Born on 27th June 1954 in Mielec. In 1979, graduated in aircraft construction from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at "Ignacy Łukasiewicz" University of Technology in Rzeszów. 1979-1992 - worked at the Communication Equipment Research and Development Centre in Mielec. 1992-1998 - chairman of the board of directors of MARR S.A. Regional Development Agency; 2002-2005 - plenipotentiary of the board. 1979-1981 - teacher at the Secondary Mechanical-Engineering School in Mielec; 1997-1999 - teacher at Secondary General-Education School No. 1 in Mielec. From November 2005 - secretary of state in the Ministry of Regional Development. 1998-2005 - deputy to Podkarpackie Provincial Parliament (1998-2002 - member of its board and deputy speaker). Helped to plan and implement European Union assistance programs, the World Bank Rural Area Activation Program, spatial planning and regional development programs. 2000-2003 - member and deputy chairman of steering and monitoring committees of numerous assistance programs such as Phare '99, Phare Socio-Economic Cohesion, Phare Reconstruction, Sapard and World Bank Rural Area Activation Program. 2001-2003 - member of the supervisory board of Agencja Rozwoju Przemysłu S.A. (Industrial Development Agency) in Warsaw. 2004-2005 - member of the Regional Steering Committee for Regional Development.Member and co-founder of numerous associations, among others: 1993-1996 - member of the board and deputy chairman of the National Association of Regional Development Agencies and Foundations in Warsaw; 1997-1999 - member of the association's planning council. In 1997, established the IN-MARR Enterprise Incubator in Mielec; currently its member. Member of the Enterprise Promotion Association in Rzeszów and Association for Promotion of Transformations in Polish Agriculture Klub Integracji z Wiejską Europą (Club of Integration with Rural Europe) in Rzeszów, member of the Catholic Action Association. Member of the Solidarity Trade Union since 1980. Deputy chairman and then chairman of the Solidarity Trade Union at WSK PZL and OBR-SK companies in Mielec (1989-1991); subsequently deputy chairman of the National Section of the Solidarity Trade Union in the Aircraft Industry (1990-1991). 1989-1991 - member of the Rzeszów Region board of Solidarity Trade Union. In the Sixth Term Senate was member of the National Defence Committee. 1990-1991 - member of Porozumienie Centrum (Centre Alliance Party), then member of Solidarity Electoral Action Social Committee. 1998-2004 - member of the national board and chairman of the regional board of Solidarity Electoral Action Social Movement in Podkarpackie Province (2002-2004).Member of the Law and Justice political party and member of its political council. Married, has two children. |
