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Polish politician

Mariusz Błaszczak
Official portrait, 2015
Minister of National Defence
In office9 January 2018 – 13 December 2023
Prime Minister	Mateusz Morawiecki
Preceded by	Antoni Macierewicz
Succeeded by	Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz
Deputy Prime Minister of Poland
In office22 June 2022 – 21 June 2023
Prime Minister	Mateusz Morawiecki
Preceded by	Jarosław Kaczyński
Succeeded by	Jarosław Kaczyński
Minister of the Interior and Administration
In office16 November 2015 – 9 January 2018
Prime Minister	Beata SzydłoMateusz Morawiecki
Preceded by	Teresa Piotrowska (Interior)Andrzej Halicki (Administration)
Succeeded by	Joachim Brudziński
Minister of the Council of Ministers
In office27 March 2007 – 16 November 2007
Prime Minister	Jarosław Kaczyński
Preceded by	Sławomir Cytrycki
Succeeded by	Zbigniew Derdziuk
Chief of the Chancellery
In office27 March 2007 – 16 November 2007
Prime Minister	Kazimierz MarcinkiewiczJarosław Kaczyński
Deputy	Piotr Tutak
Succeeded by	Tomasz Arabski
Member of the Sejm
Incumbent
Assumed office 5 November 2007
Personal details
Born	(1969-09-19) 19 September 1969 (age 55)Legionowo, Poland
Citizenship	Poland
Political party	Law and Justice
Alma mater	University of Warsaw
Signature
Website	http://mariuszblaszczak.pl/

Mariusz Błaszczak [ˈmarjuʂ ˈbwaʂt͡ʂak] ⓘ (born 19 September 1969) is a Polish politician, historian, and local government representative. Błaszczak has served as Minister of National Defence of Poland from 2018 to 2023.

On 22 June 2022, President Andrzej Duda nominated Błaszczak to succeed Jarosław Kaczyński as the Deputy Prime Minister of Poland.[1]

Błaszczak was born in Legionowo to Lucjan and Danuta Błaszczak;[2] his father worked at the FSO factory in Żerań.[3]

In the 2002 Polish local elections, Błaszczak was the candidate of the Electoral Committee of Justice, Law and Self-Government Voters for the position of president of Legionowo.[4] He obtained 11.02% of the votes and did not advance to second round.[5]

In the 2005 Polish parliamentary election, Błaszczak failed to run for the Sejm from the Warsaw PiS list.[6] He became the spokesman of KP PiS in March 2009, then the chairman of the party's parliamentary club on 3 August 2010.[7]

Błaszczak was re-elected with 44,319 votes in the 2011 Polish parliamentary election.[8] In the 2015 Polish parliamentary election, he was elected to the Sejm once again, this time receiving 73,139 votes.[9] The same year on 16 November, Błaszczak was appointed Minister of Interior and Administration in the Cabinet of Beata Szydło.[10]

In the 2017 interview with Polskie Radio about the European refugee crisis, Błaszczak stated that thanks to Christianity, there were leaders like "Charles the Hammer who stopped the Muslim invasion of Europe in the eighth century".[11]

In August 2018, Błaszczak's public statements on TV Trwam regarding the equality parade in Poznań were described by some media and commentators as homophobic and constituted hate speech.[12]

Minister of Interior

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On 11 December 2017, Błaszczak became Minister of Interior of Poland in the First Cabinet of Mateusz Morawiecki.[13] He resigned from the position on 9 January 2018, later replacing Antoni Macierewicz as Minister of National Defence.[14]

Minister of Defence

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Błaszczak with U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., 20 April 2022

In the 2019 Polish parliamentary election, Błaszczak successfully ran for parliamentary re-election, receiving 135,189 votes.[15] The same year on 15 November, he became Polish Minister of Defence again, becoming part of the Second Cabinet of Mateusz Morawiecki.[16] On 22 June 2022, Błaszczak was appointed to the position of deputy prime minister,[17] replacing Jarosław Kaczyński.[18]

Błaszczak served as Vice-President of the Council of Ministers until 21 June 2023, but resigned together with other deputy prime ministers due to Jarosław Kaczyński's re-entry into the government.[19]

In the 2023 Polish parliamentary election, Błaszczak won a parliamentary seat for the fifth time in a row (with the result of 127,578 votes).[20] Later that November, he became chairman of his party's parliamentary club again.[21] Błaszczak left the office on 13 December 2023.[22]

• 2016
  • Commemorative Medal of the 25th Anniversary of the NSZZ Border Guard Officers[23]
  • Golgotha of the East[24]
• 2017: Golden Badge of Merit for Fire Protection[25]
• 2018: Ministry of National Defense[26]
• 2019: Grand Commander's Cross, Order for Merits to Lithuania[27]
• 2022
  • Order of Merit of Ukraine, 1st class[28]
  • Man of Freedom[29]
• 2023: Politician of the Year by Wprost[30]

