Adam Niedzielski
Minister of Health
In office
26 August 2020 – 8 August 2023
PresidentAndrzej Duda
Prime MinisterMateusz Morawiecki
Preceded byŁukasz Szumowski
Succeeded byKatarzyna Sójka
President of the National Health Fund
In office
18 July 2019 – 26 August 2020
Acting: 18 July 2019 – 10 october 2019
DeputyFilip Nowak
Bernard Waśko
Preceded byAndrzej Jacyna
Succeeded byFilip Nowak (Acting)
Personal details
Born
Adam Wojciech Niedzielski

(1973-11-19) November 19, 1973 (age 50)
Warsaw, Poland

Adam Wojciech Niedzielski (Polish pronunciation: [ˈa.dam ɲɛˈd͡ʑɛ.lskʲi]; born 19 November 1973) is a Polish economist. He is the former President of the National Health Fund. He was Minister of Health[1] of the Republic of Poland.[2][3]

Academic career

He graduated from the Faculty of Economics and Faculty of Quantitative Methods and Information Systems at the Warsaw School of Economics. In 2003 he was awarded a doctorate in economic sciences at the Institute of Economics of the Polish Academy of Sciences.

Professional work

Niedzielski began his professional career at the Department of Financial Politics and Analysis of the Ministry of Finance, where from 1996 to 1998 he was involved in macroeconomic analysis. From 1998 to 2004 he worked at the Institute of Market Economics. From 1999 to 2007 he worked at the Higher School of Trade and International Finance. From 2002 to 2007 he served as an economic advisor to the Supreme Audit Office. From 2007 to 2013 he was the director of the Department of Finances and the Department of Controlling at the Social Insurance Institution, and from 2013 to 2016 he was the director of the Department of Strategy and Deregulation of the Ministry of Justice. In February 2016 he became the Advisor to the President of the Social Insurance Institution. He acted as the Director-General of the Ministry of Finance from November 2016. In 2018 the Minister of Health Łukasz Szumowski appointed him as the vice-president of Operations of the National Health Fund. In 2019 he became the President of the NHF.[4]

On 18 August 2020 Łukasz Szumowski resigned from his position as the Minister of Health.[5] Two days later, the Prime Minister of Poland Mateusz Morawiecki announced that Adam Niedzielski will replace Szumowski as the head of the ministry.[6] On 26 August 2020 he was appointed to the office by the President of Poland Andrzej Duda.[7][8]

References

  1. ^ "Zbigniew Rau i Adam Niedzielski. Prezydent powołał nowych ministrów spraw zagranicznych i zdrowia". Business Insider (in Polish). Business Insider. 2020-08-26. Retrieved 2020-08-27.
  2. ^ "Adam Niedzielski". Adam Niedzielski. Government of Poland.
  3. ^ "Adam Niedzielski :Kancelaria Prezesa Rady Ministrów". www.premier.gov.pl (in Polish). Government of Poland. 2020-08-26. Retrieved 2020-08-27.
  4. ^ "Adam Niedzielski nowym prezesem NFZ". 10 October 2019.
  5. ^ "Poland's Health Minister resigns amid medical procurement allegations". 18 August 2020.
  6. ^ "Poland's government names new foreign, health ministers". 20 August 2020.
  7. ^ "Postanowienie Nr 1131.20.2020 Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 26 sierpnia 2020 r. o zmianie w składzie Rady Ministrów" [Decision No. 1131.20.2020 of the President of the Republic of Poland of August 26, 2020 on the change in the composition of the Council of Ministers]. Decision of the President of the Republic of Poland No. 765 of 26 August 2020 (in Polish). President of the Republic of Poland. p. 1.
  8. ^ "Zmiany w składzie Rady Ministrów" [Changes in the composition of the Council of Ministers]. Nomination of the President of the Republic of Poland of 26 August 2020 (in Polish). President of the Republic of Poland.


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