Waldemar Roszkiewicz

Waldemar Cezary Roszkiewicz was born on 24 February 1957 in Walcz, in West Pomerania, Poland. He studied at the Medical Academy in Lodz, qualifying as a dentist and later specialising in maxillofacial surgery.

Alongside his medical career he studied management, completing an MBA programme for medical staff at Kozminski University in Warsaw and postgraduate management studies for public administration at the Faculty of Management of the University of Warsaw.

Roszkiewicz began his career as a military dentist. From 1982 to 1987 he was head of the garrison dental clinic in Trzebiatow, and from 1987 to 1997 a senior assistant in the maxillofacial surgery clinic of the Institute of Dentistry at the Military Medical Academy. After leaving the army in 1997 he ran his own dental practice, and from 2003 to 2004 he was director of the Voivodeship Dental Centre in Warsaw.

His roles in regional and local government included: - Member of the board of the Masovian Voivodeship, 2004 to 2005 and 2006 to 2010, overseeing education, sport, health care and regional institutions and companies - Deputy marshal of the Masovian Voivodeship, 2005 to 2006 - Liquidator of the Voivodeship Dental Centre in Warsaw from 2010 - Deputy mayor of Ozarow Mazowiecki, 2011 to 2013 - Secretary of the Izabelin commune, and board member and later president of its water and sewage company, Mokre Laki - Head of the public outpatient health centre in Ozarow Mazowiecki, 2019 to 2025

He was most recently deputy director for treatment at the public outpatient clinics of the Warsaw district of Wawer.

Politically he was linked with the League of Polish Families until 2006 without formally joining it, standing on its lists for the Sejm in 2005 and the regional assembly in 2006. In 2006 he joined the Polish People's Party, sat on its Masovian board from 2008 to 2010, and stood on its lists for the European Parliament in 2009 and 2014, the regional assembly in 2010 and the Sejm in 2011.

Roszkiewicz was married and had four children. From 1994 he was a supernumerary member of Opus Dei, and a memorial published by the organisation said he devoted his last months to prayer as he faced his illness.

Waldemar Roszkiewicz died on 1 November 2026, aged 69, after an illness. He had kept working almost to the end, stopping only in August 2026 when the illness weakened him. The specific cause was not made public.

Tributes were published by the Masovian regional government, the town of Ozarow Mazowiecki and the commune of Izabelin. His funeral mass was held on Saturday 7 November 2026 at the parish church of Our Lady Queen of Mexico in Laski, followed by burial in the parish cemetery.

The Marshal's Office of the Masovian Voivodeship said he had devoted his knowledge, experience and energy to the people of Mazovia and was always guided by a sense of responsibility for public affairs. The leaders of Ozarow Mazowiecki remembered him as a warm friend and a good man.