Mirosław Maliszewski

Mirosław Wojciech Maliszewski is one of the founders of the Association of Fruit Growers of the Republic of Poland, the most active industry organization in Poland and today known throughout Europe, effectively representing fruit growers in Warsaw, Brussels, and Strasbourg. He has been the President of the Association for 22 years, proudly representing fruit growers in Poland and abroad. 

In 1996, he graduated from the Warsaw University of Life Sciences. He has also been running a fruit farm since 1994. In the years 2002–2004, he was the chairman of the Grójec County Council, then until 2005 he served as starosta. He has been a Member of Parliament continuously since 2005.

His parliamentary activities allowed him to have a real impact on the fruit industry through active participation in legislative proposals such as the reform of the community market for fruit and vegetables. This included establishing conditions for the operation of recognized groups and recognized organizations of fruit and vegetable producers. He also worked on a mechanism under the Common Agricultural Policy covering additional area payments for soft fruit plantations for processing, i.e. strawberries and raspberries, as well as obtaining customs protection in the EU market against the import of cheap frozen soft fruit (strawberries).

Other initiatives have included introducing changes to the insurance system for horticultural crops against the risk of natural disasters with subsidies from the state budget, introducing regulations exempting fruit and vegetable producers from property tax, the Act on the Fruit and Vegetable Promotion Fund - which has been operating since 2010 at the Agricultural Market Agency to promote the consumption of Polish fruit – and the introduction of the most favorable regulations in the European Union enabling the employment of seasonal workers in fruit farming, primarily from Ukraine.

He is also involved in organizing many other projects that benefit Polish fruit growers, including above all, searching for new markets for Polish fruit. He is the author of several hundred articles and interviews in the industry press, domestic and foreign, in which he discusses the most important issues for Polish fruit farming. 

In the orchard environment, he is valued primarily for his extensive knowledge, professionalism, and modesty in performing public service.