Former MEP, member of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland for the 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th terms, Vice-President of Sovereign Poland, joins the Chancellery of President Andrzej Duda. Previously, she held numerous key positions in the public administration, including: in the Ministry of Justice and the Prime Minister’s Office. In 2015–2017, she was the Head of the Prime Minister’s Office, where she supervised the office’s work and coordinated government activities.
Beata Kempa graduated in administrative law from the University of Wrocław in 1990, and in 2005 she received a postgraduate diploma in legal pedagogy, readjustment, mediation and negotiations from the University of Opole. Before starting her political career, she worked as a probation officer.
She began her political career at the local level, serving as a city and municipality councillor in Syców from 1998 to 2005. In 2005, she was elected to the Sejm by the Law and Justice party. In 2006 to 2007, she was a State Secretary at the Ministry of Justice. In 2011, she joined Solidarna Polska, where she became the party’s vice-president.
She led the work of the Prime Minister’s Chancellery in 2015-2017
In 2015–2017, Beata Kempa served as Minister – Head of the Prime Minister’s Office in the Beata Szydło government, leading the work of the Prime Minister’s Office. One of Beata Kempa’s main tasks in the government was coordinating the organization of World Youth Day (WYD) in Kraków in 2016. As Head of the Prime Minister’s Office, she was responsible for the logistics and security of this major event, which brought together young people from all over the world and Pope Francis. WYD 2016 was a huge organizational challenge, and Beata Kempa played a key role in ensuring its success, earning recognition for her coordination and management skills.
In 2017, she was appointed Minister of Humanitarian Aid in the government of Mateusz Morawiecki, a position she held until 2019. Thanks to cooperation with non-governmental organizations providing humanitarian aid, thousands of women and children in war-torn countries and neighboring countries struggling with the consequences of brutal wars received support. Many families in camps in Africa and Iraq received support, especially Yazidi women. victims of violence by Islamic State fighters. In the same year, she was elected to the European Parliament. She left the Law and Justice party and won 200,000 votes for the government.
Member of the European Parliament
In the European Parliament, she was a member of the LIBE Committee, where she worked on many documents, including those related to the Migration Pact. She was a member of the Development Committee (DEVE), which deals with the European Union’s development policy and humanitarian aid, which perfectly matches her previous experience in government. In the DEVE Committee, she was also the coordinator and focal point for children’s rights. She introduced legislation for the European Solidarity Corps, with a focus on youth volunteering. She was also a member of the Subcommittee on Human Rights (DROI), where she was responsible for monitoring human rights compliance worldwide. Beata Kempa was also a member of the delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly, which deals with the European Union’s relations with countries in Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific.
One of Beata Kempa’s most famous activities was organizing an exhibition dedicated to the Ulma family in the European Parliament. The exhibition entitled “Death for Humanity: The Ulma Family” commemorated Józef and Wiktoria Ulma and their six children, who were murdered by the Germans in 1944 for hiding Jews. The exhibition, organized in cooperation with the Institute of National Remembrance, was very popular in the European Parliament and was widely covered in foreign media.
Beata Kempa, currently a member of the board of Sovereign Poland, is strongly connected to church circles and actively defends Christian values. She has repeatedly taken part in debates and initiatives to defend Christians, both at home and abroad. She is involved in activities aimed at protecting faith and religious symbols, such as the cross, which in her opinion form the basis of the Christian heritage of Poland and Europe. Her dedication to defending the faith is reflected in both parliamentary work and social activities, where she has repeatedly drawn attention to the threats associated with discrimination against Christians.
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Source: wPolityce
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