Jan Åopata
Jan Łopata – (born on 16th August 1954 in Motycz, Poland) is a Polish politician, official of local government and a Member of Parliament (V, VI and VII term).
Political Career[edit]
From 1999 to 2001 he served as governor of the Lublin district, then until 2003 he was a voivodes for Lublin district. Between 2004 and 2005 he led the parliamentary office of Marian Wesołowski. In 2005 he was elected as a Member of Parliament from a list of the Polish People’s Party (Polskie Stronnictwo Ludowe). In the parliamentary elections in 2007 he ran successfully for reelection on a seat in the parliament and again in 2011.
He has been a member of the ZSL since 1984 and then joined the PSL. He served as a President of the Board of PSL in Lublin, Secretary of the Provincial Board of PSL in Lublin and a member of the Supreme Council of the party.
Education[edit]
In 1980 he graduated from the Agricultural University in Lublin, where he received the degree of Master of Science at the Faculty of Agricultural Technology. In 1998 he took a Postgraduate Course in Administration and Management at the Faculty of Law University in Lublin.
