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{{Short description|Polish politician (born 1968)}}
[[File:Min. Marek Gróbarczyk.jpg|thumb|Marek Gróbarczyk]]
'''Marek Józef Gróbarczyk''' (born 13 March 1968 in [[Nowy Sącz]]) is a Polish [[engineer]] and [[Management|manager]], who served as a [[Ministry of Maritime Economy (Poland)|Minister of Maritime Economy]] in [[Prime Minister of Poland|Prime Minister]] [[Jarosław Kaczyński]]'s government and has served the same role in the [[Cabinet of Beata Szydło]] since 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.prezydent.pl/aktualnosci/nominacje/prezydent-powolal-rzad,7469|title=Prezydent powołał rząd|publisher=prezydent.pl|date=20 November 2015|accessdate=3 February 2024|language=pl}}</ref>

A graduate of the Maritime Academy in [[Gdynia]] and the Technological-Agricultural Academy in [[Bydgoszcz]], he spent a number of years after finishing his studies as an officer in western civilian fleets. After this he went into private business (housing) and public service. He was a board member in many state-run oil corporations.

After the resignation of Maritime Economy Minister [[Rafał Wiechecki]] on 13 August 2007, Prime Minister Kaczyński named Gróbarczyk as the new minister. During his speech, Kaczyński mistakenly spelled the new minister's name as ''Ogarczak''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newsweek.pl/polska/kandydaci-specjalnej-uwagi/9xms5w0|title=Kandydaci specjalnej uwagi |work=[[Newsweek]]|date=31 May 2009|accessdate=3 February 2024|language=pl}}</ref>

In [[2009 European Parliament election in Poland|2009]] he was elected as [[Member of the European Parliament]] (MEP) for the [[Law and Justice (Poland)|Law and Justice]] party. He was re-elected in [[2014 European Parliament election in Poland|2014]], but stood down from the [[European Parliament]] in November 2015, when he was replaced by [[Czesław Hoc]].

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== External links ==
*{{MEP|96790|Marek Gróbarczyk}}

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[[Category:1968 births]]
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[[Category:People from Nowy Sącz]]
[[Category:Law and Justice MEPs]]
[[Category:MEPs for Poland 2009–2014]]
[[Category:MEPs for Poland 2014–2019]]
[[Category:Members of the Polish Sejm 2019–2023]]
[[Category:Government ministers of Poland]]
[[Category:Gdynia Maritime University alumni]]
[[Category:Members of the Polish Sejm 2023–2027]]

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