Łukasz Szumowski | |
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Minister of Health | |
In office 9 January 2018 – 20 August 2020 | |
Prime Minister | Mateusz Morawiecki |
Preceded by | Konstanty Radziwiłł |
Succeeded by | Adam Niedzielski |
Personal details | |
Born | Łukasz Jan Szumowski 3 June 1972 Warsaw, Poland |
Spouse | |
Children | 4 |
Alma mater | Medical University of Warsaw |
Łukasz Jan Szumowski (born 3 June 1972) is a Polish cardiologist who served as Minister of Health from 2018 to 2020. [1] [2] [3] He is also a member of the IX Sejm, representing the Płock (Nr. 16) constituency, elected from the lists of Law and Justice. [4]
Born 3 June 1972 in Warsaw. In 1997 he finished studies at the Medical University of Warsaw, [5] and later worked at the Institute of Cardiology in Warsaw's Anin osiedle, [6] where he received a doctorate in 2002. [7] Habilitated 26 January 2010. [7] On 2 June 2016 he received the title of Professor of Medical Science. [7] On 24 November 2016 he became an undersecretary of state in the Ministry of Science and Higher Education, directed at the time by Jarosław Gowin. [8] He was responsible inter alia for the creation of the Institute of Medical Biotechnology. [9] On 9 January 2018 he was appointed Minister of Health by Andrzej Duda, at the recommendation of Mateusz Morawiecki. [1] He replaced Konstanty Radziwiłł. In the 2019 Polish Parliamentary election, he won election to the Sejm. [4] Szumowski was Minister of Health during the COVID-19 pandemic in Poland. [10] On 18 August 2020 he resigned from the position.
He is the author of many medical publications, [7] and is the editor in chief of "Heartbeat Journal". [11]
Married to Anna, he has 4 children. [5] After his studies Łukasz Szumowski with his wife worked for a month in Mother Teresa's hospice. [12] [13] He is a Catholic and member of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta. [14]