Krzysztof Hetman | |
Office: | Minister of Development and Technology |
Term Start: | 13 December 2023 |
Term End: | 13 May 2024 |
Primeminister: | Donald Tusk |
Predecessor: | Marlena Maląg |
Successor: | Krzysztof Paszyk |
Order1: | Member of the European Parliament |
Constituency1: | Lublin |
Term Start1: | 1 July 2014 |
Term End1: | 18 October 2023 |
Birth Date: | 27 June 1974 |
Birth Place: | Lublin, Poland |
Party: | Polish People's Party (2002–present) |
Website: | http://krzysztofhetman.pl/en/ |
Office2: | Member of the Sejm |
Termstart2: | 13 November 2023 |
Krzysztof Andrzej Hetman (born 27 June 1974) is a Polish politician who has served as a Member of the European Parliament since 2014. Since December 2023, he has served as Minister of Economic Development and Technology.
Born in Lublin, Hetman graduated from Maria Curie-Skłodowska University and soon after worked for Lublin Voivodeship as a deputy director from 2002 to 2005 and as a director of regional development from 2005 to 2007. In 2010, he was named Marshal of Lublin Voivodeship.[1]
Hetman first ran for political office in 2006 when he ran for Lublin city council, but did not win. He also ran in the 2011 Polish parliamentary election as a member of the Polish People's Party. In 2014, he ran in the European Parliament elections in Lublin, and finished first with 24,862 votes.[2]
In the 2023 Polish parliamentary election he was elected to the Sejm from Lublin from Third Way.