Jacek Sasin
MP
Official portrait, 2016
Deputy Prime Minister of Poland
In office
4 June 2019 – 21 June 2023
PresidentAndrzej Duda
Prime MinisterMateusz Morawiecki
Preceded byBeata Szydło
Minister for State Assets
Personal details
Political partyLaw and Justice

Jacek Robert Sasin (born 6 November 1969 in Warsaw) is a Polish politician and former local government official. In 2007 he assumed the role of voivode of the Masovian Voivodeship. His career included stints as the deputy head of the Chancellery of the President and as secretary of state in the Chancellery of the Prime Minister. Sasin is the serving deputy prime minister (from June 2019) and the minister for state assets (from November 2019).[1] In the Sejm, he was the chairman of the Public Finance Committee. Sasin has a degree in history from Warsaw University, completing a thesis under Andrzej Garlicki, and later studied at Kozminski University.[2]

2020 Polish election

Main article: 2020 Polish presidential election

On May 10, 2020, Sasin allocated PLN 68,896,820 for the Polish presidential election,[3] which did not take place.[4] The minister gave orders to print the ballot papers without any procedure or any legal basis, and ultimately lost them. Koalicja Obywatelska filed a motion to dismiss Sasin but this did not come to fruition.[5]

2023 Polish election

In the 2023 Polish parliamentary election, he was elected to the Sejm from the Białystok Constituency.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Jacek Sasin" (in Polish). Retrieved 24 November 2019.
  2. ^ "Jacek Sasin". Kancelaria Prezesa Rady Ministrów (in Polish). 13 November 2015. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
  3. ^ Dereszyński, Tomasz (2020-05-26). "TVN24.pl: Faktury na prawie 70 mln zł. Poczta Polska wypłaciła już ponad 26 mln zł, choć wybory prezydenckie 10 maja 2020 się nie odbyły". Polska Times (in Polish). Retrieved 2020-11-15.
  4. ^ "Poland's mystery election". POLITICO. 2020-05-04. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
  5. ^ "Czy Jacek Sasin powinien zostać odwołany? Są wyniki sondażu". Wprost (in Polish). 2020-06-07. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
  6. ^ "Wybory do Sejmu i Senatu Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej w 2023 r." wybory.gov.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2023-11-05.
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