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Sejm Constituency No. 19
Warsaw I (), officially known as Constituency no. 19 (), is one of the 41 constituencies of the Sejm, the lower house of the Parliament of Poland, the national legislature of Poland. The constituency was established as Constituency no. 1 () in 1991 following the re-organisation of constituencies across Poland. It was renamed Sejm Constituency no. 19 in 2001 following another nationwide re-organisation of constituencies. It is conterminous with the city of Warsaw. Electors living abroad or working aboard ships and oil rigs are included in this constituency. The constituency currently elects 20 of the 460 members of the Sejm using the open party-list proportional representation electoral system. At the 2023 parliamentary election it had 1,993,723 registered electors. History The constituency of Warsaw I, officially Constituency no. 1, was established in June 1991 by the ''Electoral Ordinance to the Sejm of the Republic of Poland'' (''Ordynacja wyborcza do Sejmu Rzeczypospolitej Po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Constituencies Of The Sejm
Electoral districts of Poland (, ()) are defined by Polish law, Polish election law. Electoral districts can be divided depending on whether they are individual entities or parts of a larger electoral district with regard to elections to 1) parliament (Sejm) and Senate of Poland, Senate 2) local offices and 3) European Parliament. Each district has a number of Mandate (politics), mandates calculated on the basis of its population. List of Sejm constituencies ''Source:'' List of Senate constituencies ''Source:'' List of European Parliament constituencies ''Source:'' The numbers of elected MEPs in districts may change every election, because to European Parliament are elected 51 persons (52 after brexit) with the highest score in the country. See also * Administrative division of Poland * Elections in Poland * Electoral districts of Poland (1935–1939) Electoral districts of Poland, Lists of constituencies in Europe, Poland Poland politics-related lists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Greens (Poland)
The Greens ( ) is a political party in Poland. It was formed in 2003 under the name "Greens 2004" and formally registered itself in February 2004. It supports principles of green politics, and it is positioned on the centre-left and leans towards the left-wing. The party is an international member of the Global Greens, European member of European Green Party and cooperates with the European Greens–European Free Alliance in the European Parliament. History The party was established in 2003 by activists of several social movements. Among its founding members were environmentalists, feminists, LGBT people and anti-war activists. The first political campaign of the emerging party concerned the Polish European Union membership referendum, the Greens campaigned for a "yes" vote. Greens 2004 took part in the movement against the Iraq War in 2003 and participated in Equality Parades and other social protests in the time of "Fourth Republic" (2005–2007). Since 3 March 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dorota Olko
Dorota Zofia Olko (born 13 January 1988) is a Polish politician, sociologist, and political activist. She is a member of left-wing Lewica Razem and has served as party spokesperson since 2016. Member of Sejm since 2023. Biography Olko was born in Siedlce, moved to Warsaw for university and stayed since. She graduated from University of Warsaw in 2011 with Master's degree in Sociology, then in 2012 with another Master's Degree in ''Journalism and communication'' and Postgraduate degree in ''Polish philology and text editing''. Also in 2011 Olko started her doctoral dissertation in Sociology on the perception of body and self-care in the Polish working class. The thesis was only completed in 2023, her supervisor was prof. . She worked professionally in Gazeta Wyborcza, Krytyka Polityczna, and taught classes at her ''alma mater''. Politics Dorota Olko was an early member of Left Together since its formation in 2015. Originally she served as the spokesperson for the Warsaw Distri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Hope (Poland)
The New Hope ( , NN) is a right-wing to far-right political party in Poland and member of Confederation. As of 2024, it is led by Sławomir Mentzen. Founded in 2015 by Janusz Korwin-Mikke as a result of his removal from the Congress of the New Right, his former party, it was initially called Coalition for the Renewal of the Republic of Liberty and Hope () and then subsequently Confederation for the Renewal of the Republic of Liberty and Hope (), both backronym to KORWiN or sometimes shortened to Liberty (). Among the party's other members are Przemysław Wipler, who held a seat in the Polish Sejm, and Robert Iwaszkiewicz, Member of the European Parliament. The party's Polish name was originally a backronym of the founder's name Korwin-Mikke, who took part in the 2015 presidential election. History The party was formed shortly after Janusz Korwin-Mikke was removed from the chairmanship of the Congress of the New Right (KNP). The pro-Korwin faction of the KNP ended up fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sławomir Mentzen
Sławomir Jerzy Mentzen (; born 20 November 1986) is a Polish politician, entrepreneur and tax advisor. He placed third in the 2025 Polish presidential election. He serves as the chairman of the libertarian political party New Hope and as one of the leaders of the far-right Confederation Liberty and Independence coalition. Early life and education Mentzen was born in Toruń, Poland. He graduated with a Licentiate in Theoretical Physics and a PhD in Economics at the Nicolaus Copernicus University. His doctoral thesis, which he defended in 2015, concerned the issue of public debt. Business career He runs several accounting offices and owns a tax consultancy office as well as a hunting shop and a craft brewery in Toruń. He is a member of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Toruń and the National Chamber of Tax Advisors. Political career Mentzen began his political career in 2007 by joining the Real Politics Union (UPR), serving for two years as the president of the p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Independent Politician
