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Czesław Siekierski

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Czesław Siekierski
Siekierski in 2023
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development
Assumed office
13 December 2023
Prime MinisterDonald Tusk
Preceded byAnna Gembicka
Member of the Sejm
Assumed office
9 August 2019
In office
20 October 1997 – 19 July 2004
Member of the European Parliament
In office
20 July 2004 – 1 July 2019
ConstituencyLesser Poland and Świętokrzyskie
Personal details
Born
Czesław Adam Siekierski

(1952-10-08) 8 October 1952 (age 72)
Stopnica, Poland
Political partyPolish People's Party

Czesław Adam Siekierski (born 8 October 1952) is a Polish politician who was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP), between 2004 and 2019, for the Lesser Poland Voivodship & Swietokrzyskie Voivodship with the Polish People's Party, part of the European People's Party. On 7 July 2014, Czesław Siekierski was elected Chair of the European Parliament's Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development.

Siekierski is a member of the Conference of Committee Chairs and Delegation for relations with Canada and a substitute for the Committee on Budgetary Control and Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China.

Education

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Career

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  • since 1976: Lecturer at the Warsaw Agricultural University
  • 1994-1998: Director of the Foundation of Assistance Programmes for Agriculture (FAPA)
  • 1971-1977: Chairman of the Council of the University Union of Polish Students
  • 1981-1982: Head of the Chief Organising Section of the United Peasants' Party (ZSL)
  • 1999-2002: Secretary to the Chief Executive Committee of the Polish Peasants' Party (PSL)
  • 1986-1990: Regional councillor on the National Warsaw-Mokotów Council
  • 2001-2003: Secretary of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
  • 1997-2004: Member of Parliament of the Polish Republic
  • 1997-2001: Vice-Chairman of the Economic Committee
  • 2003-2004: Observer to the EP
  • since 1978: Active member of the Association of Engineers and Agricultural Technicians (since 1977) and of the Polish Economic Society

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