Michał Woś

Michał Woś
Woś in 2021
Minister of Environment
In office 5 March 2020 – 6 October 2020
Prime Minister	Mateusz Morawiecki
Preceded by	Michał Kurtyka
Succeeded by	Michał Kurtyka
Member of the Sejm
Incumbent
Assumed office 13 November 2019
Constituency	Rybnik
Personal details
Born	(1991-11-07) 7 November 1991 (age 33)
Political party	Sovereign Poland

Michał Piotr Woś (born 7 November 1991) is a Polish politician of Sovereign Poland serving as a member of the Sejm. He was first elected in the 2019 parliamentary election, and was re-elected in 2023.^[1] He served as deputy minister of justice from 2017 to 2018, minister for humanitarian aid in 2019, minister without portfolio from 2019 to 2020, minister of environment in 2020, and secretary of state in the Ministry of Justice from 2020 to 2023.^[2]

In May 2020, as environment minister Wos announced that the Polish government was considering a law to require NGOs to disclose foreign funding, because "Poles have a right to know whether they are indeed organisations that work in the interests of Poles". The proposed law was criticized by the opposition; critics argued that the government was trying to suppress criticism.^[3]

References

1. "Michał Woś od lat działa w Suwerennej Polsce. Kim jest polityk?" (in Polish). Radio ZET. 26 March 2024.
2. "Michał Woś i Fundusz Sprawiedliwości. Kim jest poseł Suwerennej Polski". Konkret24 (in Polish). 26 March 2024.
3. "Polish government considers law forcing NGOs to declare foreign funding". Reuters. 11 May 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2020.