Mateusz Morawiecki obtained degrees in arts, business administration and advanced studies.
19 Facts About Mateusz Morawiecki
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From 1998, Mateusz Morawiecki worked for Bank Zachodni WBK from the Santander Group, where he was promoted to the position of managing director and eventually chairman.
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In connection to this, Mateusz Morawiecki has mentioned that his colleague from the PiS party "knows perfectly well what fighting for freedom means".
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Mateusz Morawiecki continued taking part in political demonstrations until the late 1980s and participated in occupation strikes at the University of Wroclaw in 1988 and 1989.
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Mateusz Morawiecki co-organized the Club for Political Thought "Free and Solidary".
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In 1991 Mateusz Morawiecki began work at Cogito Company and co-created two publishing firms, Reverentia and Enter Marketing-Publishing.
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Mateusz Morawiecki sat on policy committees at many institutions of higher education.
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From November 1998 Mateusz Morawiecki worked for Bank Zachodni WBK, Santander Group, where he began his career as deputy chair of the supervisory board, and supervisor of the economic analysis bureau and the international trade department.
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In March 2016, Mateusz Morawiecki announced that he had joined the Law and Justice party.
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On 28 September 2016, in addition to his other positions, Mateusz Morawiecki was appointed Minister of Finance, becoming the second most powerful member of the Government, overseeing the budget, government finances, European Union funds, and overall economic policy.
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In July 2018 Mateusz Morawiecki said he "will not rest" until "the whole truth" of the World War II-era massacres in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia has been explained.
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On 13 October 2019 Mateusz Morawiecki led PiS to a re-election victory in that years parliamentary election.
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On 15 September 2020, the Voivodeship administrative court in Warsaw ruled that the decision of Mateusz Morawiecki to hold the elections only by postal vote on 10 May 2020 was a "gross violation of the law and was issued without [legal] grounds" and violated article 7 of the Polish Constitution, article 157, paragraph 1 and article 187, paragraph 1 and 2 of the Electoral Code.
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In October 2021, Mateusz Morawiecki accused the European Union of blackmail over several issues he downplayed the possibility of a "Polexit" and said that the threat of economic sanctions was a "direct challenge".
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Mateusz Morawiecki said "we do not want people to suffer as a result" of EU's Green Deal, accusing the bloc's Emissions Trading System of contributing to the 2021 global energy crisis.
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In January 2023, Mateusz Morawiecki said he supported the death penalty.
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In 2008 Mateusz Morawiecki was made Honorary Consul of the Republic of Ireland in Poland.
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Mateusz Morawiecki has received other distinctions from economic clubs, universities, publishing houses, and cultural institutions.
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Mateusz Morawiecki is married to Iwona Morawiecka, with whom he has four children: two daughters and two sons.