Under the leadership of Sejm Speaker Marek Kuchcinski on November 17, 18 and 19. 6 permanent Sejm committees elected chairmen and their deputies. The Sejm Speaker opened the inaugural sittings of the committees: Public Finance, Foreign Affairs, European Union Affairs, Rules of Procedure and Parliamentary Affairs, Parliamentary Ethics and Special Services.
According to Article 20 of the Rules of Procedure of the Sejm, the first meetings of the committees are opened by the Speaker of the Sejm or deputy speakers appointed by him. Then the committees select their presidencies, to which the representatives of the Sejm authorities hand over the chairmanship of the session.
Selected committee presidencies:
Public Finance Committee
Chair:
Wojciech Jasinski
Deputy Chairmen:
Janusz Cichoń, Paulina Hennig-Kloska, Wiesław Janczyk, Gabriela Masłowska, Krystyna Skowrońska, Rafał Wójcikowski, Jerzy Żyżyński
Foreign Affairs Committee
Chair:
Grzegorz Schetyna
Deputy Chairmen:
Małgorzata Gosiewska, Marek Sawicki, Robert Tyszkiewicz, Przemysław Czarnecki (elected on November 25 this year).
Commission for European Union Affairs
Chair:
Piotr Naimski
Deputy Chairmen:
Agnieszka Pomaska, Rafał Trzaskowski, Izabela Kloc, Lech Kołakowski, Piotr Apel
Committee on Rules of Procedure and Parliamentary Affairs
Chair:
Vladimir Bernacki
Deputy Chairmen:
Tomasz Glogowski, Marek Opioła, Jolanta Szczypińska
Committee on Parliamentary Ethics
Chair:
Vladimir Bernacki
Deputy Chairman:
Joanna Scheuring-Wielgus
Special Services Commission
Chair:
Marek Opioła
Deputy Chairmen:
Paweł Kukiz, Marek Suski