Marek Kuchciński

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Marek Kuchciński
File:Marek Kuchciński (2017).jpg
Marshal of the Sejm
In office
12 November 2015 – 9 August 2019
PresidentAndrzej Duda
Deputy
See list
Preceded byMałgorzata Kidawa-Błońska
Succeeded byElżbieta Witek
Chief of the Chancellery of the Prime Minister
In office
13 October 2022 – 27 November 2023
Prime MinisterMateusz Morawiecki
Preceded byMichał Dworczyk
Succeeded byIzabela Antos
Deputy Marshal of the Sejm
In office
4 August 2010 – 11 November 2015
Serving with See List
MarshalGrzegorz Schetyna
Ewa Kopacz
Radosław Sikorski
Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska
Parliamentary Caucus Head of
Law and Justice
In office
19 July 2006 – 13 November 2007
Preceded byPrzemysław Gosiewski
Succeeded byPrzemysław Gosiewski
Acting
10 April 2010 – 3 August 2010
Preceded byGrażyna Gęsicka
Succeeded byMariusz Błaszczak
Member of the Sejm
Incumbent
Assumed office
19 October 2001
Personal details
Born
Marek Tadeusz Kuchciński

(1955-08-09) 9 August 1955 (age 69)
Przemyśl, Poland
Political partyLaw and Justice
Children3
AwardsFile:POL Krzyż Wolności i Solidarności BAR.svg File:HUN Order of Merit of the Hungarian Rep (civil) 1class BAR.svg File:Order of Merit 2nd Class of Ukraine.png File:LTU Order for Merits to Lithuania - Grand Cross BAR.svg
SignatureFile:Marek Kuchciński signature 2019.svg
WebsiteOfficial website

Marek Tadeusz Kuchciński (born 9 August 1955) is a member of the Sejm of Poland, first elected in 2001. Before 2015, he served the parliament as one of the Deputy Marshals of the Sejm, nominated by the Law and Justice club, and also as the Parliamentary Caucus Head of the above-mentioned party. From 2015 to 2019, when his party possessed the majority of seats in both houses, he held the office of Marshal of the Sejm.

Early life

He studied history of art at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, but did not graduate.[1]

Political career

In 1999, Kuchciński co-founded the "Europe of the Carpathians", an initiative of the Sejm held at the Subcarpathian Voivodeship aimed at inspiring action for the sustainable development of the wider Carpathian region for those seven countries, Poland, Czech Republic, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine and Hungary. Originally, the project focused on Polish-Slovak-Ukrainian cooperation, but over time has grown as a result of which in recent years the format has become one of the most important platforms for the exchange of ideas between Carpathian countries. Politicians from Central and Eastern Europe, including thought leaders, Carpathian activists, experts and representatives of non-governmental organisations, meet on a cyclical basis. In the 2011 parliamentary elections, Kuchciński was re-elected as Member of the Sejm and started from the first place in the Krosno-Przemyśl list of Law and Justice, by securing 23,128 votes. He was re-elected as the Law and Justice Deputy Marshal of the Sejm under Ewa Kopacz on 8 November 2011. In the 2015 parliamentary elections, he successfully applied for re-election after his party won a historic victory, as Kuchciński obtained 34,558 votes. On 11 November 2015, Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska decided to resign her position as Marshal of the Sejm after her party Civic Platform failed to win a majority due to the party's poor performance in the recent election. On 12 November, Kuchciński was nominated by Law and Justice as a candidate for Marshal, he was elected to the office, by receiving a majority of 409 votes from the Sejm. His competitor, who is a political activist and Senior Marshal, Kornel Morawiecki from the Kukiz'15 body, secured 42 votes.

