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Official portrait, 2019
Deputy Prime Minister of Poland
In office 9 April 2020 – 6 October 2020
President	Andrzej Duda
Prime Minister	Mateusz Morawiecki
Preceded by	Jarosław Gowin
Succeeded by	Jarosław Gowin Jarosław Kaczyński
Minister of Development
In office 15 November 2019 – 6 October 2020
President	Andrzej Duda
Prime Minister	Mateusz Morawiecki
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Jarosław Gowin (As Minister of Development, Labour and Technology)
Minister of Entrepreneurship and Technology
In office 9 January 2018 – 15 November 2019
President	Andrzej Duda
Prime Minister	Mateusz Morawiecki
Preceded by	Mateusz Morawiecki
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Personal details
Born	Jadwiga Katarzyna Szyler (1974-08-27) 27 August 1974 (age 50) Kraków, Poland
Political party	Agreement (2017–2020)
Alma mater	Jagiellonian University
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Jadwiga Katarzyna Emilewicz (born 27 August 1974) is a Polish politician and a political scientist. She has held important roles in the Polish government. In 2020, she served as the Deputy Prime Minister of Poland. Before that, she was the Minister of Development starting in 2019. From 2018 to 2019, she was the Minister of Entrepreneurship and Technology in the government led by Mateusz Morawiecki.

About Jadwiga Emilewicz

Jadwiga Emilewicz was born in Kraków, Poland, in 1974. She grew up there and later became a political scientist, which means she studies how governments and politics work.

Her Career in Government

Jadwiga Emilewicz has had a busy career in Polish politics. Here are some of the key roles she has held:

• Undersecretary of State: In 2015, she started working as an undersecretary of state in the Ministry of Development. This role is like a senior helper to the main minister, dealing with important tasks.
• Minister of Entrepreneurship and Technology: In 2018, she became the head of the Ministry of Entrepreneurship and Technology. A minister is in charge of a specific part of the government. In this role, she helped businesses and technology grow in Poland.
• Minister of Development: In 2019, her ministry was reorganized, and she became the Minister of Development. This role focuses on the overall growth and progress of the country.
• Deputy Prime Minister: In 2020, Jadwiga Emilewicz took on an even bigger role as the Deputy Prime Minister of Poland. This means she was one of the top leaders in the government, helping the Prime Minister run the country. She also continued her work as the Minister of Development at the same time.

Political Party Involvement

In 2017, Jadwiga Emilewicz was one of the people who helped start a political party called the Agreement. She quickly became one of the Vice Leaders of this party. Political parties are groups of people who share similar ideas about how the country should be run.