary elections in the Warsaw district and obtained a parliamentary mandate, receiving 29,134 votes. In 2014, he was the candidate of Law and Justice in the 2014 Polish local elections for the office of the

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, losing in the second round of voting to

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. Sasin had served deputy prime minister (from June 2019 to 2023) and the minister for state assets (from November 2019). In the Sejm, he was the chairman of the Public Finance Committee. Sasin has a degree in history from

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, completing a thesis under Andrzej Garlicki, and later studied at Kozminski University.

2020 Polish election

On May 10, 2020, Sasin allocated PLN 68,896,820 for the Polish presidential election, which did not take place. The minister gave orders to print the ballot papers without any procedure or any legal basis, and ultimately lost them. Koalicja Obywatelska filed a motion to dismiss Sasin but this did not come to fruition.

2023 Polish election

In the

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, he was elected to the

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from the Białystok Constituency.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sasin, Jacek Living people 1969 births Law and Justice politicians University of Warsaw alumni Politicians from Warsaw Members of the Polish Sejm 2023–2027 Voivodes of Poland