Jan Feliks Szyszko (; 19 April 1944 – 9 October 2019) was a Polish

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, university teacher (

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of forestry) and politician who served as Minister of Environment in the cabinets of

Jerzy Buzek Jerzy Karol Buzek (; born 3 July 1940) is a Polish politician and former Member of the European Parliament from Poland. He has served as Prime Minister of Poland from 1997 to 2001, since being elected to the European Parliament in 2004, he serv ...

(1997–1999), Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz (2005–2007),

Jarosław Kaczyński Jarosław Aleksander Kaczyński (born 18 June 1949) is a Polish politician. He co-founded the Law and Justice (PiS) party in 2001 with his twin brother, Lech Kaczyński, and has served as its leader since 2003. He served as Prime Minister of Pola ...

(2007),

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 ...

(2015–2017) and

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 ...

(2017–2018). He was elected to the

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on 25 September 2005, receiving 7,042 votes in the 20th

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district, as a candidate on the

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list. He served in four consecutive parliamentary terms, having won re-election in 2007, 2011 and 2015. The

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recognized him with the 2008

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Award. He was an honorary citizen of

Krościenko nad Dunajcem Krościenko nad Dunajcem is a village in southern Poland situated in the Nowy Targ County in Lesser Poland Voivodeship since 1999 (previously in Nowy Sącz Voivodeship, from 1975 to 1998). Located near Poland's border with Slovakia, it is appro ...

and of

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Jan Szyszko – parliamentary page
– includes declarations of interest, voting record, and transcripts of speeches. 1944 births Politicians from Warsaw Members of the Polish Sejm 2005–2007 Law and Justice politicians Government ministers of Poland Members of the Polish Sejm 2007–2011 Members of the Polish Sejm 2011–2015 2019 deaths Members of the Polish Sejm 2015–2019 Foresters {{Poland-Sejm-politician-stub

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