An independent politician or non-affiliated politician is a politician not affiliated with any political party or Bureaucracy, bureaucratic association. There are numerous reasons why someone may stand for office as an independent. Some politicians have political views that do not align with the platforms of any political party and therefore they choose not to affiliate with them. Some independent politicians may be associated with a party, perhaps as former members of it or else have views that align with it, but choose not to stand in its name, or are unable to do so because the party in question has selected another candidate. Others may belong to or support a political party at the national level but believe they should not formally represent it (and thus be subject to its policies) at another level. In some cases, a politician may be a member of an unregistered party and therefore officially recognised as an independent. Officeholders may become independents after losing or r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dorota Łoboda
Dorota Łoboda (born 1975) is an educational rights activist in Poland. She was a leader of the ''Families Against Education Reform'' movement () that opposed the Education in Poland#PiS reforms of 2016, reform of the Polish education system in 2016–2018 and a member of the Consultative Council (Poland), Consultative Council created during the October 2020 Polish protests. Childhood and early career Dorota Łoboda (born ) graduated from the University of Warsaw. Łoboda worked from 1997 to 2006 as a teacher in a private school and as an exhibition organiser at the . Activist and political career 2016–2018 PiS education reforms The Education in Poland#PiS reforms of 2016, reform of the Polish education system in 2016–2018 under the Law and Justice (Poland), Law and Justice (PiS) government of Poland shifted from a 6+3+3–year (primary plus junior-high plus senior-high) schooling system to an 8+4–year (primary plus high) school system. Łoboda was a leader of the ''Famili ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Modern (political Party)
Modern (, styled as ".Nowoczesna") is a Centrism, centrist to Centre-right politics, centre-right list of political parties in Poland, political party in Poland. It is currently led by Adam Szłapka. It was formed in 2015 as "NowoczesnaPL" although it had to change the name to ".Nowoczesna" later that year due to a dispute with the similarly named Modern Poland Foundation. Its first president Ryszard Petru served until 2017, when he was succeeded by Katarzyna Lubnauer. It first gained seats in the 2015 Polish parliamentary election, 2015 parliamentary election, and in 2018 it joined the Civic Coalition (Poland), Civic Coalition to participate together in the 2018 Polish local elections, local elections. Szłapka was elected as the president in 2019. Modern is a member of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party, Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe, and it is orientated towards the principles of liberalism, neoliberalism, and classical liberalism. It also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katarzyna Lubnauer
Katarzyna Anna Lubnauer (''née'' Libudzisz; born 24 July 1969) is a Polish politician, feminist, mathematician and academic teacher. She is a member of the Polish Parliament and a former leader of the liberal Modern (''.Nowoczesna'') political party. In 2023, she was appointed State Secretary in the Ministry of National Education. Early life and education She was born Katarzyna Libudzisz on 24 July 1969 in Łódź to mother Zdzisława, a professor of microbiology and father Jerzy, a chemist. Her family had been living in Łódź since the second half of the 19th century. She graduated from the Tadeusz Kościuszko High School No. 3 in Łódź (Polish: ''III Liceum Ogólnokształcące im. Tadeusza Kościuszki w Łodzi'') as well as the University of Łódź. She briefly worked as a school teacher before she decided to continue her studies at the University of Łódź where she became a lecturer at the Faculty of Mathematics. She obtained her PhD degree in mathematics in 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poland 2050
Szymon Hołownia's Poland 2050 (, PL2050) is a centrist to centre-right political party in Poland. It was founded as a social movement in 2020, shortly after that year's presidential election, and was officially registered as a political party in April 2021. In the years prior to the 2023 Polish parliamentary election, eight MPs defected to Poland 2050 in the Sejm. After its first national electoral test, the party finished in third place. Poland 2050 joined a ruling coalition, with its leader Szymon Hołownia being chosen as Marshal of the Sejm. It is ideologically supportive of environmentalist policies and Christian democratic principles, and it also combines some elements of liberalism, social democracy, conservatism, and patriotism. History The first indication that Szymon Hołownia planned to establish a social movement appeared in February 2020, when he led a campaign for the 2020 presidential election. Hołownia officially announced the formation of a new movement on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bożenna Hołownia
Bożenna Urszula Hołownia (born 27 July 1953) is a geographer, hydrologist, computer scientist, and politician. Since 2024, she is a member of the Sejm of Poland, representing the constituency of Warsaw. Biography Bożenna Hołownia was born on 27 July 1953 in Warsaw, Poland. In 1977 she graduated from the University of Warsaw with a degree in geography. She was specialised in the hydrology and worked in the Institute of Meteorology and Water Management and the Warsaw Regional Water Management Office. Later, until her retirement, she was a director in an internet provider company. For over 20 years Hołownia was active in the scouting and guiding structures, being a group commander, and district deputy commander. Hołownia is a member of the Poland 2050 political party. She unsuccessfully run for office of member of the Sejm of Poland during the 2023 parliamentary elections. She was a candidate from the constituenct no. 19, which consists of the city of Warsaw, and receive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sovereign Poland
Sovereign Poland (, SP), also known as United Poland (; alternatively translated to Solidarity Poland), until 2023, was a Catholic-nationalist political party in Poland led by Zbigniew Ziobro. It was founded in 2012, as the Catholic-nationalist split from the Law and Justice, with whom they later formed the United Right alliance in 2014. Sovereign Poland merged with Law and Justice on 12 October 2024. Ideology The party has been described as national-conservative, nationalist, and Catholic-nationalist. It was also staunchly socially conservative. It was opposed to abortion and euthanasia, and supported extending maternity leave to nine months. It was eurosceptic, Anti-LGBT, and its staunch opposition to same-sex marriage was cited as a main reason it left the ECR group in the European Parliament in 2012. It has also been described as right-wing populist mainly due to their opposition to immigration. It was the most anti-EU party in the United Right coalition. Between 2012 an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
