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{{Short description|Polish politician (born 1956)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Henryk Kowalczyk
| nationality         = Polish
| image               = Henryk Kowalczyk.png
| imagesize           = frameless
| alt                 = 
| office1              = [[Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland|Deputy Prime Minister of Poland]]
| term_start1          = 26 October 2021
| term_end1            = 21 June 2023
| president1           = [[Andrzej Duda]]
| primeminister1       = [[Mateusz Morawiecki]]
| predecessor1         = 
| office2              = [[Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (Poland)|Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development]]
| term_start2          = 26 October 2021
| term_end2           = 6 April 2023
| primeminister2      = [[Mateusz Morawiecki]]
| predecessor2         = [[Grzegorz Puda]]
| successor2           = [[Robert Telus]]
| office3             = [[Ministry of Environment (Poland)|Minister of Environment]]
| term_start3         = 9 January 2018
| term_end3           = 15 November 2019
| primeminister3      = [[Mateusz Morawiecki]]
| predecessor3         = [[Jan Szyszko]]
| successor3           = [[Michał Kurtyka]]
| office4             = [[Ministry of State Treasury (Poland)|Minister of State Treasury]]<br><small>Acting</small>
| term_start4         = 16 September 2016
| term_end4           = 31 December 2016
| president4          = [[Andrzej Duda]]
| primeminister4      = [[Beata Szydło]]<br>[[Mateusz Morawiecki]]
| predecessor4        = [[Dawid Jackiewicz]]
| successor4          = [[Jacek Sasin]]
| office5             = [[Minister without portfolio|Minister of the Council of Ministers]]
| term_start5         = 16 November 2015
| term_end5           = 9 January 2018
| president5          = [[Andrzej Duda]]
| primeminister5      = [[Beata Szydło]]<br>[[Mateusz Morawiecki]]
| office6             = Member of the [[Sejm of the Republic of Poland|Sejm]]
| term_start6         = 25 September 2005
| term_end6           = 
| constituency6       = [[Siedlce (parliamentary constituency)|18 – Siedlce]]
| party               = [[Law and Justice (Poland)|Law and Justice]]
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|1956|07|15|df=y}}
| birth_place         = 
| death_date          = 
| death_place         = 
| alma_mater          = [[University of Warsaw]]
}}
'''Henryk Kowalczyk''' ({{IPA|pl|ˈxɛnrɨk kɔˈvalt͡ʂɨk|lang|Pl-Henryk Kowalczyk.ogg}}; born 15 July 1956) is a Polish politician and teacher, who serves as [[Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland|Deputy Prime Minister of Poland]] and [[Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (Poland)|Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development]].

He was first elected to the [[Sejm]] on 25 September 2005. In 2006–2007, he was secretary of state in the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. From 2015 to 2018 he was a [[minister without portfolio]] in the [[Cabinet of Beata Szydło|cabinet]] of [[Beata Szydło]]. At the same time, he was the chair of the Standing Committee of the Council of Ministers and vice-chair of the Economic Committee of the Council of Ministers.<ref>{{cite news|title=Henryk Kowalczyk: możliwe zmiany w zarządach spółek Skarbu Państwa|url=http://www.polskieradio.pl/5/3/Artykul/1677776,Henryk-Kowalczyk-mozliwe-zmiany-w-zarzadach-spolek-Skarbu-Panstwa|work=PolskieRadio.pl|accessdate=2 November 2016}}</ref> In 2016, he was the acting [[Ministry of State Treasury (Poland)|Minister of State Treasury]]. In the years 2018–2019, he served as the [[Ministry of Environment (Poland)|Minister of the Environment]] in the first government of [[Mateusz Morawiecki]]. In 2021, he was designated as the [[Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland|Deputy Prime Minister]] of Poland and [[Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (Poland)|Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development]].

==See also==
*[[List of Sejm members (2005–07)|Members of Polish Sejm 2005–2007]]

==Footnotes==
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==External links==
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{{wikiquote}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060805151637/http://www.sejm.gov.pl/poslowie/posel5/168.htm Henryk Kowalczyk – parliamentary page] – includes declarations of interest, voting record, and transcripts of speeches.

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[[Category:Members of the Polish Sejm 2019–2023]]
[[Category:Politicians from Gdańsk]]
[[Category:Environment ministers]]
[[Category:Government ministers of Poland]]
[[Category:Members of the Polish Sejm 2023–2027]]

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