[2] Sawicki was elected to the Sejm on 25 September 2005, receiving 6527 votes in 18 Siedlce district as a candidate on the Polish People's Party list.

Sawicki was first appointed to the post of Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development on 16 November 2007 and left on 26 July 2012.

On 17 March 2014 he then took over from Stanisław Kalemba and served until the Cabinet of Beata Szydło was sworn in on 16 November 2015.

In December 2011, the AGRIFISH under the presidency of Sawicki adopted a decision authorizing the signing of an anti-counterfeiting trade agreement (ACTA).

[3] On 6 November 2023, President Andrzej Duda announced he would name Sawicki as the Senior Marshal of the new Sejm elected in October.