Education
1972: Master of History, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University.
Member of the European Parliament politician
1972: Master of History, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University.
Podkański is a substitute for the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development and a vice-chair of the Delegation to the European Union-Moldova Parliamentary Cooperation Committee. 1972: Master of History, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University
1973-1975: Employee of the Society for the Dissemination of General Knowledge (1972–1973), then on the Voivodship Committee of the ZSL (United Peasant"s Party)
1975-1980: Vice-Chairman of the Voivodship Administration of the Naval Sports Group (ZSMW) and section head in youth organisations
1980-1984: Section head on the Voivodship Committee of the ZSL
1984-1992: Director of the central administration of the Association of Folk Craftsmen (Licentiate of Sacred Theology)
1992-1994: Plenipotentiary to the Minister of Culture and Art
Councillor (1984–1989) and Vice-Chairman (1988–1989) People"s Town Council in Lublin
1991-: Chairman of the Voivodship Administration of the Polish People"s Party (Polskie Stronnictwo Ludowe (Polish Peasant Party)) in Lublin
since 2004: Vice-Chairman Polskie Stronnictwo Ludowe (Polish Peasant Party)
1994-1996: Under-secretary of State at the Ministry of Culture and Art
1996-1997: Minister of Culture and Artist
Member of Parliament of the Republic of Poland (1993–2004), Vice-Chairman of the Parliamentary Culture and Media Committee.