Jacek Ozdoba

Jacek Ozdoba MEP
Ozdoba in 2025
Member of the European Parliament
Incumbent
Assumed office 16 July 2024
Constituency	Masovian
Member of the Sejm
In office 12 November 2019 – 10 June 2024
Constituency	Płock
Personal details
Born	22 September 1991 (1991-09-22) (age 34)
Political party	Law and Justice (since 2024) Sovereign Poland (2019–2024) Agreement (2017–2019) Poland Together (2014–2017)
Other political affiliations	European Conservatives and Reformists Party

Jacek Ozdoba (born 22 September 1991) is a Polish politician, lawyer, civil servant, Warsaw councillor (2014–2019),^[1] member of the Sejm of the 9th and 10th terms (2020–2023),^[2] Secretary of State in the Ministry of the Environment and Climate,^[3] Member of the Council of Ministers since 2023,^[4] and Member of the10th term of the European Parliament since 2024.^[5]

Early life

He graduated from the Faculty of Law and Administration of Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw.^[6] He completed the Advanced Defence Course at the War Studies Academy. He was repeatedly listed by Dziennik Gazeta Prawna as one of the "50 Most Influential Lawyers in Poland."^[7]

Career

From 2014 to 2019, he was a member of the Warsaw local government. He was a councillor of the Mokotów District (2014–2018) and a councilor of the Capital City of Warsaw (2018–2019).^[1]

From 2015 to 2018, he was an advisor to the Chancellery of the Prime Minister.^[8] In 2018, in local elections, he served as press spokesman for the PiS candidate for Mayor of Warsaw.^[9]

In 2019, he received 17,873 votes, reaching 9th place—the third-best result on the United Right list in the Płock-Ciechanów district.^[10] In 2023, he was re-elected from 8th place, receiving 19,637 votes.^[11]

From 2020 to 2023, he served as Secretary of State in the Ministry of Climate and Environment.^[12]

He was the author of the first ever Polish complaint against another country regarding the violation of European Union law to the CJEU.^[13]

In 2024, he won a seat as a Member of the European Parliament from Mazowsze district, receiving 54,327 votes.^[14] He is the youngest member of the Polish delegation to the European Parliament. He serves on the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI) and the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE).^[5]

References

1. "Jacek Ozdoba | Radny m.st. Warszawy". um.warszawa.pl.
2. "Jacek Ozdoba". www.sejm.gov.pl. Retrieved 2025-09-11.
3. "Jacek Ozdoba nowym wiceministrem klimatu - Ministerstwo Klimatu i Środowiska - Portal Gov.pl". Ministerstwo Klimatu i Środowiska (in Polish). Retrieved 2025-09-11.
4. "Jacek Ozdoba ministrem w nowym rządzie Mateusza Morawieckiego. Czym się zajmie? - rp.pl". Rzeczpospolita.
5. "Strona główna | Jacek OZDOBA | Posłowie do PE | Parlament Europejski". www.europarl.europa.eu. September 22, 1991.
6. "Jacek Ozdoba: wiek, rodzice, partia. Kim jest polityk Suwerennej Polski? - Wiadomości Radio ZET". wiadomosci.radiozet.pl (in Polish). 2024-02-23. Retrieved 2025-09-11.
7. "Ranking DGP: 50 najbardziej wpływowych prawników 2020 [MIEJSCA 30-21]". serwisy.gazetaprawna.pl. February 9, 2021.
8. "Życiorys | Jacek OZDOBA | Posłowie do PE | Parlament Europejski". www.europarl.europa.eu. September 22, 1991.
9. Polska, Grupa Wirtualna (August 20, 2018). "Sztab wyborczy Jakiego. Zobacz ekipę kandydata PiS na prezydenta Warszawy". WP Wiadomości.
10. "Wybory do Sejmu i Senatu Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej 2019 r." sejmsenat2019.pkw.gov.pl.
11. Andruszewska, Zofia (October 18, 2023). "Posłowie na Mazowszu. Oto lista parlamentarzystów". Wprost.
12. Polska, Grupa Wirtualna (January 29, 2020). "Nowy wiceminister klimatu. Jacek Ozdoba odebrał nominację". Money.pl - portal finansowy.
13. "Wiceminister Jacek Ozdoba w Brukseli: Domagamy się od Niemiec zabrania 35 tys. ton odpadów, które trafiły do Polski - Ministerstwo Klimatu i Środowiska - Portal Gov.pl". Ministerstwo Klimatu i Środowiska.
14. "Wybory do Parlamentu Europejskiego 2024". pe2024.pkw.gov.pl.