The Łódź Voivodeship Sejmik () is the
regional legislature of the
voivodeship
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of
Łódź
Łódź is a city in central Poland and a former industrial centre. It is the capital of Łódź Voivodeship, and is located south-west of Warsaw. Łódź has a population of 655,279, making it the country's List of cities and towns in Polan ...
,
Poland
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. It is a
unicameral
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body consists of thirty-three councillors elected in free elections for a five-year term. The current chairperson of the assembly is Małgorzata Grabarczyk.
The assembly elects the
executive board
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The powers, duties, and responsibilities of a board of directors are determined by government regulations ...
that acts as the collective executive for the regional government, headed by the province's
marshal
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. The current executive board is a coalition government between
Civic Coalition,
Third Way
The Third Way is a predominantly centrist political position that attempts to reconcile centre-right and centre-left politics by advocating a varying synthesis of Right-wing economics, right-wing economic and Left-wing politics, left-wing so ...
and
The Left, headed by Marshal
Joanna Skrzydlewska
Joanna Katarzyna Skrzydlewska (born 17 February 1977 in Łódź) is a Polish politician. She was elected to the Sejm on 25 September 2005, getting 11,822 votes in 9 Łódź district as a candidate from the Civic Platform list.
Career
She is a m ...
The Regional Assembly meets in the Marshal's Office in
Łódź
Łódź is a city in central Poland and a former industrial centre. It is the capital of Łódź Voivodeship, and is located south-west of Warsaw. Łódź has a population of 655,279, making it the country's List of cities and towns in Polan ...
City.
Districts
Members of the Assembly are elected from five
districts
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, serve five-year terms. Districts does not have the constituencies formal names. Instead, each constituency has a number and territorial description.
See also
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Polish Regional Assembly
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Łódź Voivodeship
Łódź Voivodeship ( ) is a Voivodeships of Poland, voivodeship (province) of Poland. The province is named after its capital and largest city, Łódź, pronounced .
Łódź Voivodeship is bordered by six other voivodeships: Masovian Voivodeship ...
Charts
File:Sejmik Województwa Łódzkiego I kadencji.svg, 1998
File:Sejmik_Województwa_Łódzkiego_2006.svg, 2006
File:Sejmik_Województwa_Łódzkiego_2010.svg, 2010
File:Sejmik_Województwa_Łódzkiego_2014.svg, 2014
File:Poland Lodz Regional Assembly 2018.svg, 2018
External links
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Łódź Regional Assembly
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Voivodeship assemblies in Poland
Assembly
Unicameral legislatures