Marshal of the Sejm (2015–2019)

December 2016 Polish protests

Main article: December 2016 Polish protests

On 16 December 2016, during the session of the Sejm, opposition deputy Michał Szczerba (from Civic Platform party) came to the stage with the card which read "#WolneMediawSejmie" (hashtag "Free press in Sejm") and attempted to fix it to the rostrum. After warnings, Kuchciński excluded him from the debate for disturbance and announced a break.[2] According to plan, opposition deputies then occupied the podium and the plenary hall.[2][3] Subsequently, the MPs of the Law and Justice party moved the meeting to the Hall of Columns, where the deputies voted on, among other matters, the budget for 2017.[4][5] A number of MPs from the opposition who still occupied the plenary hall did not participate in the voting, and the vote count was done by a show of hands.[3][4][5]

"Air Kuchciński" scandal and resignation

On 26 July 2019, Kuchciński's flights caused a lot of criticism in the media. The former Marshal of the Sejm travelled on numerous occasions accompanied by various Law and Justice deputies": Minister of Infrastructure Andrzej Adamczyk, Marshal of the Subcarpathian Voivodeship Władysław Ortyl, Chairman of the Polish Press Agency,[6] Law and Justice MEPs and other politicians, assistants and directors. The opposition (Civic Coalition) accused him of using aeroplanes for private purposes[7][8][9] On 5 August 2019, Kuchciński issued a statement admitting that he was accompanied by family members on 23 flights, and on one occasion his wife travelled without him. During the press conference he stressed that the flights he took were never on a private basis.[10] Respecting the public demands, Kuchciński apologized and paid a total of 43,000 PLN ($11,190) for charitable purposes as reparation for the flights. He always maintained that he had not violated any law, and the Party leader Jarosław Kaczyński explained that the key problem was a lack of clear regulations for the use by officials of government flights. He noticed that former Prime Minister Donald Tusk took many more flights during his tenure. He travelled with his wife between Warsaw and his home city of Gdańsk 520 times.[11][12] The numbers shows that his flying activity cost almost 8 million PLN (about $2 million), while Kuchciński's cost 4 million PLN[12][13]

Personal life

Marek Kuchciński is married with three children.[14]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Marek Kuchciński". sejm.gov.pl. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Protesty KOD w Warszawie i innych polskich miastach". wydarzenia.interia.pl (in polski). Retrieved 22 October 2024.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Wrocław zareagował na wydarzenia w Warszawie. Protest na placu Solnym". Onet Wiadomości (in polski). 17 December 2016. Retrieved 22 October 2024.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Poland protests: Crowds renew calls for press freedom". BBC News. 17 December 2016. Retrieved 22 October 2024.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Posłowie opozycji okupują mównicę: "Wolne media", "Przywróć posła"". gazetapl (in polski). 16 December 2016. Retrieved 22 October 2024.
  6. ↑ "Piotrowicz, Krasnodębski, Ziobro, Jasiński. Ujawniamy listy pasażerów lotów marszałka". TVN24.pl. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
  7. ↑ "Wniosek o odwołanie Kuchcińskiego. "Nie ma zgody na oligarchiczne zachowania"". TVN24.pl. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
  8. ↑ "Koalicja Obywatelska składa wniosek o odwołanie marszałka Kuchcińskiego" (in polski). Onet Wiadomości. 26 July 2019. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
  9. ↑ "Wniosek o odwołanie marszałka Kuchcińskiego. Za drogie podróże z rodziną" (in polski). tokfm. 26 July 2019. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
  10. ↑ "Marszałek Kuchciński ucina wszelkie spekulacje: Loty do Rzeszowa i na wszystkie inne lotniska były częścią pracy".
  11. ↑ "Długa lista lotów Donalda Tuska. PiS ujawnia dokument". 8 August 2019.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 "Ile wylatał premier Donald Tusk". Rzeczpospolita (in polski). Retrieved 22 October 2024.
  13. ↑ "Flight-shaming one of Poland's most powerful politicians". 5 August 2019.
  14. ↑ Bujara, Małgorzata (27 November 2015). "Marszałek na telefon. Kim jest Marek Kuchciński?". wyborcza.pl (in polski). Retrieved 22 October 2024.

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