Lubusz Regional Assembly

	Lubusz Regional Assembly The Lubusz Voivodeship Sejmik ( pl, Sejmik Województwa Lubuskiego) is the regional legislature of the voivodeship of Lubusz, Poland. It is a unicameral body consists of thirty councillors elected in free elections for a five-year term. The current chairperson of the assembly is Wacław Maciuszonek ( BS). 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 Greater Poland is a coalition government between Civic Coalition, Polish People's Party and Democratic Left Alliance with Elżbieta Polak of Civic Coalition presiding as marshal. The Regional Assembly meets in the Marshal's Office in Zielona Góra. Districts Members of the Assembly are elected from five districts, serve five-year terms. Districts does not have the constituencies formal names. Instead, each constituency has a number and territorial description. See also * Polish Regional Assembly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Voivodeship Sejmik A voivodeship sejmik ( pl, sejmik województwa), also known as a provincial or regional assembly, is the regional-level elected legislature for each of the sixteen voivodeships of Poland. Machnikowski et al., p. 21 Sejmiks are elected to five-year terms, decided during nationwide local elections. The size of the legislative assembly varies for each voivodeship depending on the population; in lower populated provinces, there are 30 members, while in the most populous (Masovian Voivodeship) there are 51 members. Elected representatives of an assembly are known as councillors (''radni''). Origins The word '' sejmik'' is a diminutive of ''sejm'', a historical term for an assembly of nobles, and is now the name of the lower house of the Polish National Assembly. The word ''sejmik'' was consciously chosen by lawmakers during regional reorganization reforms in the 1990s to eliminate the term ''rada wojewódzka'' (voivodeship council), as the definition conjured memories of people's coun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Świebodzin County __NOTOC__ Świebodzin County ( pl, powiat świebodziński) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Lubusz Voivodeship, western Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and largest town is Świebodzin, which lies north of Zielona Góra and south of Gorzów Wielkopolski. The only other town in the county is Zbąszynek, lying east of Świebodzin. The county covers an area of . As of 2019 its total population is 55,753, out of which the population of Świebodzin is 21,736, that of Zbąszynek is 5,020, and the rural population is 28,997. Neighbouring counties Świebodzin County is bordered by Międzyrzecz County to the north, Nowy Tomyśl County to the east, Zielona Góra County to the south, Krosno Odrzańskie County to the south-west and Sulęcin County __NOTOC__ Sulęcin County ( pl, powiat sulęciński) is a unit of territorial administration and loc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Sulęcin County __NOTOC__ Sulęcin County ( pl, powiat sulęciński) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Lubusz Voivodeship, western Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and largest town is Sulęcin, which lies south of Gorzów Wielkopolski and north-west of Zielona Góra. The county also contains the towns of Torzym, lying south of Sulęcin, and Lubniewice, north-east of Sulęcin. The county covers an area of . As of 2019 its total population is 35,238, out of which the population of Sulęcin is 10,117, that of Torzym is 2,526, that of Lubniewice is 2,059, and the rural population is 20,536. Neighbouring counties Sulęcin County is bordered by Gorzów County to the north, Międzyrzecz County to the east, Świebodzin County to the south-east, Krosno Odrzańskie County __NOTOC__ Krosno Odrzańskie County ( pl, powiat krośnieński) is a unit of territori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Słubice County __NOTOC__ Słubice County ( pl, powiat słubicki) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Lubusz Voivodeship, western Poland, on the German border. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and largest town is Słubice, which lies south-west of Gorzów Wielkopolski and north-west of Zielona Góra. The county contains three other towns: Rzepin, lying east of Słubice, Ośno Lubuskie, lying north-east of Słubice, and Cybinka, south-east of Słubice. The county covers an area of . As of 2019 its total population is 47,018. The most populated towns are Słubice with 16,705 inhabitants and Rzepin with 6,529 inhabitants. Neighbouring counties Słubice County is bordered by Gorzów County to the north, Sulęcin County to the east and Krosno Odrzańskie County to the south. It also borders Brandenburg in Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Międzyrzecz County __NOTOC__ Międzyrzecz County ( pl, Powiat międzyrzecki) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Lubusz Voivodeship, western Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and largest town is Międzyrzecz, which lies south-east of Gorzów Wielkopolski and north of Zielona Góra. The county also contains the towns of Skwierzyna, lying north of Międzyrzecz, and Trzciel, south-east of Międzyrzecz. The county covers an area of . As of 2019 its total population is 57,851, out of which the population of Międzyrzecz is 17,994, that of Skwierzyna is 9,671, that of Trzciel is 2,391, and the rural population is 27,795. Neighbouring counties Międzyrzecz County is bordered by Strzelce-Drezdenko County to the north, Międzychód County to the north-east, Nowy Tomyśl County to the east, Świebodzin County to the south, Sulęcin County to the west and Gorzów ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Strzelce-Drezdenko County __NOTOC__ Strzelce-Drezdenko County ( pl, powiat strzelecko-drezdenecki) is a unit of territorial administration and local government ( powiat) in Lubusz