1. ^ "Mariusz Błaszczak – Ministerstwo Obrony Narodowej – Portal Gov.pl". Ministerstwo Obrony Narodowej (in Polish). Retrieved 22 June 2022.
2. ^ "Dane osoby pełniącej funkcje publiczne". Politics of Poland Official Website (in Polish). Retrieved 19 April 2019.
3. ^ "Kim jest Mariusz Błaszczak? Rodzina, kariera". Super Express (in Polish). Warsaw: ZPR Media Group. 9 November 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
4. ^ "Głosowanie w dniu 27 października 2002 r." wybory2002.pkw.gov.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 27 October 2015.
5. ^ "Lista kandydatów (wyniki I tury głosowania i wyborów)". wybory2002.pkw.gov.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 27 October 2015.
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7. ^ Pasterski, Radek (3 August 2010). "PiS wybrało szefa klubu". Rzeczpospolita (in Polish). Warsaw: Gremi Media SA. Archived from the original on 13 March 2012.
8. ^ "Serwis PKW – Wybory 2011". Wybory 2011 (in Polish). Retrieved 27 October 2015.
9. ^ "Serwis PKW – Wybory 2015" (in Polish). Retrieved 27 October 2015.
10. ^ "Prezydent powołał rząd". President of Poland (in Polish). Archived from the original on 16 November 2015.
11. ^ "Błaszczak o uchodźcach. "Karol Młot w VIII wieku zatrzymał nawałę muzułmańską"". TVN24 (in Polish). Warsaw: TVN Poland. 13 June 2017.
12. ^ "Dehnel do szefa MON: Sam jesteś sodomitą, Błaszczaku zamykający granice przed uchodźcami". Dziennik Gazeta Prawna (in Polish). Warsaw: Ringier Axel Springier. 14 August 2018. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
13. ^ "Ekipa Szydło w rządzie Morawieckiego. Jutro expose, głosowanie nad wotum zaufania w środę". TVN24 (in Polish). Warsaw: TVN Poland. Archived from the original on 11 December 2017.
14. ^ "Prezydent powołał nowych ministrów". President of Poland Official Website (in Polish). 9 January 2018.
15. ^ "Wyniki wyborów 2019 do Sejmu RP". sejmsenat2019.pkw.gov.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 17 October 2019.
16. ^ "Prezydent powołał nowy rząd". President of Poland Official Website (in Polish). Archived from the original on 15 November 2019.
17. ^ "Zmiany w składzie Rady Ministrów". President of Poland Official Website (in Polish). Archived from the original on 22 June 2022.
18. ^ Stelmach, Waldemar (22 June 2022). "Mariusz Błaszczak wicepremierem. Nowi ministrowie w rządzie". RMF24 (in Polish).
19. ^ "Zmiany w rządzie. J. Sasin: Wszyscy wicepremierzy złożyli rezygnacje. Do rządu wejdzie Kaczyński". Polsat News (in Polish). Warsaw: Polsat. 21 June 2023.
20. ^ "Serwis PKW – Wybory 2023". wybory.gov.pl (in Polish). 21 June 2023.
21. ^ "Klub parlamentarny PiS ma nowego przewodniczącego. Powrócił po latach na to stanowisko". Wprost (in Polish). Poznań: AWR Wprost. 13 November 2023.
22. ^ "Kosiniak-Kamysz szefem MON. Błaszczak przekazał mu mapę". Wprost (in Polish). Poznań: AWR Wprost. 13 December 2023.
23. ^ "Awanse i wyróżnienia w Dniu Pracownika Straży Granicznej". Politics of Poland Official Website (in Polish). 14 November 2016. Archived from the original on 28 September 2020.
24. ^ "Maria Adamus uhonorowana Krzyżem "Golgota Wschodu"". Nasza Polska (in Polish). 28 April 2016. Archived from the original on 30 June 2018.
25. ^ "Postanowienie nr 11/OP/2017 Ministra Spraw Wewnętrznych i Administracji" (PDF). Dziennik Urzędowy MSWiA (in Polish). 30 May 2017. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
26. ^ "Decyzja Nr 200/MON z dnia 5 lipca 2012 r. w sprawie wprowadzenia odznaki okolicznościowej Ministerstwa Obrony Narodowej". Dziennik Urzędowy MSWiA (in Polish). 30 May 2017. p. 268. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
27. ^ "Apdovanotų asmenų duomenų bazė". President of Lithuania Official Website (in Lithuanian). 20 February 2019. Archived from the original on 21 October 2020.
28. ^ "УКАЗ ПРЕЗИДЕНТА УКРАЇНИ №595/2022". President of Ukraine Official Website (in Ukrainian). 23 August 2022. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
29. ^ "Mamy laureata nagrody Człowiek Wolności tygodnika Sieci za 2022 rok!". Sieci (in Polish). Warsaw: Fratria. 27 December 2022. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
30. ^ "Zełenski, Blinken i Błaszczak z nagrodą Człowieka Roku "Wprost"". Wprost (in Polish). Poznań: AWR Wprost. 31 January 2023. Retrieved 11 March 2023.

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