Waldemar Kraska

Senator of the 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th and 11th term Senate. Born on 4 September 1963 in Sokołów Podlaski. In 1989, he graduated from the Faculty of Medicine of the Medical University of Białystok. In 1993, he became a first-degree and, in 2000, a second-degree specialist in general surgery. He began his professional career in 1989, working at the Sokołów Podlaski hospital. In 1997-2001, he was the Head of the Emergency Unit at the Independent Public Healthcare Centre in Sokołów Podlaski. He has worked there as the Deputy Head of the General Surgery Ward since 2004. He has been a medical coordinator at the RM-Meditrans Emergency Station in Sokołów Podlaski since 2001. He became the Deputy Medical Director of this unit in 2005. From 2019 to 2023, he held the position of the Secretary of State in the Ministry of Health, and the Government Plenipotentiary for State Emergency Medical Services. From 1998 to 2005, he was a Councillor of the Sokołów Podlaski County Council. In the 6th term Senate, he served as the Secretary of the Senate. In the 8th term, he was the Deputy Chair of the Family, Senior and Social Policy Committee, and in the 9th term, the Chair of the Health Committee. He has been a member of the “Solidarity” Independent Self-Governing Trade Union since 1990. Member of the Law and Justice party.

Polish politician