Jan Szyszko, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jan Szyszko

Polish politician

Date of Birth: 19-Apr-1944

Place of Birth: Wesoła, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 09-Oct-2019

Profession: politician

Nationality: Poland

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Jan Feliks Szyszko (19 April 1944 – 9 October 2019) was a Polish forester, university teacher (professor of forestry) and politician who served as Minister of Environment in the cabinets of Jerzy Buzek (1997–1999), Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz (2005–2007), Jaroslaw Kaczynski (2007), Beata Szydlo (2015–2017) and Mateusz Morawiecki (2017-2018). He was elected to the Sejm on 25 September 2005, receiving 7,042 votes in the 20th Warsaw district, as a candidate on the Law and Justice list.
He served in four consecutive parliamentary terms, having won re-election in 2007, 2011 and 2015. The Pontifical Academy of Sciences recognized him with the 2008 Ettore Majorana Award.
He was an honorary citizen of Kroscienko nad Dunajcem and of Wielun.