Ryszard Smolarek (born May 10, 1952 in Koło) is a Polish manager, politician, and Member of Parliament in the

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. He was a Member of Parliament from 1989 to 2001.

Biography

Son of Mary and Joseph Smolarek. He finished Agricultural Technical School in Kościelec and in 1976 he graduated from the

Warsaw University of Life Sciences The Warsaw University of Life Sciences (, SGGW) is the largest agricultural university in Poland, established in 1816 in Warsaw. It employs over 2,600 staff including over 1,200 academic educators. The University is since 2005 a member of the Eu ...

Career

In 1989 he was elected a Member of Parliament from the

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(PZPR). In the Cabinets of

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(1993–1997) he served as a Deputy Minister in the Ministry of Agriculture. He was responsible for the law establishing The Agency for Restructuring and Modernisation of Agriculture. In the years 1991-2001 he was a Member of Parliament from the

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(PSL) from Siedlce province. He has worked in the Committee of Agriculture and Food Economy. In 1992-1996 and 2001-2002 he was a member of the Sejm and Senate of the Republic of Poland delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in

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where he was part of a faction of the

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. In 2001-2003, he was an advisor of the President of the Agricultural Market Agency. He became a president of the meat plant "Łmeat-Łuków" S.A. in Łuków. He co-founded the Polish Federation of the Meat Industry, in which he took now the position of chairman of the board. He is also a vice-president of the board of the Polish-Belarusian Chamber of Commerce and a member of the PSL in Garwolin authorities.

Honors and awards

In 1986 he received the Bronze Cross of Merit.

References

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