Zbigniew Ziobro
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Zbigniew Ziobro born 1970 |
|
 |
|
| Function: | Polish Minister of Justice |
| Party: | Prawo i Sprawiedliwość |
Zbigniew Robert Ziobro (pronounced [ˈzbʲigɲɛf ˈʑɔbrɔ], born August 18, 1970 in Kraków) is a Polish politician, since October 2005 until November 2007 Minister of Justice and Public Prosecutor General. He was elected to Sejm on September 25, 2005 in the 13th Kraków district, running on the Prawo i Sprawiedliwość list. He received over 120,000 votes in the parliamentary election, the highest percentage constituency result on a nationwide scale.
Graduated from the Faculty of Law and Administration of the Jagiellonian University. He never completed his PhD. [1]
He was a member of Sejm 2001-2005.
Due to his proclaimed "battle against corruption", he became one of the more popular and polarizing politicians in Poland. His uncompromising approach and publicized prosecutions earned him the title of Man of the year 2006, awarded by Wprost magazine. Yet, some of his policies were repeatedly characterized as partisan and overzealous by local and international press, including The Economist[2][3].
In 2007, allegedly linked in Andrzej Lepper bribery case former Minister of Internal Affairs and Administration Janusz Kaczmarek groundlessly accused him.[4] In a media sparring with vice-PM Andrzej Lepper, Ziobro revealed that he secretly recorded a conversation with the Minister of Agriculture.[5]
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Zbigniew Ziobro - parliamentary page - includes declarations of interest, voting record, and transcripts of speeches.
- Home web page
- Bio
[edit] References
- ^ Zbigniew Ziobro. Determinator z wytycznymi. Krzysztof Burnetko. Ludzie Roku 2007. Polityka. 27 grudnia 2006.
- ^ Bad habits, The Economist, 27 September 2007
- ^ Squeaky if not clean, The Economist, 6 September 2007
- ^ Gazeta.pl: Szokujące przecieki z przesłuchania Kaczmarka August 22, 2007
- ^ Gazeta.pl: Lepper: To Ziobro rządził dyktafonem, nie odwrotnie August 13, 2007
|
||||||||
 |
This article about a Polish politician is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
