Patryk Tomasz Jaki (born 11 May 1985) is a Polish politician, member of the European Parliament, former Secretary of State in the Ministry of Justice (First Deputy Minister of Justice) and First Deputy Attorney General, former Chairman of the Verification Committee for Reprivatisation since 2017.

Patryk Jaki
Patryk Jaki (2024)
Member of the European Parliament
Assumed office
2 July 2019
Personal details
Born (1985-05-11) 11 May 1985 (age 39)
Opole, Poland
Political partySovereign Poland (2013–present)
Law and Justice (2003–2006, 2006–2013)
Civic Platform (2006)
SpouseAnna Jaki
Children2
Alma materUniversity of Wrocław
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Biography

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Education

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Jaki attended the University of Wrocław, where he earned a Master of Arts in political science. He submitted a thesis at the War Studies Academy in 2019, setting out his ideas on Polish penitentiary system and was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy degree for it.[1]

Political career

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Early political career

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On 18 November 2015, Jaki became Secretary of State in the Ministry of Justice[2][3] responsible for, among other things, supervision over the Prison Service.[4] He was also appointed Plenipotentiary of the Minister of Justice for the Implementation of the Electronic Monitoring System.[5] He drafted an amendment to the existing law to prohibit depriving parents of the right of custody of their children on grounds of their bad financial situation.[6][7] He has been entrusted with oversight over the establishment of the Museum of Cursed Soldiers and Political Prisoners of the Polish People's Republic.[8][failed verification] He is also the chairman of the Team for the Protection of Family Autonomy and Family Life in the Ministry of Justice.

Jaki initiated the establishment of the Verification Committee for Reprivatisation[9][failed verification][10] and became its chairman on 11 May 2017.[11][12][13] He has been the author of a registry of sex offenders in Poland since 1 October of the same year,[14][15] as well as a government programme for the employment of prisoners which has helped to increase employment among convicts by 50%.[16][17]

2017

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Jaki is the chairman of the Polish Council of Penitentiary Policy.[18] He stated that "stopping Islamization is his Westerplatte".[19][20]

On 11 October, Jaki received the "Polski Kompas" (Poland's Compass)[21] award granted by the Gazeta Bankowa monthly for his "fight against a reprivatisation mafia".[22]

Later career

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Jaki gained almost 260,000 votes in the 2019 European Parliament election in Poland.[23] He is responsible for the "Save the Heroes" campaign promoting the restoration of streets named in honor of generals Emil August Fieldorf "Nil" and Zygmunt Szendzielarz "Łupaszka”, as well as the legislation initiative "Let's Restore History Lessons at Schools”[24]

Personal life

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On 14 September 2013, Jaki married Anna Kuszkiewicz (in Cathedral Basilica of the Holy Cross, Opole).[25] They have a son named Radosław, who was born with Down syndrome in 2014,[26] and a daughter named Aleksandra (b. 2020).

References

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  1. ^ "Patryk Jaki obronił doktorat". Rzeczpospolita (in Polish). Retrieved 19 June 2022.
  2. ^ "Ministerstwo Sprawiedliwości". Government of Poland (in Polish). Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  3. ^ "Patryk Jaki został wiceministrem sprawiedliwości" [Patryk Jaki became Deputy Minister of Justice]. Nowa Trybuna Opolska (in Polish). 18 November 2015.
  4. ^ "Strona główna | Służba Więzienna". Government of Poland (in Polish). Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  5. ^ "System Dozoru Elektronicznego | Strona informacyjna". Government of Poland (in Polish). Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  6. ^ Kapica, Tomasz (11 February 2016). "Już nie będzie można odbierać dzieci z powodu biedy". Nowa Trybuna Opolska (in Polish).
  7. ^ "Nie będzie już odbierania dzieci z powodu biedy! Prezydent podpisał nowelizację Kodeksu rodzinnego". W Polityce (in Polish). 24 March 2016.
  8. ^ "O Muzeum". Rakowiecka 37 (in Polish). Archived from the original on 8 March 2018.
  9. ^ "Komisja do spraw reprywatyzacji nieruchomości warszawskich". Government of Poland (in Polish). Archived from the original on 4 April 2019.
  10. ^ "Patryk Jaki w RMF FM: To byłaby sprawiedliwość, na którą ludzie czekają". Interia (in Polish). 24 November 2016.
  11. ^ "Ministerstwo Sprawiedliwości". Government of Poland (in Polish).
  12. ^ "Ministerstwo Sprawiedliwości". Government of Poland (in Polish). 11 May 2017. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017.
  13. ^ "Minister Patryk Jaki przewodniczącym Komisji Weryfikacyjnej ds. Reprywatyzacji. Premier: "Chcemy przywrócić sprawiedliwość Polakom"". W Polityce (in Polish). 11 May 2017.
  14. ^ "Jaki: Będzie powszechny rejestr pedofilów". Dziennik Gazeta Prawna (in Polish). 14 December 2015.
  15. ^ "Ministerstwo Sprawiedliwości". Ministerstwo Sprawiedliwości (in Polish). Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  16. ^ "Program "Praca dla więźniów"". Government of Poland.
  17. ^ "MS: Sukces programu pracy dla więźniów (Komunikat)". Polish Press Agency (in Polish). 12 April 2017.
  18. ^ "Zadania Rady Polityki Penitencjarnej". Government of Poland (in Polish). 18 July 2018. Archived from the original on 18 July 2018.
  19. ^ Ferfecki, Wiktor (10 May 2017). "Kto chce zakazać Koranu w Polsce" [Who wants to ban the Koran in Poland]. Rzeczpospolita (in Polish). Retrieved 4 November 2018.
  20. ^ Koper, Anna; Sobczak, Paweł (28 September 2018). "In Warsaw's local election, Europe's identity crisis plays out". Reuters. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
  21. ^ "Wszystko ma krążyć wokół człowieka". Telewizja Polska (in Polish). 11 October 2017.
  22. ^ "Polski Kompas 2017: Specjalne wyróżnienie dla Patryka Jakiego". wgospodarce.pl (in Polish). 11 October 2017.
  23. ^ "Patryk Jaki". European Parliament. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
  24. ^ "Ocalić Bohaterów | Patryk Jaki reaguje na decyzje władz miejskich | Polityka i Społeczeństwo". Portal Samorzadowy (in Polish). 4 November 2019. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
  25. ^ "Poseł Patryk Jaki ożenił się. Zobacz wideo!". NTO (in Polish). 14 September 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
  26. ^ "Minister od Szydło Szczerze o wychowaniu synka z zespołem Downa". Super Express (in Polish). 21 December 2015. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
Political offices
Preceded by First Deputy Minister of Justice
2015–present
Incumbent