40 Facts About Daniel Kawczynski

Daniel Robert Kawczynski is a British Conservative Party politician.

Daniel Kawczynski was born on 24 January 1972 in Warsaw, Poland.

Daniel Kawczynski's parents are Leonard and Halina Kawczynski, now Tipper.

Daniel Kawczynski moved to Britain with his mother at the age of six.

Daniel Kawczynski was educated at St George's College, Weybridge, an independent Roman Catholic school in Surrey, followed by Birmingham Polytechnic and then the University of Stirling where he studied Business Studies and French, graduating in 1994.

Daniel Kawczynski served as president of the university's Conservative Association in 1991.

Daniel Kawczynski worked in the business entertainment industry before he became an international account manager in the telecommunications industry, a position he held for ten years from 1994 to 2004.

Daniel Kawczynski sat as a member of both the International Development Select Committee and the Justice Select Committee, but was criticised by the Birmingham Post in 2009 for failing to regularly attend the meetings of the Select Committees to which he had been appointed.

Daniel Kawczynski stated the figure for the international development committee was wrong and he had been unable to attend the justice committee meetings because they clashed.

In 2007, Daniel Kawczynski signed an Early Day Motion that welcomed the "positive contribution made to the health of the nation by the NHS homeopathic hospitals".

Daniel Kawczynski voted against a House of Lords amendment to abolish the offences of blasphemy and blasphemous libel under common law.

When Jones lost his role in 2014, Daniel Kawczynski became advisor to the Prime Minister David Cameron on Eastern and Central European Diaspora.

Daniel Kawczynski was chair of the All-Party Group for Saudi Arabia between 2011 and 2016, and during his time as chairman he led delegations to the country.

Daniel Kawczynski was chair of the All-Party Group for Libya but that group has now ceased to exist.

In October 2013, Daniel Kawczynski reportedly told a one-legged drug addict in a wheelchair who was begging outside the Houses of Parliament to 'get a job'.

The Daily Telegraph, reported that Daniel Kawczynski had been referred to the Conservative party's new disciplinary committee.

Daniel Kawczynski admitted to the incident, but rejected the accusation of inappropriate conduct.

Daniel Kawczynski expressed support for a prospective leadership bid by Jacob Rees-Mogg in 2018.

Daniel Kawczynski described his association with the firm as a job he would work in his spare time.

In February 2020, Daniel Kawczynski generated controversy for sharing a platform with right-wing populist politicians including Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban and the former deputy prime minister of Italy Matteo Salvini, at a conference organised by the Edmund Burke Foundation.

Labour MP Andrew Gwynne called for Daniel Kawczynski to be suspended from Parliament, and he received additional criticism from some within the Conservative Party.

Daniel Kawczynski responded in an article published The Spectator stating that his reason for attending the conference was to make the case for nation states against European federalism.

In 2015, Daniel Kawczynski was described as a strong supporter of the Saudi Arabian government.

Daniel Kawczynski later said that he was writing "the most pro-Saudi book ever written by a British politician" and that he had been "battling against extraordinary ignorance and prejudice against Saudi Arabia for many years".

Daniel Kawczynski was seeking through an agent a well-paid second job with a Saudi or other Middle East company.

Daniel Kawczynski arranged to meet a potential Saudi employer in parliament, and arranged to meet the agent in his parliamentary office.

Daniel Kawczynski wrote that he was disillusioned with Westminster politics and would like in due course to become UK Ambassador to Saudi Arabia.

Daniel Kawczynski was reported to the parliamentary commissioner for standards.

In June 2021, Daniel Kawczynski made an apology from the floor of the House of Commons for bullying two members of parliamentary staff in April 2020.

Daniel Kawczynski appealed but a second panel found the sanction was "proper and proportionate".

In January 2022, Daniel Kawczynski was suspended from the House of Commons for one day for his bullying in April 2020 and the manner of apology in June 2021.

Since becoming the chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Poland in 2014, Daniel Kawczynski has supported a range of enterprises from his constituency in seeking business partners and export markets in Poland and other Central and Eastern European countries, offering support and advice.

Daniel Kawczynski had been a frequent visitor to the British Polish Chamber of Commerce in Warsaw where he often spoke of the importance of trade between Poland and the United Kingdom.

In 2016, Daniel Kawczynski was distinguished as an "Outstanding Pole Abroad of 2016" for his efforts in promoting trade and political relations between the United Kingdom and his country of birth.

Daniel Kawczynski said that while he was able to converse in Polish, his reading and writing skills had been limited.

Daniel Kawczynski is a supporter of Brexit and a former member of the European Research Group, which he left in April 2019.

Daniel Kawczynski mortgaged herself up to eye balls in process.

Daniel Kawczynski was the second MP in Britain to come out as bisexual, the first being Liberal Democrat Simon Hughes.

Daniel Kawczynski married his Brazilian partner of eight years, Fernando Lameu, on 9 November 2019, in a civil partnership ceremony in the House of Commons.

Daniel Kawczynski is a practising Catholic and as a young man had prayed to become heterosexual.