MAŁGORZATA WASZAK-KLEPKA

Born on 22 February 1957 in Ślesin.

Education
She is a graduate of geodesy and cartography at Warsaw University of Technology and construction at Poznań University of Technology. She also completed post-graduate studies in real estate valuation at Warsaw University of Technology and post-graduate studies in Law and Local Government, Management in Polish public administration and the common European administrative space at the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw, as well as the Executive Maser of Business Administration (MBA) at Collegium Humanum – Warsaw Management University.

Professional career
Until 1991, she worked in the Regional Office of Geodesy and Agricultural Areas in Konin, managing the production preparation department. In parallel, between 1989 and 1991, she taught vocational subjects at the Centre for Continuing Education in Konin. From 1992 till the end of 1998 she headed branch no. 1 of the Regional Surveying and Cartographic Documentation Centre in Konin, while also serving as Senior Regional Inspector in the Regional Office in Konin.

In the years 1999-2006 she managed geodesy and cartography departments in the District Authority Office in Konin, acting as deputy head of the department and deputy district surveyor. At the same time, she chaired the Project Documentation Harmonisation Team. In 2002-2006 she was a councillor of Konin City Council. She participated in the work of the Audit and Budget Committee.

From December 2006 till the end of November 2014, she served as Deputy Starost of Konin and then as Starost of Konin. In the years 2015-2020 she was the director of the District Surveying and Cartographic Documentation Centre in Poznań. In the years 2014-2018, she was a councillor of the Wielkopolska Region, heading the Education and Science Commission. In 2018, she became a regional councillor again. She served as Vice-Chairwoman of the Council of the Wielkopolska Region for a year, and currently chairs the Council.

Additional information
She has professional qualifications in the field of geodesy and cartography grade 1 and 2 and for supervisory board candidates. In 2002, she was awarded the qualifications of an auditor of the internal quality management system.

Since 2007, she has been a member of the Social Council of the Regional Hospital in Konin.
In 2008-2014 she was the President of Marina, a Local Tourist Organisation in Konin, which she founded.
The project for the economic development of Konin region was her initiative called Konin Agglomeration.
From 2015 to 2020 she was a member of the board of the Wielkopolska Association of District Surveyors in Poznań.

She was distinguished for her public activity with:

• The Badge of Honour for Merit to Local Government by the Minister of Administration and Digitisation,
• The Badge of Honour for Merit for the City of Konin,
• The Silver Medal for Merit for National Defence, by the Minister of National Defence,
• The Silver medal of the Volunteer Fire Brigades of the Republic of Poland for her merits to the fire service,
• The Cross of Merit for the Association of War Veterans of the Republic of Poland,
• The Golden Badge of Honour awarded by the Council of Wielkopolska Association of People’s Sports Teams,
• The Siberian Badge of Honour awarded by the President of the General Board of the Association of Siberian Exiles.