Patryk Jaki

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Patryk Jaki (2024)
Member of the European Parliament
Incumbent
Assumed office
2 July 2019
Personal details
Born (1985-05-11) 11 May 1985 (age 39)
Opole, Poland
Political party Law and Justice (Vice-President of the Law and Justice party since 2024)
SpouseAnna Jaki
Children2
Alma mater University of Wrocław
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Patryk Tomasz Jaki (born 11 May 1985) is a Polish political scientis and politician holding a PhD in security sciences and serving as an academic lecturer. Vice-President of the Law and Justice party since 2024[1]. Member of the European Parliament in the IX and X terms (since 2019).

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He was a member of the Parliament (Sejm) of the Republic of Poland in the VII and VIII terms (2011–2019). He served as Secretary of State in the Ministry of Justice (2015-2019) and is the Vice-Chairman of the of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Eastern Partnership – Euronest (since 2019).

Biography

Education

He graduated from the University of Wrocław and obtained a master’s degree in political science in 2010. He also completed the ARGO Top Public Executive program organized by the National School of Public Administration in collaboration with IESE Business School in Barcelona (2018) and training at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville. In 2019, he defended his doctoral dissertation at the Faculty of National Security of the War Studies University. He conducted classes for students at the Opole University in the security policy workshop. [1]

Political career

In 2003, he joined the Young Forum of Law and Justice (PiS). He worked, among other positions, as a marketing specialist at the International School of Logistics and Transport. He published in the journal "Logistyka" (Logistics). He was a member of the political cabinet of the Opole Voivode, an assistant to MEP Ryszard Legutko, and a member of the "Gazeta Polska" club in Opole. He also served as the Vice-President of the "Stop Corruption" Association.

In 2006, he joined the Civic Platform party and was elected to the Opole City Council on its slate for the first time. Shortly after the elections, he left this party and rejoined Law and Justice (PiS). In 2009, he completed his political science studies at the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Wrocław. In 2010, he was re-elected in the local government elections and assumed the role of chairman of the PiS councillors' club that same year.

At his initiative, Opole was expanded by including parts of villages from the surrounding municipalities within its borders. This decision was made despite protests from the residents of the annexed villages (over 90% of those voting in consultations opposed it). The Council of Ministers adopted the project (which came into effect at the beginning of 2017) on July 19, 2016.

On 18 November 2015, Jaki became Secretary of State in the Ministry of Justice [2] [3] responsible for, among other things, supervision over the Prison Service. [4] He was also appointed Plenipotentiary of the Minister of Justice for the Implementation of the Electronic Monitoring System. [5] He drafted an amendment to the existing law to prohibit depriving parents of the right of custody of their children on grounds of their bad financial situation. [6] [7] He has been entrusted with oversight over the establishment of the Museum of Cursed Soldiers and Political Prisoners of the Polish People's Republic. [8] [ failed verification ] He is also the chairman of the Team for the Protection of Family Autonomy and Family Life in the Ministry of Justice.

Jaki initiated the establishment of the Verification Committee for Reprivatisation [9] [ failed verification ] [10] and became its chairman on 11 May 2017. [11] [12] [13] He has been the author of a registry of sex offenders in Poland since 1 October of the same year, [14] [15] as well as a government programme for the employment of prisoners which has helped to increase employment among convicts by 50%. [16] [17]

Jaki is the chairman of the Polish Council of Penitentiary Policy. [18] He stated that "stopping Islamization is his Westerplatte". [19] [20]

On 11 October, Jaki received the "Polski Kompas" (Poland's Compass) [21] award granted by the Gazeta Bankowa monthly for his "fight against a reprivatisation mafia". [22]

Later career

Jaki gained almost 260,000 votes in the 2019 European Parliament election in Poland. [23] He is responsible for the "Save the Heroes" campaign promoting the restoration of streets named in honor of generals Emil August Fieldorf "Nil" and Zygmunt Szendzielarz "Łupaszka”, as well as the legislation initiative "Let's Restore History Lessons at Schools” [24]

Awards

Personal life

On 14 September 2013, Jaki married Anna Kuszkiewicz (in Cathedral Basilica of the Holy Cross, Opole). [25] They have a son named Radosław, who was born with Down syndrome in 2014, [26] and a daughter named Aleksandra (b. 2020).

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References

  1. ↑ "Patryk Jaki obronił doktorat". Rzeczpospolita (in Polish). Retrieved 19 June 2022.
  2. ↑ "Ministerstwo Sprawiedliwości". Government of Poland (in Polish). Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  3. ↑ "Patryk Jaki został wiceministrem sprawiedliwości" [Patryk Jaki became Deputy Minister of Justice]. Nowa Trybuna Opolska (in Polish). 18 November 2015.
  4. ↑ "Strona główna | Służba Więzienna". Government of Poland (in Polish). Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  5. ↑ "System Dozoru Elektronicznego | Strona informacyjna". Government of Poland (in Polish). Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  6. ↑ Kapica, Tomasz (11 February 2016). "Już nie będzie można odbierać dzieci z powodu biedy". Nowa Trybuna Opolska (in Polish).
  7. ↑ "Nie będzie już odbierania dzieci z powodu biedy! Prezydent podpisał nowelizację Kodeksu rodzinnego". W Polityce (in Polish). 24 March 2016.
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  24. ↑ "Ocalić Bohaterów | Patryk Jaki reaguje na decyzje władz miejskich | Polityka i Społeczeństwo". Portal Samorzadowy (in Polish). 4 November 2019. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
  25. ↑ "Poseł Patryk Jaki ożenił się. Zobacz wideo!". NTO (in Polish). 14 September 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
  26. ↑ "Minister od Szydło Szczerze o wychowaniu synka z zespołem Downa". Super Express (in Polish). 21 December 2015. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
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2015–present		Incumbent
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