Member of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland in the 8th and 9th terms. From 2000 to 2006, he served as the Starosta of Lidzbark County. From 2006 to 2014, he was Marshal of the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship. From 2009 to 2015, he was Chairman of the Board of the Association of Polish Voivodeships. Chairman of the Civic Platform in the Warmian-Masurian Region. A physical education teacher by training. He graduated from the Academy of Physical Education in Gdańsk and completed postgraduate studies in public administration management at the University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn. In the 2024 European Parliament elections, he stood as the lead candidate on the KO list in constituency No. 3 securing a seat as a Member of the European Parliament for the 10th term. Consequently, in June of the same year, he stepped down from his role as Deputy Minister. In the European Parliament, he sits on the Committee on Budgetary Control.