Grzegorz Schetyna

Grzegorz Schetyna
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 22 September 2014 – 16 November 2015
Prime Minister	Ewa Kopacz
Preceded by	Radosław Sikorski
Succeeded by	Witold Waszczykowski
Leader of Civic Platform
Incumbent
Assumed office 26 January 2016
Preceded by	Ewa Kopacz
Marshal of the Sejm
In office 8 July 2010 – 8 November 2011
Preceded by	Bronisław Komorowski
Succeeded by	Ewa Kopacz
Acting President of Poland
In office 8 July 2010 – 6 August 2010
Prime Minister	Donald Tusk
Preceded by	Bogdan Borusewicz (Acting)
Succeeded by	Bronisław Komorowski as President
Leader of the Civic Platform in the Sejm
In office 9 October 2009 – 22 July 2010
Leader	Donald Tusk
Preceded by	Grzegorz Dolniak (Acting)
Succeeded by	Tomasz Tomczykiewicz
Minister of the Interior and Administration
In office 16 November 2007 – 13 October 2009
Prime Minister	Donald Tusk
Preceded by	Władysław Stasiak
Succeeded by	Jerzy Miller
Personal details
Born	Grzegorz Juliusz Schetyna (1963-02-18) 18 February 1963 Opole, Poland
Political party	Civic Platform
Other political affiliations	Liberal Democratic Congress (1991–1994) Freedom Union (1994–2001)
Religion	Roman Catholicism

Grzegorz Juliusz Schetyna (Polish pronunciation: [ˈɡʐɛɡɔʂ sxɛˈtɨna]) born February 18, 1963 in Opole, is a Polish politician, who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland from 2014 to 2015. He is a former Marshal of the Sejm and Acting President of Poland. Since 26 January 2016 he is a leader of Civic Platform.

Political career

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.

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	Acting President of Poland 2010	Succeeded by Bronisław Komorowski President
Preceded by Bronisław Komorowski	Marshal of the Sejm 2010–2011	Succeeded by Ewa Kopacz
Preceded by Radosław Sikorski	Minister of Foreign Affairs 2014–2015	Succeeded by Witold Waszczykowski
Party political offices
Preceded by Grzegorz Dolniak Acting	Leader of the Civic Platform in the Sejm 2009–2010	Succeeded by Tomasz Tomczykiewicz
Preceded by Ewa Kopacz	Leader of the Civic Platform 2016–present	Incumbent