Marian Zembala

Marian Zembala
Zembala in 2016
Minister of Health
In office
16 June 2015  16 November 2015
PresidentBronisław Komorowski
Andrzej Duda
Prime MinisterEwa Kopacz
Preceded byBartosz Arłukowicz
Succeeded byKonstanty Radziwiłł
Member of the Sejm
In office
12 November 2015  12 November 2019
Constituency31 – Katowice II
Personal details
Born11 February 1950
Krzepice, Poland
Died19 March 2022 (aged 72)
Zbrosławice, Poland
Political partyCivic Platform
SpouseHanna Zembala
Children4
ProfessionCardiac surgeon and Transplantologist
Known forPerforming the first single-lung transplant in Poland
AwardsKnight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (2004)
Order of the Smile (2005)
Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice (2008)
Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (2011)
3rd Class of the Order of Merit of Ukraine (2012)
Medical career
InstitutionsMedical University of Silesia

Marian Zembala (11 February 1950 – 19 March 2022) was a Polish cardiac surgeon, full professor of medicine who served as Health Minister in 2015 and as a deputy to the Sejm (2015–2019). He was a member of Zbigniew Religa's team who performed the first successful heart transplant in Poland in 1985.