Adam Szłapka

Adam Szłapka
Szłapka in 2024
Minister for European Affairs
Incumbent
Assumed office
13 December 2023
Prime MinisterDonald Tusk
Preceded bySzymon Szynkowski vel Sęk
Leader of Modern
Incumbent
Assumed office
24 November 2019
Preceded byKatarzyna Lubnauer
Member of the Sejm
Incumbent
Assumed office
12 November 2015
Personal details
Born (1984-12-06) 6 December 1984 (age 40)
Kościan, Poland
Political partyModern (2015–present)
Other political
affiliations		Civic Coalition (2018–present)
Alma materAdam Mickiewicz University in Poznań
ProfessionPolitician, political scientist

Adam Stanisław Szłapka (born December 6, 1984, in Kościan) is a Polish politician, political scientist, and local government official. He has been a member of the Sejm (Polish Parliament) for the 8th, 9th, and 10th terms (since 2015). He has served as the leader of the Modern party (Nowoczesna) since 2019 and has been the Minister for European Union Affairs in Donald Tusk's third government since 2023.

Early life and education

Szłapka was born on 6 December 1984 in Kościan, Greater Poland Voivodeship. He graduated from the Oskar Kolberg High School No. 1 in Kościan.[1] He subsequently graduated in political science and Eastern studies from the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań.[2]

Political career

He was an activist of Młode Centrum, a youth organization of the Freedom Union and Democratic Party. Between 2006-2012 he worked as the general secretary of these organizations.[3]

Between 2006-2010, he served as town councillor in Kościan representing the Self-Government Democratic Forum (Samorządowe Forum Demokratyczne).[4] In 2010, he unsuccessfully ran for office in the local government elections.[5] He was director of the Fundacja: Projekt Polska. In the years 2011-2015, he worked as an expert in the Chancellery of the President Bronisław Komorowski.[6]

In 2015, he assumed the post of general secretary of the Modern (.Nowoczesna) party. The same year, he stood for election to the Sejm and won a seat from the Kalisz constituency.[7] He was appointed a member of the Foreign Affairs Parliamentary Committee as well as the Secret Service Committee. In the 2019 Polish parliamentary election, he was re-elected as member of parliament receiving 51,951 votes in the Poznań constituency.[8]

On 24 November 2019, he replaced Katarzyna Lubnauer as leader of the Modern political party.[9] He has expressed his support for the legalization of same-sex marriage in Poland.[10]

Following the 2023 election, on 13 December 2023, he assumed the post of Minister for the European Affairs in Donald Tusk's third cabinet.[11]

Results in National Elections

Election Electoral Committee Office District Result
2015 Modern Sejm (8th term) no. 36 12,539 (3.45%)Green tickY[7]
2019 Civic Coalition Sejm (9th term) no. 39 51,951 (10.10%)Green tickY[8]
2023 Sejm (10th term) 149,064 (25.01%)Green tickY[12]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Szłapka sekretarzem partii Petru". Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  2. ^ "Nowoczesna ogłosiła swojego kandydata w naszym regionie". Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  3. ^ "Adam Szłapka". Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  4. ^ "Szłapka sekretarzem partii Petru". Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  5. ^ "Wybory Samorządowe 2010". Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  6. ^ "Nowoczesna ogłosiła swojego kandydata w naszym regionie". Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  7. ^ a b "Wybory do Sejmu i Senatu Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej 2015". Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  8. ^ a b "Wybory do Sejmu i Senatu Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej 2019". Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  9. ^ "Adam Szłapka nowym przewodniczącym Nowoczesnej". Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  10. ^ "Adam Szłapka (Nowoczesna): jestem za małżeństwami, ale najpierw związki". Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  11. ^ "Adam Szłapka nowym ministrem ds. Unii Europejskiej. Wcześniej pracował u prezydenta". wprost.pl (in Polish). 12 December 2023. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
  12. ^ "Wybory do Sejmu i Senatu Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej w 2023 r." sejmsenat2023.pkw.gov.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2024-11-20.