Grzegorz Schetyna
Grzegorz Schetyna | |
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Jerzy Miller | |
Member of the Sejm | |
Assumed office 25 September 2005 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Grzegorz Juliusz Schetyna 18 February 1963 Opole, Poland |
Political party | Civic Platform |
Other political affiliations | Liberal Democratic Congress (1991–1994) Freedom Union (1994–2001) |
Spouse | Kalina Rowińska-Schetyna |
Children | 1 |
Alma mater | University of Wrocław |
Grzegorz Juliusz Schetyna (Polish pronunciation:
Early career
In the early 1990s, Schetyna co-founded a commercial broadcaster, Radio Eska, and chaired the Śląsk Wrocław basketball team in 1994–97.[1]
Political career
Early beginnings
In the late 1980s, Schetyna headed the
Schetyna was first elected to the
Schetyna was also a member of
After stepping down, he moved to the post of head of the Civic Platform Sejm caucus.
Marshal of the Sejm
Following
On 8 July 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 6 August 2010.[7]
Schetyna ceased being
Sejm Committee on Foreign Affairs
Between 2011 and 2014, Schetyna served as chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
During Tusk's seven years in power, Schetyna tried several times to challenge him but was sidelined.[12] By 2014, news media reported about increased rivalry and tension between him and Tusk.
Minister of Foreign Affairs
When Tusk stepped down from his position in September 2014 to become the President of the European Council, Schetyna announced he would run for leadership of the Civic Platform. This was widely seen as a direct challenge to incoming Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz, as by tradition the prime minister is also party leader.[13]
For domestic political reasons Kopacz therefore decided to replace Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski with Schetyna.[14] Unlike his predecessor in the job, Schetyna was unknown outside Poland at the time.[15] Upon taking office, Kopacz ordered him to redraft Poland's foreign policy urgently and present it to parliament.[16]
In February 2015, Schetyna announced that Poland would be the first country to pay damages for participating in the US Central Intelligence Agency’s secret rendition program after it was found to have hosted a facility used for illegal rendition and interrogation. In doing so, Poland followed a ruling of the European Court of Human Rights ordering it to pay former detainees Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri and Abu Zubaydah.[17]
In September 2015, Schetyna summoned the Russian ambassador to Poland, Sergey Andreyev, after the ambassador, in an interview aired by private broadcaster TVN24, said Poland was partly responsible for Nazi Germany invading in 1939 because it had repeatedly blocked the formation of a coalition against Berlin in the run-up to the conflict.
Leader of Civic Platform
As Civic Platform chairman, Schetyna and the party’s other lawmakers occupied the main hall in parliament from mid-December 2016 and mid-January 2017 over the ruling PiS party’s plans to limit media access and a vote on the budget which the Civic Platform said was held illegally.[18] He also led the party’s campaign for the 2019 European Parliament election by warning that the ruling eurosceptic PiS party could eventually lead the country out of the EU.
Ahead of the 2019 national elections, Schetyna led his party’s move to join forces with two small, liberal groupings[19] and announced Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska as their candidate for prime minister.[20]
In January 2020, Schetyna announced that he won't stand in the 2020 Civic Platform leadership election and endorsed Tomasz Siemoniak. On 25 January 2020 his successor, Borys Budka, was elected.[21][22]
See also
References
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- ^ "Wybory prezydenckie 2020 - Daty, kandydaci, sondaże - Wiadomości.Gazeta.pl".
- ^ "Schetyna nowym marszałkiem Sejmu. 'Chcę być jak Płażyński'". Archived from the original on July 11, 2010. Retrieved July 8, 2010.
- ^ Pawel Sobczak and Christian Lowe (September 19, 2014), New Polish PM brings her rival into government Reuters.
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- ^ Weimar Triangle countries support the territorial integrity and European integration of Ukraine Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, press release of April 11, 2014.
- ^ Parlamentarier des Weimarer Dreiecks: Röttgen, Guigou und Schetyna in Kiew Archived August 17, 2016, at the Wayback Machine Bundestag, press release of April 8, 2014.
- ^ Pawel Sobczak and Christian Lowe (September 19, 2014), New Polish PM brings her rival into government Reuters.
- ^ Pawel Sobczak and Christian Lowe (September 19, 2014), New Polish PM brings her rival into government Reuters.
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- ^ Henry Foy (February 18, 2015), Poland agrees to pay 2 victims of CIA rendition Financial Times.
- ^ Pawel Agnieszka Barteczko (January 12, 2017), Poland's main opposition grouping ends parliamentary protest Reuters.
- ^ Joanna Plucinska and Angelika Meczkowska (July 18, 2019), Poland's fragmented opposition coalesces into left, center blocs Reuters.
- ^ Jan Cienski (September 3, 2019), Polish opposition chooses a candidate for PM Politico Europe.
- ^ "Koniec rządów Grzegorza Schetyny w Platformie Obywatelskiej". fakty.interia.pl (in Polish). Retrieved January 10, 2020.
- ^ "Civic Platform chairman Schetyna won't be running for re-election". TVN24. Retrieved January 10, 2020.