Marian Szamatowicz

Marian Szamatowicz
Chairman of the Podlaskie Voivodeship Sejmik
In office
2014–2015
Preceded byBogdan Dyjuk
Succeeded byJarosław Dworzański
Chairman of the Białystok Voivodeship National Council
In office
29 June 1984  24 April 1990
Preceded byMarian Kukla
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Personal details
Born (1935-02-13) 13 February 1935
Sztabin, Second Polish Republic
CitizenshipPoland
NationalityPolish
Political partyCivic Platform
Other political
affiliations
PZPR (until 1990)
Agreement for the Future – CenterLeft
Democratic Left Alliance
Alma materMedical Academy of Warsaw
OccupationPhysician, politician
AwardsOrder of Polonia Restituta
Honorary citizen of Białystok

Marian Czesław Szamatowicz (born February 13, 1935 in Sztabin) is Polish physician, gynecologist and obstetrician, professor of medical sciences and a politician. In 1987, he performed the first successful in vitro fertilization procedure in Poland. During the communist period, from 1984 to 1990 he served as the chairman of the Białystok Voivodeship National Council and in 2014-2015 he served as the chairman of the Podlaskie Voivodeship Sejmik.