Grzegorz Schetyna

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Grzegorz Schetyna
Marshal of the Sejm
In office
July 8, 2010  November 8, 2011
President Bogdan Borusewicz (acting)

Bronisław Komorowski

Prime Minister Donald Tusk
Preceded by Bronisław Komorowski
Succeeded by Ewa Kopacz
Acting President of Poland
In office
July 8, 2010  August 6, 2010
Prime Minister Donald Tusk
Preceded by Bogdan Borusewicz (Acting)
Succeeded by Bronisław Komorowski
Parliamentary Leader of the Civic Platform
7th Leader of the Civic Platform in the Sejm
In office
October 9, 2009  July 22, 2010
Leader Donald Tusk
Preceded by Grzegorz Dolniak (acting)
Succeeded by Tomasz Tomczykiewicz
Deputy Prime Minister of Poland
In office
November 16, 2007  October 13, 2009
President Lech Kaczyński
Prime Minister Donald Tusk
Minister of the Interior and Administration
In office
November 16, 2007  October 13, 2009
Prime Minister Donald Tusk
Preceded by Władysław Stasiak
Succeeded by Jerzy Miller
Member of Sejm
Incumbent
Assumed office
October 20, 1997
Personal details
Born (1963-02-18) February 18, 1963
Opole, Poland
Political party Civic Platform
Religion Roman Catholicism

Grzegorz Juliusz Schetyna (Polish pronunciation: [ˈɡʐɛɡɔʂ sxɛˈtɨna], born February 18, 1963 in Opole) is a Polish politician. He was elected to the Sejm as a candidate of the Civic Platform on September 25, 2005 after receiving 14,978 votes in 1 Legnica district. Following the 2007 parliamentary election, he served as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Internal Affairs and Administration under Prime Minister Donald Tusk.

He was also a member of Sejm 1997–2001, Sejm 2001–2005, Sejm 2005–2007, Sejm 2007–2011.

After stepping down, he moved to the post of head of the Civic Platform Sejm caucus. Following Bronisław Komorowski's victory in the 2010 presidential election, he was recommended as the Civic Platform's candidate to succeed the President-elect as the Marshal of the Sejm

On July 8 he was elected Marshal of the Sejm and thus assumed the post of the Acting President of Poland. Schetyna served as the interim head of state until Komorowski's inauguration on August 6, 2010.[1]

He ceased being Sejm Marshal on November 8, 2011.

See also

  • Members of Polish Sejm 2005–2007
  • Members of Polish Sejm 2007–2011

References

Political offices
Preceded by
Władysław Stasiak
Minister of the Interior and Administration
2007–2009
Succeeded by
Jerzy Miller
Preceded by
Bogdan Borusewicz
Acting
President of Poland
Acting

2010
Succeeded by
Bronisław Komorowski
Preceded by
Bronisław Komorowski
Marshal of the Sejm
2010–2011
Succeeded by
Ewa Kopacz
Party political offices
Preceded by
Zbigniew Chlebowski
Chairperson of the Civic Platform in the Sejm
2009–2010
Succeeded by
Tomasz Tomczykiewicz
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