Voivodeship, western Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat is the town of Strzelce Krajeńskie, which lies north-east of Gorzów Wielkopolski and north of Zielona Góra. The county also contains the towns of Drezdenko, lying east of Strzelce Krajeńskie, and Dobiegniew, north-east of Strzelce Krajeńskie. The county covers an area of . As of 2019 its total population is 49,156, out of which the population of Drezdenko is 10,122, that of Strzelce Krajeńskie is 9,950, that of Dobiegniew is 3,061, and the rural population is 26,023. Neighbouring counties Strzelce-Drezdenko County is bordered by Choszczno County to the north, Wałcz County to the north-east, Czarnków-Trzcianka County to the east, Międzychód County to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Gorzów County __NOTOC__ Gorzów County ( pl, powiat gorzowski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government ( powiat) in Lubusz Voivodeship, western Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat is the city of Gorzów Wielkopolski, although the city is not part of the county (it constitutes a separate city county). The only towns in Gorzów County are Kostrzyn nad Odrą, which lies west of Gorzów Wielkopolski, and Witnica, west of Gorzów Wielkopolski. The county covers an area of . As of 2019 its total population is 71,669, out of which the population of Kostrzyn nad Odrą is 17,778, that of Witnica is 6,747, and the rural population is 47,144. Neighbouring counties Apart from the city of Gorzów Wielkopolski, Gorzów County is also bordered by Strzelce-Drezdenko County to the north-east, Międzyrzecz County to the south-east, Sulęcin County to the south, Słubice County to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Gorzów Wielkopolski Gorzów Wielkopolski (; german: Landsberg an der Warthe) often abbreviated to Gorzów Wlkp. or simply Gorzów, is a city in western Poland, on the Warta river. It is the second largest city in the Lubusz Voivodeship with 120,087 inhabitants (December 2021) and one of its two capitals with a seat of a voivode, with the other being Zielona Góra. Around Gorzów, there are two large forest areas: Gorzów Woods to the north, where the Barlinek-Gorzów Landscape Park is situated, and Noteć Woods to the southeast. The biggest oil fields in Poland are located near Gorzów. Etymology The pre-1945 German name ''Landsberg an der Warthe'', dating back to 1257, derived from the German words ''land'' or 'state' and ''berg'' or 'mountain' combined with ''Warthe''the German name for the river Warta. The Polish name Gorzów, written as Gorzew, is known from Polish maps and historical books dating back to the 19th century or perhaps earlier.Henryk M. Wozniak, Gazeta Zachodnia "Gorzów tak - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Democratic Left Alliance (Poland) The Democratic Left Alliance () was a social-democratic political party in Poland. It was formed on 9 July 1991 as an electoral alliance of centre-left parties, and became a single party on 15 April 1999. It was the major coalition party in Poland between 1993 and 1997, and between 2001 and 2005, with four Prime ministers coming from the party: Józef Oleksy, Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz, Leszek Miller and Marek Belka. It then faded into opposition, overshadowed by the rise of Civic Platform and Law and Justice. In February 2020, the party initiated a process to absorb the Spring party, choosing the name New Left ( pl, Nowa Lewica), and changing to a more modern logo. The party was a member of the Party of European Socialists and Progressive Alliance. History Ideology and support patterns The party can be classified as centre-left. However, during the 1990s, it managed to attract voters from the pro-market and even right-wing camp. The main support for SLD came from middle-r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Voivodeship Marshal A voivodeship marshal ( pl, marszałek województwa, ) is the head of the provincial-level government for each of the sixteen voivodeships of Poland. Elected by councillors from the provincial assembly, the marshal is the head of the collective voivodeship executive board, which acts as the ''de facto'' cabinet for the region. Council of Europe, p. 17 The current competences and traditions of the contemporary voivodeship marshal stem from the Public Administrative Reform Act of 1998, which went into effect in January 1999. Election A voivodeship marshal is elected by an absolute majority from the voivodeship sejmik in the presence of at least half of all assembly members. Prokop, p. 144 The marshal must be elected from among the councillors of the assembly. At most, two other vice-marshals are additionally elected to sit with the marshal on the executive board by the assembly. To dismiss the marshal, three-fifths of the sejmik must agree to his or her vote of no confidence, which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Wacław Maciuszonek Wacław is a Polish masculine given name. It is a borrowing of cz, Václav, Latinized as Wenceslaus. For etymology and cognates in other languages, see Wenceslaus. It may refer to: * Wacław Leszczyński Wacław of Szamotuły Wacław Hański Wacław Michał Zaleski Wacław Sierpiński Wacław Kiełtyka Wacław Gajewski Wacław Szybalski Wacław Maciejowski Wacław Kopisto Wacław Zawadowski Wacław Micuta Wacław Kuchar Wacław Szymanowski Wacław Seweryn Rzewuski Wacław Cimochowski Wacław Sieroszewski Wacław Kajetan Sieroszewski (24 August 1858 – 20 April 1945) was a Polish writer, Polish Socialist Party activist, and soldier in the World War I-era Polish Legions (decorated with the Virtuti Militari). For activities subversive of the Rus ... * Wacław Zagórski Other forms of Wenceslaus exist natively in Polish, but only as a surname, including Wącław, Węcław, and Więcław, as well as their respective phonetic spellings Woncław, Wencław, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]