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Kazimierz Gwiazdowski
Kazimierz Gwiazdowski (born June 10, 1962, in Radziłów) is a Polish politician, farmer and local government official, member of the Sejm of the 5th, 6th, 8th and 9th term. Biography He has secondary technical education (in 1982 he graduated from the Technical Secondary School of Water Reclamation in Białystok, and previously from 1969 to 1977 he attended the Primary School in Mścichy). Until 1984, he worked at the District Melioration Company in Grajewo, and then at a farm, which he became the owner of in 1986. From 1988 to 1991, he was the village head of Mścichy. In the years 1990–2006 he served as the head of the Gmina Radziłów . In the early 1990s, he was also a councilor of this commune. He was also a councilor of the Podlaskie Voivodeship Sejmik of the 1st term (1998–2002) from the Solidarity Electoral Action list. In the years 1991–1996 he was the president of the municipal board of the Volunteer Fire Department in Radziłów. He also held, among others, as t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radziłów
Radziłów (; ) is a village (formerly a town) in Grajewo County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina, an administrative district called Gmina Radziłów. It lies approximately south of Grajewo and north-west of the regional capital Białystok. In 2007 the village had a population of 1,267. History The history of Radziłów is closely connected with the history of Masovia Province from before the Partitions of Poland. The first settlers arrived in the Middle Ages and began clearing the impenetrable forest. Masovian Dukes, who owned the area, issued the rights to enter the forest and harvest it. Among the first settlers were bee-keepers, fishermen, hunters and loggers, who sold honey, wax, fish and lumber to neighboring towns, Wizna and Goniądz. The lumber was also transported via Biebrza and Ełk river waterways to Gdańsk.Elżbieta Czerwonka, Alina Żmijewska"Dziedzictwo kulturowe Radziłowa"(The Cultural Heritage of Radziłów); with l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polish People's Republic
The Polish People's Republic (1952–1989), formerly the Republic of Poland (1947–1952), and also often simply known as Poland, was a country in Central Europe that existed as the predecessor of the modern-day democratic Republic of Poland. With a population of approximately 37.9 million near the end of its existence, it was the second most-populous communist government, communist and Eastern Bloc country in Europe. It was also where the Warsaw Pact was founded. The largest city and capital was Warsaw, followed by the industrial city of Łódź and cultural city of Kraków. The country was bordered by the Baltic Sea to the north, the Soviet Union to the east, Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, Czechoslovakia to the south, and East Germany to the west. The Polish People's Republic was a unitary state with a Marxist–Leninist government established in the country after the Red Army's takeover of Polish territory from Occupation of Poland (1939–1945), German occupation in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Law And Justice (Poland)
Law and Justice ( , PiS) is a right-wing populist and national-conservative political party in Poland. The party is a member of European Conservatives and Reformists Group. Its chairman has been Jarosław Kaczyński since 18 January 2003. It was founded in 2001 by Jarosław and Lech Kaczyński as a direct successor of the Centre Agreement after it split from the Solidarity Electoral Action (AWS). It won the 2005 parliamentary and presidential elections, after which Lech became the president of Poland. It headed a parliamentary coalition with the League of Polish Families and Self-Defence of the Republic of Poland between 2005 and the 2007 election. It placed second and they remained in the parliamentary opposition until 2015. It regained the presidency in the 2015 election, and later won a majority of seats in the parliamentary election. They retained the positions following the 2019 and 2020 election, but lost their majority following the 2023 Polish parliam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polish People
Polish people, or Poles, are a West Slavic ethnic group and nation who share a common History of Poland, history, Culture of Poland, culture, the Polish language and are identified with the country of Poland in Central Europe. The preamble to the Constitution of the Republic of Poland defines the Polish nation as comprising all the citizenship, citizens of Poland, regardless of heritage or ethnicity. The majority of Poles adhere to Roman Catholicism. The population of self-declared Poles in Poland is estimated at 37,394,000 out of an overall population of 38,512,000 (based on the 2011 census), of whom 36,522,000 declared Polish alone. A wide-ranging Polish diaspora (the ''Polish diaspora, Polonia'') exists throughout Eurasia, the Americas, and Australasia. Today, the largest urban concentrations of Poles are within the Warsaw metropolitan area and the Katowice urban area. Ethnic Poles are considered to be the descendants of the ancient West Slavic Lechites and other tribes t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polish Nationality Law
Polish nationality law is based primarily on the principle of jus sanguinis. Children born to at least one Polish parent acquire Polish citizenship irrespective of place of birth. Besides other things, Polish citizenship entitles the person to a Polish passport. Polish citizenship and nationality law is set out in the Polish Citizenship Act of 2009, which was published on 14 February 2012, and became law in its entirety on 15 August 2012. Its provisions cover a range of Polish citizenship issues, including dual citizenship; acquisition by law (including birth, grant, recognition, and restoration); loss; status of minors vis-a-vis parents; and various processes and regulations. Citizenship by birth Foundling A foundling born in Poland acquires Polish citizenship when both parents are unknown, or when their citizenship cannot be established, or if determined to be stateless. Polish citizenship is bestowed upon stateless children over sixteen years of age only with their cons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Białystok (parliamentary Constituency)
