Jan Olbrycht

{{short description|Polish politician of the Civic Platform (born 1952)}}

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|constituency_MP1 = Silesia

|parliament1 = European

|term_start1 = 20 July 2004

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|office2 = 1st Marshal of Silesian Voivodeship

|term_start2 = 1 January 1999

|term_end2 = 26 November 2002

|predecessor2 = Inaugural holder

|successor2 = Michał Czarski

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|birth_place = Rybnik, Poland

|alma_mater = Jagiellonian University

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|children = 2

|party = Civic Platform (2004–present)

|otherparty = Solidarity Electoral Action (1997–2001)
Social Movement (2002–2004)

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Jan Marian Olbrycht (born 21 September 1952, in Rybnik) is a Polish politician of the Civic Platform who has been serving Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for Silesian Voivodeship since 2004. Olbrycht sits as part of the European People's Party. Before entering European politics, he was the first Marshal of Silesian Voivodeship between 1999 and 2002.

Education

1984: Doctor of Sociology, Jagiellonian University
Lecturer

Political career

=Career in national politics=

2002-2004: Chairman of the Policy Council of the Social Movement
since 2004: Member of the National Council of the Citizens' Platform
1990-1998: Mayor and member of the town council in Cieszyn
1998-2004: Regional Councillor of the Silesian Voivodeship
1998-2002: Marshal of the Silesian Voivodeship
1995-2001: Vice-Chairman of the Council of European Municipalities and Regions
2000-2004: Member of the Organisation of the Assembly of European Regions (ARE)
2004: Member of the World Council of United Cities and Local Governments
2000-2004: Member of the National Council for Regional Policy
since 2003: Member of the Committee for National Spatial Planning, Polish Academy of Sciences (PAN)

=Member of the European Parliament, 2004–present=

Olbrycht has been a Member of the European Parliament since the 2004 European elections. In parliament, he has since served on the Committee on Regional Development (2004–2014), the Committee on Budgetary Control (2009–2011) and the Committee on Budgets (since 2014). In the latter capacity, he is the parliament's co-rapporteur (alongside Margarida Marques) on the European Union's Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) for 2021–2027.Cécile Barbière (February 11, 2020), [https://www.euractiv.com/section/economy-jobs/news/lawmakers-pressure-paris-to-do-more-for-eu-budget/ Lawmakers pressure Paris to do more for EU budget] EURACTIV.

In addition to his committee assignments, Olbrycht has been part of the parliament's delegations for relations with China (2004–2009); Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro and Kosovo (2009–2014); the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (2014–2019); and Canada (since 2019).[http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/28288/JAN_OLBRYCHT/home Jan Olbrycht] European Parliament. He also chairs the URBAN Intergroup[http://urban-intergroup.eu/members/ Members] URBAN Intergroup. and is a member of the European Internet Forum.[https://www.internetforum.eu/committee/political-member.html Members] European Internet Forum.

Following the 2019 elections, Olbrycht was part of a cross-party working group in charge of drafting the European Parliament's four-year work program on digitization.Florian Eder (June 13, 2019), [https://www.politico.eu/newsletter/brussels-playbook/politico-brussels-playbook-presented-by-google-madrids-moment-parliament-working-groups-sneak-peak-happy-birthday-gdpr/ POLITICO Brussels Playbook, presented by Google: Madrid’s moment — Parliament working groups sneak peak[sic] — Happy birthday, GDPR] Politico Europe.

Within the centre-right European People's Party Group (EPP) group, Olbrycht is one of the deputies of chairman Manfred Weber.[https://www.eppgroup.eu/newsroom/news/epp-group-re-elects-manfred-weber-as-group-chair EPP Group re-elects Manfred Weber as Group Chair] European People's Party Group (EPP), press release of June 5, 2019. In 2021, he was appointed to the group's task force for proposing changes to its rules of procedure to allow for “the possibility of the collective termination of membership of a group of Members rather than just individual membership”, alongside Esteban González Pons, Othmar Karas, Esther de Lange and Paulo Rangel.Mia Bartoloni (January 15, 2021), [https://www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/news/article/movers-and-shakers-15-january-2021 Movers and Shakers] The Parliament Magazine.

Decorations and awards

Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (2000)
Emperor-Maximilian-Prize (2005)
Franciszka Cegielska's Rose Award (2010)
MEP Award in the economic and monetary affairs category (2018){{cite web| url = https://www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/news/article/mep-awards-2018-a-word-from-the-winners |title=MEP awards 2018: A word from the winners | access-date = 31 August 2021}}