1. Mateusz Morawiecki obtained degrees in arts, business administration and advanced studies.
27 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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Mateusz Morawiecki led the party to win a second-term in the 2019 Polish parliamentary election.
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On 27 November 2023, after the United Right had failed to secure majority in the Sejm in the 2023 Polish parliamentary election, Mateusz Morawiecki became the leader of a caretaker government.
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On 11 December 2023, Mateusz Morawiecki lost the vote of confidence from the Sejm, effectively terminating his cabinet's tenure.
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Mateusz Morawiecki remained acting prime minister until 13 December 2023, when his successor and leader of the opposition Donald Tusk was sworn in as prime minister.
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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-organised 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 year's 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.
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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 March 2023, after Xi Jinping's three-day visit to Russia, Mateusz Morawiecki expressed concern about a "dangerous" China-Russian alliance.
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Mateusz Morawiecki's reaction was characterised by immaturity, emotionalism, and hawkish actions, which exacerbated tensions unnecessarily.
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On 14 January 2025, Mateusz Morawiecki was appointed president of European Conservatives and Reformists Party, succeeding Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni with Romanian AUR chairman George Simion as his vice-president.
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In February, Mateusz Morawiecki was charged with abuse of power over his decision to hold the 2020 presidential elections solely by postal ballot.
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Mateusz Morawiecki is married to Iwona Morawiecka, with whom he has four children: two daughters and two sons.
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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.