MP Beata Kempa has extensive experience in carrying out humanitarian tasks. This is what she used to do in the Chancellery of the Prime Minister – said President Andrzej Duda when asked about the reasons for appointing the former MEP as his adviser. He admitted that it was related to the difficult flood situation. He added that he was “a little faster than the Prime Minister, who appointed Minister Kierwiński” as the government's plenipotentiary for reconstruction after the flood.
From September 18, Beata Kempa, former MEP PIShas a new position. He will advise the president. “It's a difficult time, there's a flood disaster in my region and there's a lot of suffering. The first issues related to the courses of action have been discussed,” Kempa wrote on social media.
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The president's reasons for appointing Kempa as his adviser Andrzej Duda was asked by Polsat News. The president pointed out that it was related to the flood situation. – We are struggling with a flood, the effects of which will probably have to be removed – unfortunately, I am afraid – by the end of my second term, which will last another 10 months. (…) The Minister, MP Beata Kempa, has extensive experience in carrying out humanitarian tasks. This is what she used to do in the Prime Minister's Office. He has a lot of experience, Duda said
– Today she is my advisor and she will deal with these matters for me. Especially since the flood affected its region, i.e. Lower Silesia. (…) I was a little faster than the Prime Minister, who appointed Minister (Marcin) Kierwiński. He indicated him as his candidate for the person responsible for removing the effects of the flood. I had earlier indicated Minister Beata Kempa as the person responsible for this task, added the president.
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Beata Kempa – who is she?
Beata Kempa was a member of the Law and Justice party for four terms of office of the Sejm, and later – in 2019-2024 – an MEP. In 2023 European Parliament lifted her immunity. The case concerned a PiS spot published before the 2018 local elections, which warned against the Civic Platform's migration policy. Kempa and three other PiS MEPs liked or shared this post.
She failed to win re-election in the European Parliament elections in 2024.
Kempa is associated with the Sovereign (formerly Solidarna) Polska party Zbigniew Ziobro.
The Prime Minister counts on cooperation with the President on aid for flood victimsMaciej Knapik/Fakty TVN
The president appointed Kierwiński as the government's plenipotentiary for post-flood reconstruction
On Thursday, the President appointed Marcin Kierwiński as a minister-member of the Council of Ministers. Kierwiński will be the government's plenipotentiary for post-flood reconstruction.
– I would like to thank the Prime Minister very much for appointing the Minister as a member of the Council of Ministers, the Prime Minister's plenipotentiary for this extremely important and so much needed task at the moment, which is removing the effects of the flood and helping people affected by the flood. But I also thank the minister for accepting this nomination. Taking on a very difficult task, for which there is not much time and which requires great dedication, skill and, indeed, a heart that simply needs to be put into helping people – said Andrzej Duda.
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