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Borys Budka

Borys Budka

Polish politician


Borys Piotr Budka (born 11 March 1978 in Czeladź[1]) is a Polish politician, member of Sejm of the 7th,[2] 8th[3] and 9th[4] legislature, Minister of Justice in 2015,[5] vice-president of the Civic Platform political party in the 2016–2020 period,[6] leader of the parliamentary political group of Civic Coalition since 2019,[7] leader of the Civic Platform from 2020 to 2021.[8]

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Memoir

Budka is son of Józef and Maria.[9] In 2002 he graduated Faculty of Law and Administration at the University of Silesia in Katowice. In 2007 Budka began practice as Legal Counsel.[citation needed] In 2011, at the University of Economics in Katowice, based on the Kwalifikacje pracownicze w stosunku pracy, he obtained a PhD in economics with a specialization in employment policy.[10] Since graduation, he has been working as an academic teacher at the Department of Law at the Faculty of Finance and Insurance of the University of Economics.[citation needed]

Local Councilor

Since 2002 he obtained the mandate of a local councilor in Zabrze. In 2002 and 2010 he was a local councilor belonging to Civic Platform.[11][12] In 2006 he held the same function belonging to local committee.[13] In 2002-2005 he was a vice leader of Gliwce City Council. In 2014 Budka was a candidate for the presidential election of Gliwice. He took third place (6192 votes).[14]

Parliamentarian

In 2011 Borys Budka obtained a parliamentary mandate (Civic Platform) in Gliwice constituency. He got 10 260 votes.[15] 30 April 2015 Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz announced his candidacy as Minister of Justice.[16] He held this position on 4 May 2015.[16] In parliament of the 8th term of office, he became a member of the Justice and Human Rights Committee and the Legislative Committee, and also became the co-leader of the Special Committee for Changes in Codifications.[17] He was also appointed by the parliament to the National Council of the Judiciary.[18] On 26 February 2016, Borys Budka held a position of co-leader of Civic Platform's parliamentary club.[19] On 12 November 2019, he became the new leader of the Civic Coalition parliamentary club.[20] On 3 January 2020 he announced his start in the election as leader of the Civic Platform. On 25 January 2020, he was elected chairman of the Civic Platform, defeating Tomasz Siemoniak, Bogdan Zdrojewski and Bartłomiej Sienkiewicz in the first round of elections.[21] He officially took the office on 29 January 2020, when the official election results were announced. He replaced the current party leader Grzegorz Schetyna.[22] In 2020 he officially supports Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska in the presidential election.[23]

Private life

Privately he got married with Katarzyna Kuczyńska-Budka, who is local councilor in Gliwice.[24] He is a long-distance runner, he runs in street running. He achieved his life record in a marathon (2 hours 39 minutes, 3 seconds) in 2009 in the first edition of the Silesia Marathon.[25]


References

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  2. "Wybory 2011". wybory2011.pkw.gov.pl. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  3. "PKW | Wybory do Sejmu RP i Senatu RP". parlament2015.pkw.gov.pl. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  4. "Wybory do Sejmu i Senatu Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej 2019 r." sejmsenat2019.pkw.gov.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  5. "Grabarczyk usunięty z zarządu PO. Siemoniak i Budka - wiceszefami partii". www.rmf24.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  6. "Borys Budka przewodniczącym Platformy Obywatelskiej!". Platforma Obywatelska (in Polish). Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  7. "Biuletyn Informacji Publicznej Instytutu Pamięci Narodowej". archive.is. 23 June 2014. Archived from the original on 23 June 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  8. "Państwowa Komisja Wyborcza: Wybory samorządowe". wybory2002.pkw.gov.pl. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  9. "PKW | Samorząd 2014". samorzad2014.pkw.gov.pl. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  10. "Wybory 2011". wybory2011.pkw.gov.pl. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  11. "Borys Budka będzie nowym ministrem sprawiedliwości". gazetapl (in Polish). 30 April 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  12. "Borys Budka". www.sejm.gov.pl. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  13. WPROST.pl (12 November 2019). "Borys Budka szefem klubu parlamentarnego Koalicji Obywatelskiej". Wprost (in Polish). Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  14. "Borys Budka nowym szefem PO". Onet Wiadomości (in Polish). 25 January 2020. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  15. "Są oficjalne wyniki wyborów w PO. Budka przewodniczącym, Schetyna deklaruje wsparcie". Onet Wiadomości (in Polish). 29 January 2020. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  16. "Wybory samorządowe 2018". wybory2018.pkw.gov.pl. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  17. "Klasyfikacja generalna maratonu" (PDF). Silesia Marathon. 3 May 2009. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
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