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Her Excellency
Beata Szydło
MEP
Beata Szydło MEP (2024).jpg
Official portrait, 2024
Prime Minister of Poland
In office
16 November 2015 – 11 December 2017
President Andrzej Duda
Deputy Mateusz Morawiecki
Piotr Gliński
Jarosław Gowin
Preceded by Ewa Kopacz
Succeeded by Mateusz Morawiecki
Deputy Prime Minister of Poland
In office
11 December 2017 – 4 June 2019
Serving with Piotr Gliński, Jarosław Gowin
Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki
Preceded by Mateusz Morawiecki
Succeeded by Jacek Sasin
Member of the European Parliament
Assumed office
2 July 2019
Preceded by Edward Czesak
Constituency Lesser Poland and Świętokrzyskie
Chairman of the Social Committee of the Council of Ministers
In office
11 December 2017 – 4 June 2019
Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki
Deputy Rafał Bochenek
Preceded by Office established
Succeeded by Piotr Gliński
Member of the Sejm
In office
25 September 2005 – 4 June 2019
Preceded by Janusz Kozik
Succeeded by Krzysztof Kozik
Constituency 12 – Chrzanów
Personal details
Born
Beata Maria Kusińska

(1963-04-15) 15 April 1963 (age 62)
Oświęcim, Poland
Political party Law and Justice
Spouse Edward Szydło
Children 2
Education Jagiellonian University
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Beata Maria Szydło (born 15 April 1963) is a Polish politician. She has been a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since 2019. Before that, she was the prime minister of Poland from 2015 to 2017.

Beata Szydło is a member of the Law and Justice (PiS) party. She was the third woman to become prime minister of Poland. She is currently a vice-chair of the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) group in the European Parliament.

She helped lead the successful campaign for Andrzej Duda to become President of Poland in 2015. After this, her party chose her to be their candidate for prime minister. In October 2015, Law and Justice won the election. Beata Szydło became Prime Minister on 16 November.

During her time as prime minister, she often disagreed with some European Union policies. She was especially vocal about immigration. Forbes magazine listed her as one of the world's most powerful women. In December 2017, she resigned as prime minister. She then became the Deputy Prime Minister.

In 2019, Beata Szydło was elected to the European Parliament. She received the most votes of any candidate in Poland's history for that election. She then left her role as Deputy Prime Minister.

Early Life and School

Beata Szydło was born in Oświęcim, Poland. She grew up near Brzeszcze, where her father worked as a miner. She studied at Jagiellonian University in Kraków and finished in 1989.

Later, she continued her studies. In 1997, she completed a program for culture managers. In 2001, she studied how to manage local government in the European Union.

Starting in Politics

Beata Szydło became the Mayor of Gmina Brzeszcze when she was 35. She held this job for seven years. During her campaign, she helped local people fix a school roof damaged by a storm.

In 2005, she was elected to the Sejm. This is the lower house of the Polish Parliament. She was a candidate for the Law and Justice party. She was elected to Parliament four times.

In 2010, she became the vice-chairman of the Law and Justice Party. She also became the party's treasurer in 2014.

After helping Andrzej Duda win the presidential election, Beata Szydło was chosen as the Law and Justice party's candidate for prime minister in 2015. Many people thought she was more moderate than the party's leader, Jarosław Kaczyński.

In October 2015, her party won the election. It was the first time a Polish party won a clear majority since the end of Communism. Beata Szydło became prime minister on 16 November 2015.

Prime Minister of Poland (2015–2017)

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Beata Szydło with Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and Estonian Prime Minister Taavi Rõivas during the Bratislava Summit, 2016
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Beata Szydło speaking on National Independence Day in Kraków, 2016

When she became prime minister, Beata Szydło made some changes. She removed the European Union flag from press conferences. She also replaced a clock in a meeting hall with a Cross.

She promised to lower the retirement age and raise the minimum wage. A big program she introduced was called "500+". This program gave families 500 Polish złoty for each child, starting from the second child. It was meant to help families and encourage population growth.

During her time in office, there were some disagreements about how the Constitutional Tribunal (a high court) should work. The European Parliament expressed concerns about this situation.

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Szydło with British Prime Minister Theresa May in Warsaw, 28 July 2016

Her government did not support the UK's plan to limit benefits for EU immigrants. Beata Szydło offered support for Brexit if NATO troops had a permanent base in Poland.

She resigned as prime minister on 7 December 2017. The President, Andrzej Duda, accepted her resignation. He then chose Mateusz Morawiecki to be the new prime minister.

After Being Prime Minister

A few days after resigning, Beata Szydło was appointed Deputy Prime Minister. She worked under the new Prime Minister, Mateusz Morawiecki.

In 2019, she ran for the European Parliament elections. She was elected to represent the Lesser Poland and Świętokrzyskie area. She received a record number of votes in Poland's history for this election. She resigned as deputy prime minister on 4 June 2019 to take her seat in the European Parliament.

In April 2024, she spoke about the European Green Deal. She said that people were struggling with bills because of it. She felt that this "green ideology" was not good for Europe's future.

Personal Life

Beata Szydło is married to Edward Szydło. They have two sons. Their son Tymoteusz was a Catholic priest for some time. She is a devoted Catholic and believes in conservative Christian values.

Car Incidents

On 21 November 2016, Beata Szydło's car was in a crash in Israel. She was there for talks with the Israeli Prime Minister.

A few months later, on 10 February 2017, she was in another car crash in her hometown, Oświęcim. Her car swerved to avoid another vehicle and hit a tree. She was injured and taken to a hospital in Warsaw.

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See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Beata Szydło para niños

  • Cabinet of Beata Szydło
  • History of Poland (1989–present)
  • List of political parties in Poland
  • List of politicians in Poland
  • Politics of Poland
  • 2015 Polish parliamentary election
  • 2015 Polish presidential election
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