Mateusz Bochenek (born 12 April 1993) is a Polish politician. From 2018 to 2019 he was chairman of the Sosnowiec city council, a member of the Polish parliament of the 9th term.

Memoir

A graduate of the Second High School "Emilia Plater" in

Sosnowiec Sosnowiec is an industrial city county in the Dąbrowa Basin of southern Poland, in the Silesian Voivodeship, which is also part of the Metropolis GZM municipal association.—— Located in the eastern part of the Upper Silesian Industrial Re ...

. He graduated from

University of Silesia in Katowice The University of Silesia in Katowice () is an autonomous state-run university in Katowice, Silesia Province, Poland. The university offers higher education and research facilities. It offers undergraduate, masters, and PhD degree programs, ...

. He was post-graduate in MBA studies at the WSB University in

Dąbrowa Górnicza Dąbrowa Górnicza () is a city in Zagłębie Dąbrowskie, southern Poland, near Katowice and Sosnowiec. It is located in eastern part of the Silesian Voivodeship, on the Czarna Przemsza and Biała Przemsza rivers (tributaries of the Vistula Rive ...

. From 2006 he was active in the youth city council, later he became its guardian on behalf of the City Council in

. He was also active in the council of the Maczki district (Sosnowiec), in which he held the office of chairman. He became the chairman of the "Młodzi wspólnie dla" association and a member of the social council at SP ZOZ Rejonowe Pogotowie Ratunkowe in

. He became involved in political activities within the framework of the

Civic Platform The Civic Platform (, PO)The party is officially the Civic Platform of the Republic of Poland (''Platforma Obywatelska Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej''). is a Centre-right politics, centre-right liberal conservative political party in Poland. Since ...

. He was an assistant to the marshal of the

Silesian Voivodeship Silesian Voivodeship ( ) is an administrative province in southern Poland. With over 4.2 million residents and an area of 12,300 square kilometers, it is the second-most populous, and the most-densely populated and most-urbanized region of Poland ...

. In 2014, he became the assistant of the President of Sosnowiec Arkadiusz Chęciński, in March 2018 he took the position of his plenipotentiary for culture and promotion of the city and cooperation with non-governmental organizations. In 2018 he was elected the city councilor of

, he became the chairman of this body. In the parliamentary election in 2019, he was elected a deputy to the

Sejm The Sejm (), officially known as the Sejm of the Republic of Poland (), is the lower house of the bicameralism, bicameral parliament of Poland. The Sejm has been the highest governing body of the Third Polish Republic since the Polish People' ...

of the

Republic of Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...

of the 9th term in the

constituency (he won 15,421 votes). He became the second youngest member of this term.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bochenek, Mateusz Living people 1993 births People from Sosnowiec Civic Platform politicians University of Silesia in Katowice alumni Members of the Polish Sejm 2019–2023 Members of the Polish Sejm 2023–2027 WSB University alumni