Grzegorz Puda
{{Short description|Polish politician (born 1982)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Grzegorz Puda
| image = File:Grzegorz Puda.png
| caption = Puda in 2019
| office = Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development
| term_start = 6 October 2020
| predecessor = Jan Krzysztof Ardanowski
| birth_name = Grzegorz Paweł Puda
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1982|7|13|df=y}}
| birth_place = Bielsko-Biała, Poland
| party = Law and Justice
}}
Grzegorz Paweł Puda (born 13 July 1982){{cite web|url=https://www.sejm.gov.pl/sejm8.nsf/posel.xsp?id=314|website=sejm.gov.pl|title=Grzegorz Puda|access-date=August 7, 2021}} is a Polish politician and local government official, member of the Sejm of the 8th and 9th term (since 2015), in 2019 secretary of state at the Ministry of Investment and Development, 2019–2020 Secretary of State in the Ministry of Funds and Regional Policy, from 2020 Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development in the second government of Mateusz Morawiecki.
Curriculum vitae
In 2006, he obtained the professional title of Master of Engineering in Animal Science at the Agricultural University of Kraków. He worked, among others as a marketing manager in a private enterprise and a coordinator in the district office.{{cite web|url=http://www.beskidzka24.pl/artykul,bielsko-biala_majatki_bez_tajemnic,31052.html|title=Bielsko-Biała: Majątki bez tajemnic – www.beskidzka24.pl|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180421233151/http://www.beskidzka24.pl/artykul,bielsko-biala_majatki_bez_tajemnic,31052.html|access-date=August 7, 2021|archive-date=April 21, 2018}}
He became involved in political activities within the Law and Justice party. In 2006, 2010 and 2014, he was a city councilor in Bielsko-Biała.{{cite web|url=https://wybory2006.pkw.gov.pl/kbw/wynikiRadaMiasta0ab0.html?jdn=246101|title=Geografia wyborcza – Wybory samorządowe – Państwowa Komisja Wyborcza|website=wybory2006.pkw.gov.pl|access-date=August 7, 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://wybory2010.pkw.gov.pl/geo/pl/240000/246101.html#tabs-4|title=Wybory Samorządowe 2010 – Geografia wyborcza – Województwo śląskie – - m. Bielsko-Biała|website=wybory2010.pkw.gov.pl|access-date=August 7, 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://samorzad2014.pkw.gov.pl/359_Rady_gmin/0/2461.html|title=PKW | Samorząd 2014|website=samorzad2014.pkw.gov.pl|access-date=August 7, 2021}} In the general elections in 2015, he ran for the Sejm from the eighth place on the PiS list in the Bielsko district. He was elected deputy of the 8th term of office, receiving 12,262 votes.{{cite web|url=https://parlament2015.pkw.gov.pl/349_Wyniki_Sejm.html|title=PKW | Wybory do Sejmu RP i Senatu RP|website=parlament2015.pkw.gov.pl|access-date=August 7, 2021}}
In July 2019, he was appointed by Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki as the secretary of state at the Ministry of Investment and Development.{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.pl/web/fundusze-regiony/grzegorz-puda-nowym-wiceministrem-inwestycji-i-rozwoju|title=Grzegorz Puda nowym wiceministrem inwestycji i rozwoju – Ministerstwo Funduszy i Polityki Regionalnej – Portal Gov.pl|website=gov.pl|access-date=August 7, 2021}} In the general elections in 2019, he successfully ran for re-election, obtaining 23,907 votes.{{cite web|url=https://sejmsenat2019.pkw.gov.pl/sejmsenat2019/pl/wyniki/sejm/pl|website=sejmsenat2019.pkw.gov.pl|title=Wybory do Sejmu i Senatu Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej 2019 r.|access-date=August 7, 2021}} In November 2019, after transformations in the structure of ministries, he moved to the position of the secretary of state in the Ministry of Funds and Regional Policy.{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.pl/web/fundusze-regiony|title=Ministerstwo Funduszy i Polityki Regionalnej – Portal Gov.pl|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191118180115/https://www.gov.pl/web/fundusze-regiony|access-date=August 7, 2021|archive-date=November 18, 2019}}
In January 2020, he became the government plenipotentiary for the organization of the World City Forum in 2022.{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.pl/web/fundusze-regiony/grzegorz-puda-wiceministrem-funduszy-i-polityki-regionalnej|title=Grzegorz Puda wiceministrem funduszy i polityki regionalnej – Ministerstwo Funduszy i Polityki Regionalnej – Portal Gov.pl|website=gov.pl|access-date=August 7, 2021}}
On 6 October 2020 he was appointed the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development in the office of Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki. He replaced Jan Krzysztof Ardanowski in this function.{{cite web|url=https://www.prezydent.pl/aktualnosci/nominacje/art,189,prezydent-dokonal-zmian-w-skladzie-rady-ministrow.html|title=Oficjalna strona Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej / Aktualności / Nominacje / Prezydent dokonał zmian w składzie Rady Ministrów|date=October 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201006144014/https://www.prezydent.pl/aktualnosci/nominacje/art,189,prezydent-dokonal-zmian-w-skladzie-rady-ministrow.html|access-date=August 7, 2021|archive-date=October 6, 2020}}
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