Bogdan Święczkowski became the new president Constitutional Tribunal. On December 9, he received the nomination presented to him by the president Andrzej Duda. Successor Julia Przyłębska However, from the beginning of his term, he will have an uphill struggle. It turns out that the government did not provide funds for a salary increase for Constitutional Tribunal judges in the new budget. However, Święczkowski himself does not have to worry about money. He managed to accumulate quite a considerable fortune.
The new president of the Constitutional Tribunal lives in luxury. He has a lot of savings, a house, two cars and a garden sauna
The declaration of assets of the new president of the Constitutional Tribunal shows that he has considerable savings. The document was reviewed by the editorial office of “Fakt”. It follows that Święczkowski has 954 thousand saved up. PLN, as well as PLN 98 thousand dollars. He also has a house with an area of 240 meters and an 80-meter dacha. There are two cars in the president's garage: Toyota Rav4 RWD from 2019 and SSangYong Rexton 2.2 A WD from 2022. Święczkowski also has a garden sauna and a bathtub.
Święczkowski made a political career during the PiS government. He was Ziobro's right hand
Bogdan Święczkowski previously served as the head of the Internal Security Agency. In 2007, he decided to switch to the so-called “prosecutor's pension”. He was less than 40 years old then. In later years, he decided to run for the Sejm from the PiS list. He managed to get a mandate in the elections, but it was canceled by the then Speaker of the Sejm, Grzegorz Schetyna. All because Święczkowski received the above-mentioned pension. He returned to politics during the PiS government. He was Zbigniew Ziobro's deputy in the Ministry of Justice, his close collaborator and the National Prosecutor. He became a judge of the Constitutional Tribunal in 2022.
Let us add that Bogdan Święczkowski currently earns PLN 35,000 gross per month as a judge. In addition, he should receive an allowance due to receiving a new function. His salary should therefore increase to PLN 43.4 thousand gross. However, it is not known what will happen with the raise, because the Sejm did not provide for raises for Constitutional Tribunal judges in the adopted budget.