Borys Piotr Budka (born 11 March 1978 in Czeladź[1]) is a Polish politician, member of Sejm of the 7th,[2] 8th[3] and 9th[4] legislature, Minister of Justice in 2015,[5] vice-president of the Civic Platform political party in the 2016–2020 period,[6] leader of the parliamentary political group of Civic Coalition since 2019,[7] leader of the Civic Platform from 2020 to 2021.[8] Elected as a Member of the European Parliament in 2024.[9]

Borys Budka
Budka in 2023
Minister of State Assets
In office
13 December 2023 – 13 May 2024
Prime MinisterDonald Tusk
Preceded byMarzena Małek
Succeeded byJakub Jaworowski
Chairman of Civic Platform
In office
29 January 2020 – 3 July 2021
DeputyBartosz Arłukowicz
Ewa Kopacz
Tomasz Siemoniak
Rafał Trzaskowski
Secretary-GeneralRobert Tyszkiewicz
Marcin Kierwiński
Parliamentary
Leader
Himself
Cezary Tomczyk
Preceded byGrzegorz Schetyna
Succeeded byDonald Tusk
Minister of Justice
In office
4 May 2015 – 16 November 2015
Prime MinisterEwa Kopacz
Preceded byCezary Grabarczyk
Succeeded byZbigniew Ziobro
Member of the Sejm
Assumed office
8 November 2011
Constituency29 - Gliwice (2011-2019)
31 - Katowice (2019-)
Member of the Zabrze City Council
In office
27 October 2002 – 8 November 2011
Personal details
Born (1978-03-11) 11 March 1978 (age 46)
Czeladź, Poland
Political partyCivic Platform
Other political
affiliations
Civic Coalition
Websiteborysbudka.pl

Memoir

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Budka is son of Józef and Maria.[10] In 2002, he graduated Faculty of Law and Administration at the University of Silesia in Katowice. In 2007, Budka began practice as Legal Counsel.[citation needed] In 2011, at the University of Economics in Katowice, based on the Kwalifikacje pracownicze w stosunku pracy, he obtained a PhD in economics with a specialization in employment policy.[11] Since graduation, he has been working as an academic teacher at the Department of Law at the Faculty of Finance and Insurance of the University of Economics.[citation needed]

Local Councilor

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Since 2002, he obtained the mandate of a local councilor in Zabrze. In 2002 and 2010 he was a local councilor belonging to Civic Platform.[12][13] In 2006 he held the same function belonging to local committee.[14] In 2002-2005 he was a vice leader of Gliwce City Council. In 2014, Budka was a candidate for the presidential election of Gliwice. He took third place (6192 votes).[15]

Parliamentarian

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In 2011, Borys Budka obtained a parliamentary mandate (Civic Platform) in Gliwice constituency. He got 10 260 votes.[16] On 30 April 2015, Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz announced his candidacy as Minister of Justice.[17] He held this position on 4 May 2015.[17] In parliament of the 8th term of office, he became a member of the Justice and Human Rights Committee and the Legislative Committee, and also became the co-leader of the Special Committee for Changes in Codifications.[18] He was also appointed by the parliament to the National Council of the Judiciary.[19] On 26 February 2016, Borys Budka held a position of co-leader of Civic Platform's parliamentary club.[20] On 12 November 2019, he became the new leader of the Civic Coalition parliamentary club.[21] On 3 January 2020, he announced his start in the election as leader of the Civic Platform. On 25 January 2020, he was elected chairman of the Civic Platform, defeating Tomasz Siemoniak, Bogdan Zdrojewski and Bartłomiej Sienkiewicz in the first round of elections.[22] He officially took the office on 29 January 2020, when the official election results were announced. He replaced the current party leader Grzegorz Schetyna.[23] In 2020, he officially supports Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska in the presidential election.[24]

Private life

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Privately is married to Katarzyna Kuczyńska-Budka, who is local councilor in Gliwice.[25] He is a long-distance runner, he runs in street running. He achieved his life record in a marathon (2 hours 39 minutes, 3 seconds) in 2009 in the first edition of the Silesia Marathon.[26]

References

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  1. ^ "MamPrawoWiedziec.pl". MamPrawoWiedziec.pl. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  2. ^ "Wybory 2011". wybory2011.pkw.gov.pl. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  3. ^ "PKW | Wybory do Sejmu RP i Senatu RP". parlament2015.pkw.gov.pl. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  4. ^ "Wybory do Sejmu i Senatu Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej 2019 r." sejmsenat2019.pkw.gov.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  5. ^ "Postanowienie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 4 maja 2015 r. nr 1131.4.2015 o zmianie w składzie Rady Ministrów". prawo.sejm.gov.pl. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  6. ^ "Grabarczyk usunięty z zarządu PO. Siemoniak i Budka - wiceszefami partii". www.rmf24.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  7. ^ "Klub Parlamentarny Koalicja Obywatelska - Platforma Obywatelska, Nowoczesna, Inicjatywa Polska, Zieloni". www.sejm.gov.pl. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  8. ^ "Borys Budka przewodniczącym Platformy Obywatelskiej!". Platforma Obywatelska (in Polish). Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  9. ^ "Wybory do Parlamentu Europejskiego 2024". wybory.gov.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 11 June 2024.
  10. ^ "Biuletyn Informacji Publicznej Instytutu Pamięci Narodowej". archive.is. 23 June 2014. Archived from the original on 23 June 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  11. ^ "Nowa Nauka Polska".
  12. ^ "Państwowa Komisja Wyborcza: Wybory samorządowe". wybory2002.pkw.gov.pl. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  13. ^ "Wybory Samorządowe 2010 - Geografia wyborcza - Województwo śląskie - - m. Zabrze". wybory2010.pkw.gov.pl. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  14. ^ "Geografia wyborcza - Wybory samorządowe - Państwowa Komisja Wyborcza". wybory2006.pkw.gov.pl. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  15. ^ "PKW | Samorząd 2014". samorzad2014.pkw.gov.pl. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  16. ^ "Wybory 2011". wybory2011.pkw.gov.pl. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  17. ^ a b "Borys Budka będzie nowym ministrem sprawiedliwości". gazetapl (in Polish). 30 April 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  18. ^ "Borys Budka". www.sejm.gov.pl. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  19. ^ "Uchwała Sejmu Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 25 listopada 2015 r. w sprawie wyboru posła członka Krajowej Rady Sądownictwa". prawo.sejm.gov.pl. Archived from the original on 15 October 2019. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  20. ^ "Grabarczyk usunięty z zarządu PO. Siemoniak i Budka - wiceszefami partii". www.rmf24.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  21. ^ WPROST.pl (12 November 2019). "Borys Budka szefem klubu parlamentarnego Koalicji Obywatelskiej". Wprost (in Polish). Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  22. ^ "Borys Budka nowym szefem PO". Onet Wiadomości (in Polish). 25 January 2020. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  23. ^ "Są oficjalne wyniki wyborów w PO. Budka przewodniczącym, Schetyna deklaruje wsparcie". Onet Wiadomości (in Polish). 29 January 2020. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  24. ^ "Borys Budka, nowy przewodniczący PO: Najważniejsza jest wygrana Małgorzaty Kidawy-Błońskiej w wyborach prezydenckich". plus.dziennikzachodni.pl (in Polish). 26 January 2020. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  25. ^ "Wybory samorządowe 2018". wybory2018.pkw.gov.pl. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  26. ^ "Klasyfikacja generalna maratonu" (PDF). Silesia Marathon. 3 May 2009. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
Party political offices
Preceded by Chairman of the Civic Platform
2020–2021
Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by Minister of Justice
2015
Succeeded by