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Andrzej Halicki

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Andrzej Halicki
Vice-Chair of theEuropean People's Partyin theEuropean Parliament
Assumed office
19 June 2024[1]
Chair
Serving alongside
Preceded by
Minister of Administration and Digitization
In office
22 September 2014 – 16 November 2015
PresidentBronisław Komorowski
Andrzej Duda
Prime MinisterEwa Kopacz
Preceded byRafał Trzaskowski
Succeeded byMariusz Błaszczak(Administration)
Anna Streżyńska(Digitization)
Personal details
Born(1961-11-26)26 November 1961(age 62)
Political partyCivic Platform
Alma materSGH Warsaw School of Economics

Andrzej Halicki(born 26 November 1961) is a Polish politician of theCivic Platform(PO)[2]who has been serving as aMember of the European Parliamentsince the2019 elections.[3]

Political career

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Career in national politics

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Halicki joined the PO in 2001.

On 10 January 2007, Halicki replacedJacek Wojciechowiczas member of theSejm.In the2007 parliamentary elections,he was elected to parliament for the second time, receiving 3,369 votes in the Warsaw constituency. On 24 June 2009 he became chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, replacingKrzysztof Lisek.In October 2009, he became the spokesman of the PO parliamentary group, a position he held for a year. In May 2010, he was elected chairman of the PO in the Mazovia region. In the2011 electionshe successfully ran for re-election in the Warsaw constituency, receiving 40,002 votes.

From September 2014 until November 2015, Halicki briefly served as Minister of Administration and Digitization in the government ofPrime MinisterEwa Kopacz.During his time in office, he oversaw efforts ley by the country’s telecoms regulator UKE on an auction for mobile broadband frequencies.[4]

In addition to his role in parliament, Halicki was as a member of the Polish delegation to theParliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europefrom 2012 until 2019. During that time, he served as Vice-President of the Assembly from 2012 to 2014, under the leadership ofPresidentJean-Claude Mignon.[5]

Member of the European Parliament, 2019–present

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In parliament, Halicki has been serving on theCommittee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs(since 2019) and theCommittee on Foreign Affairs(since 2021).[6]In addition to his committee assignments, he is part of the parliament's delegation to theEuronest Parliamentary Assembly.[7]

Political positions

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In 2021, Halicki called on the European Union to follow Britain's example and impose new anti-corruption sanctions on Russians suspected of fraud and graft.[8]

References

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  1. ^"Manfred Weber and the new EPP Group leadership team elected".eppgroup.eu.
  2. ^Harry Cooper (November 18, 2016),Polish minister faces call to quit over party fundingPolitico Europe.
  3. ^"Home | Andrzej HALICKI | MEPs | European Parliament".europarl.europa.eu.Retrieved24 December2019.
  4. ^Marcin Goclowski and Adrian Krajewski (September 24, 2015),Poland allows telecoms regulator to speed up broadband auctionReuters.
  5. ^Andrzej HalickiParliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.
  6. ^Nisa Khan (October 29, 2021),Movers and ShakersThe Parliament Magazine.
  7. ^Andrzej HalickiEuropean Parliament.
  8. ^Robin Emmott (April 29, 2021),EU should impose anti-corruption sanctions on Russians, lawmakers sayReuters.