Białystok constituency () is a Polish parliamentary constituency that is coterminous with the Podlaskie Voivodeship. It elects fourteen members of the Sejm. The district has the number '24', and is named after the city of Białystok. It includes the counties of Augustów, Białystok, Bielsk, Grajewo, Hajnówka, Kolno, Łomża, Mońki, Sejny, Siemiatycze, Sokółka, Suwałki, Wysokie Mazowieckie, and Zambrów and the city counties of Białystok, Łomża, and Suwałki Suwałki (; ; or סוּוואַלק) is a city in northeastern Poland with a population of 69,206 (2021). It is the capital of Suwałki County and one of the most important centers of commerce in the Podlaskie Voivodeship. A relatively young ci .... List of members 2023–2027 Footnotes {{coord missing, Podlaskie Voivodeship Sejm constituencies Białystok Podlaskie Voivodeship ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mścichy, Grajewo County
Mścichy is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Radziłów, within Grajewo County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Radziłów, south of Grajewo, and north-west of the regional capital Białystok Białystok is the largest city in northeastern Poland and the capital of the Podlaskie Voivodeship. It is the List of cities and towns in Poland, tenth-largest city in Poland, second in terms of population density, and thirteenth in area. Biał .... References Villages in Grajewo County {{Grajewo-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gmina Radziłów
__NOTOC__ Gmina Radziłów is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Grajewo County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. Its seat is the village of Radziłów, which lies approximately south of Grajewo and north-west of the regional capital Białystok. The administrative district (Polish: gmina) covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 5,114 (5,024 in 2011). Villages Gmina Radziłów contains the villages and settlements of Barwiki, Borawskie-Awissa, Borawskie-Awissa-Kolonia, Brodowo, Podlaskie Voivodeship, Brodowo, Brychy, Czachy, Podlaskie Voivodeship, Czachy, Czaple, Podlaskie Voivodeship, Czaple, Czerwonki, Podlaskie Voivodeship, Czerwonki, Dębówka, Podlaskie Voivodeship, Dębówka, Dusze, Glinki, Grajewo County, Glinki, Grąd, Podlaskie Voivodeship, Grąd, Janowo, Grajewo County, Janowo, Karwowo, Gmina Radziłów, Karwowo, Kieljany, Klimaszewnica, Konopki, Gmina Radziłów, Konopki, Konopki-Awissa, Kownatki, Podlaskie Voivodeship, Kownatki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Podlaskie Voivodeship Sejmik
The Podlaskie Voivodeship Sejmik () is the regional legislature of the Voivodeship of Podlaskie. It is a unicameral parliamentary body consisting of thirty councillors elected to a five-year term. The current chairperson of the assembly is Cezary Cieślukowski. The assembly elects the executive board that acts as the collective executive for the regional government, headed by the province's marshal. The current Executive Board of Podlaskie is held by the coalition government of Civic Coalition and Third Way and supported by two PiS members with Łukasz Prokorym, KO presiding as marshal. The Regional Assembly meets in the Marshal's Office in Białystok. Districts Members of the Assembly are elected from five districts, serve five-year terms. The districts do not have formal names, instead each constituency has a number and territorial description. See also * Polish Regional Assembly * Podlaskie Voivodeship Notes References External links * (plPodlaskie Regio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Solidarity Electoral Action
Solidarity Electoral Action (, AWS) was a coalition of political parties in Poland, active from 1996 to 2001. AWS was the political arm of the Solidarity (Polish trade union), Solidarity trade union, whose leader Lech Wałęsa (also an AWS member), was President of Poland from 1990 to 1995, and the successor of the parties emerged from the fragmentation of the Solidarity Citizens' Committee. The coalition was led by Marian Krzaklewski and Jerzy Buzek, who was Prime Minister of Poland from 1997 to 2001. Today's main parties in Poland, Law and Justice and Civic Platform, came out from the ashes of AWS. History The AWS was formed in June 1996 as a coalition of over 30 Christian democracy, Christian-democratic, Conservatism, conservative and Liberalism, liberal political parties, mostly from the Solidarity Citizens' Committee, the Solidarity (Polish trade union), Solidarity trade union's political wing. Among them, there were the Christian National Union, the Party of Christian Demo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Podlaskie Voivodeship
Podlaskie Voivodeship ( ) is a Voivodeships of Poland, voivodeship in northeastern Poland. The name of the voivodeship refers to the historical region of Podlachia (in Polish, ''Podlasie''), and significant part of its territory corresponds to that region. The capital and largest city is Białystok. It borders the Masovian Voivodeship to the west, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship to the northwest, Lublin Voivodeship to the south, Belarus to the east, and Lithuania to the northeast. The voivodeship was created on 1 January 1999, pursuant to the Polish local government reforms adopted in 1998, from the former Białystok Voivodeship (1975–98), Białystok and Łomża Voivodeships and the eastern half of the former Suwałki Voivodeship. Etymology The voivodeship takes its name from the Polish historical regions, historic region of Poland called ''Podlasie'', or in Latin known as Podlachia. There are two opinions regarding the origin of the region's name. People often derive it from th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Members Of The Polish Sejm 2019–2023
Member may refer to: * Military jury, referred to as "Members" in military jargon * Element (mathematics), an object that belongs to a mathematical set * In object-oriented programming, a member of a class ** Field (computer science), entries in a database ** Member variable, a variable that is associated with a specific object * Limb (anatomy), an appendage of the human or animal body ** Euphemism for penis * Structural component of a truss, connected by nodes * User (computing), a person making use of a computing service, especially on the Internet * Member (geology), a component of a geological formation * Member of parliament * The Members, a British punk rock band * Meronymy, a semantic relationship in linguistics * Church membership, belonging to a local Christian congregation, a Christian denomination and the universal Church * Member, a participant in a club or learned society A learned society ( ; also scholarly, intellectual, or academic society) is an organizati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
