Grzegorz Puda

Grzegorz Puda
Puda in 2019
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development
Incumbent
Assumed office October 6, 2020
Preceded by	Jan Krzysztof Ardanowski
Personal details
Born	Grzegorz Paweł Puda (1982-07-13) July 13, 1982 (age 42) Bielsko-Biała, Poland
Political party	Law and Justice

Grzegorz Paweł Puda (born July 13, 1982)^[1] is a Polish politician and local government official, member of the Sejm of the 8th and 9th term (since 2015), in 2019 secretary of state at the Ministry of Investment and Development, 2019–2020 Secretary of State in the Ministry of Funds and Regional Policy, from 2020 Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development in the second government of Mateusz Morawiecki.

Curriculum vitae

In 2006, he obtained the professional title of Master of Engineering in Animal Science at the Agricultural University of Kraków.^[1] He worked, among others as a marketing manager in a private enterprise and a coordinator in the district office.^[2]

He became involved in political activities within the Law and Justice party. In 2006, 2010 and 2014, he was a city councilor in Bielsko-Biała.^[3][4][5] In the general elections in 2015, he ran for the Sejm from the eighth place on the PiS list in the Bielsko district. He was elected deputy of the 8th term of office, receiving 12,262 votes.^[6]

In July 2019, he was appointed by Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki as the secretary of state at the Ministry of Investment and Development.^[7] In the general elections in 2019, he successfully ran for re-election, obtaining 23,907 votes.^[8] In November 2019, after transformations in the structure of ministries, he moved to the position of the secretary of state in the Ministry of Funds and Regional Policy.^[9]

In January 2020, he became the government plenipotentiary for the organization of the World City Forum in 2022.^[10]

On October 6, 2020, he was appointed the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development in the office of Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki. He replaced Jan Krzysztof Ardanowski in this function.^[11]

References

1. "Grzegorz Puda". sejm.gov.pl. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
2. "Bielsko-Biała: Majątki bez tajemnic – www.beskidzka24.pl". Archived from the original on April 21, 2018. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
3. "Geografia wyborcza – Wybory samorządowe – Państwowa Komisja Wyborcza". wybory2006.pkw.gov.pl. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
4. "Wybory Samorządowe 2010 – Geografia wyborcza – Województwo śląskie – - m. Bielsko-Biała". wybory2010.pkw.gov.pl. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
5. "PKW | Samorząd 2014". samorzad2014.pkw.gov.pl. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
6. "PKW | Wybory do Sejmu RP i Senatu RP". parlament2015.pkw.gov.pl. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
7. "Grzegorz Puda nowym wiceministrem inwestycji i rozwoju – Ministerstwo Funduszy i Polityki Regionalnej – Portal Gov.pl". gov.pl. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
8. "Wybory do Sejmu i Senatu Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej 2019 r." sejmsenat2019.pkw.gov.pl. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
9. "Ministerstwo Funduszy i Polityki Regionalnej – Portal Gov.pl". Archived from the original on November 18, 2019. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
10. "Grzegorz Puda wiceministrem funduszy i polityki regionalnej – Ministerstwo Funduszy i Polityki Regionalnej – Portal Gov.pl". gov.pl. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
11. "Oficjalna strona Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej / Aktualności / Nominacje / Prezydent dokonał zmian w składzie Rady Ministrów". October 6, 2020. Archived from the original on October 6, 2020. Retrieved August 7, 2021.

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