Mr. Krzysztof Gawkowski

Government Plenipotentiary for Cybersecurity, Poland, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Digital Affairs

Speaker Bio

A politician and social activist, Mr. Krzysztof Gawkowski holds a Doctor of Humanities and graduate of postgraduate studies in labor law at the University of Warsaw.
In the years 2002 – 2010, Mr. Gawkowski was a councilor of the City Council in Wołomin. In the years 2010 – 2014, he was a councilor of the Provincial Assembly.
Since 2019, He is Member of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland representing the Bydgoszcz constituency.
On December 13, 2023, he was appointed to the office of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Digital Affairs in Poland.
He is also a member of the Parliamentary Committee on Digitization, Innovation and Modern Technologies, and an academic lecturer and expert in the field of national cybersecurity. In the years 2015-2020, he was member of the Technical Committee of the Polish Committee for Standardization.