Adam Niedzielski

Adam Wojciech Niedzielski (Polish pronunciation: [ˈa.dam ɲɛˈd͡ʑɛ.lskʲi]; born 19 November 1973) is a Polish economist. He is the former President of the National Health Fund and the current Minister of Health[1] of the Republic of Poland.[2][3]

Adam Niedzielski
Minister of Health
Incumbent
Assumed office 26 August 2020
President	Andrzej Duda
Prime Minister	Mateusz Morawiecki
Preceded by	Łukasz Szumowski
President of the National Health Fund
In office 18 July 2019 – 26 August 2020 Acting: 18 July 2019 – 10 october 2019
Deputy	Filip Nowak Bernard Waśko
Preceded by	Andrzej Jacyna
Succeeded by	Filip Nowak (Acting)
Personal details
Born	Adam Wojciech Niedzielski November 19, 1973 Warsaw, Poland

Academic career

He graduated from the Faculty of Economics and Faculty of Quantitative Methods and Information Systems at the Warsaw School of Economics. In 2003 he was awarded a doctorate in economic sciences at the Institute of Economics of the Polish Academy of Sciences.

Professional work

Niedzielski began his professional career at the Department of Financial Politics and Analysis of the Ministry of Finance, where from 1996 to 1998 he was involved in macroeconomic analysis. From 1998 to 2004 he worked at the Institute of Market Economics. From 1999 to 2007 he worked at the Higher School of Trade and International Finance. From 2002 to 2007 he served as an economic advisor to the Supreme Audit Office. From 2007 to 2013 he was the director of the Department of Finances and the Department of Controlling at the Social Insurance Institution, and from 2013 to 2016 he was the director of the Department of Strategy and Deregulation of the Ministry of Justice. On February 2016 he became the Advisor to the President of the Social Insurance Institution. He acted as the Director-General of the Ministry of Finance from November 2016. In 2018 the Minister of Health Łukasz Szumowski appointed him as the Vice-President of Operations of the National Health Fund. In 2019 he became the President of the NHF.[4]

On 18 August 2020 Łukasz Szumowski resigned from his position as the Minister of Health.[5] Two days later, the Prime Minister of Poland Mateusz Morawiecki announced that Adam Niedzielski will replace Szumowski as the head of the ministry.[6] He assumed office on August 26.

References

1. Polska, Business Insider; Wczoraj 15:23; 898 (2020-08-26). "Zbigniew Rau i Adam Niedzielski. Prezydent powołał nowych ministrów spraw zagranicznych i zdrowia". Business Insider (in Polish). Business Insider. Retrieved 2020-08-27.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
2. "Adam Niedzielski". Adam Niedzielski. Government of Poland.
3. "Adam Niedzielski :Kancelaria Prezesa Rady Ministrów". www.premier.gov.pl (in Polish). Government of Poland. 2020-08-26. Retrieved 2020-08-27.
4. "Adam Niedzielski nowym prezesem NFZ". 10 October 2019.
5. "Poland's Health Minister resigns amid medical procurement allegations". 18 August 2020.
6. "Poland's government names new foreign, health ministers". 20 August 2020.