Jan Szyszko Explained

Jan Szyszko
Nationality:Polish
Office:Member of the Sejm
Term Start:25 September 2005
Term End:9 October 2019
Office3:Minister of Environment
Term Start3:16 November 2015
Term End3:9 January 2018
Primeminister3:Beata Szydło
Mateusz Morawiecki
Term Start4:31 October 2005
Term End4:16 November 2007
Primeminister4:Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz
Jarosław Kaczyński
Term Start5:31 October 1997
Term End5:19 October 1999
Primeminister5:Jerzy Buzek
Constituency:20 – Warsaw II
Party:Law and Justice
Birth Name:Jan Feliks Szyszko
Birth Date:14 April 1944
Birth Place:Stara Miłosna, Warsaw, Poland
Alma Mater:Warsaw University of Life Sciences

(19 April 1944 – 9 October 2019) was a Polish forester, university teacher (professor of forestry) and politician who served as Minister of Environment in the cabinets of Jerzy Buzek (1997–1999), Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz (2005–2007), Jarosław Kaczyński (2007), Beata Szydło (2015–2017) and Mateusz Morawiecki (2017–2018).

He was elected to the Sejm on 25 September 2005, receiving 7,042 votes in the 20th Warsaw district, as a candidate on the Law and Justice list. He served in four consecutive parliamentary terms, having won re-election in 2007, 2011 and 2015.

The Pontifical Academy of Sciences recognized him with the 2008 Ettore Majorana Award.[1] He was an honorary citizen of Krościenko nad Dunajcem and of Wieluń.

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  1. News: Były polski minister środowiska uhonorowany w Watykanie. 3 November 2016. wiadomosci.wp.pl. Grupa Wirtualna Polska. 17 December 2008.