Beata Szydło

Beata Szydło, born on April fifteenth, nineteen sixty-three, is a prominent Polish politician and ethnologist. She has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament since two thousand nineteen, representing the Law and Justice party (PiS). Szydło previously held the esteemed position of Prime Minister of Poland from two thousand fifteen to two thousand seventeen, becoming the third woman to do so, following Hanna Suchocka and Ewa Kopacz.

During her tenure as Prime Minister, Szydło was a staunch advocate for her government's policies, particularly in her vocal criticism of various European Union regulations, especially regarding immigration. Her leadership was marked by significant achievements, including successfully steering Andrzej Duda's presidential campaign to victory. In June two thousand fifteen, she was endorsed as her party's candidate for Prime Minister, leading to a historic majority government win for Law and Justice on October twenty-fifth.

Despite her accomplishments, Szydło's time in office came to an end in December two thousand seventeen when she resigned after losing the confidence of Jarosław Kaczyński, the party chairman. Following her resignation, she was appointed Deputy Prime Minister by her successor, Mateusz Morawiecki.

In the two thousand nineteen European Parliament elections, Szydło made a remarkable comeback, securing the highest number of individual votes ever recorded for a candidate in Poland's history. Her political journey continues as she currently serves as the vice-chair of the European Conservatives and Reformists group in the European Parliament.