The Lesser Poland Voivodeship Sejmik ( pl, Sejmik Województwa Małopolskiego) is the
regional legislature of the
Voivodeship
A voivodeship is the area administered by a voivode (Governor) in several countries of central and eastern Europe. Voivodeships have existed since medieval times and the area of extent of voivodeship resembles that of a duchy in western medieval ...
of
Lesser Poland
Lesser Poland, often known by its Polish name Małopolska ( la, Polonia Minor), is a historical region situated in southern and south-eastern Poland. Its capital and largest city is Kraków. Throughout centuries, Lesser Poland developed a ...
. It is a
unicameral
Unicameralism (from ''uni''- "one" + Latin ''camera'' "chamber") is a type of legislature, which consists of one house or assembly, that legislates and votes as one.
Unicameral legislatures exist when there is no widely perceived need for multi ...
parliamentary body consisting of thirty-nine councillors elected to five-year terms. The current chairperson of the assembly is
Rafał Bochenek
Rafał Bochenek (born 14 August 1986) is a Polish lawyer and politician.
Biography
Bochenek is a graduate of the Faculty of Law and Administration of the Jagiellonian University. Bochenek was a weather forecaster with TVP3 Kraków and ran a y ...
.
The assembly elects the
executive board
A board of directors (commonly referred simply as the board) is an executive committee that jointly supervises the activities of an organization, which can be either a for-profit or a nonprofit organization such as a business, nonprofit organi ...
that acts as the collective executive for the regional government, headed by the province's
marshal. The current Executive Board of Lesser Poland is held by the
Law and Justice
Law and Justice ( pl, Prawo i Sprawiedliwość , PiS) is a right-wing populist and national-conservative political party in Poland. Its chairman is Jarosław Kaczyński.
It was founded in 2001 by Jarosław and Lech Kaczyński as a direct ...
party, headed by Marshal Witold Kozlowski.
The assembly convenes within the Marshal's Office in
Kraków
Kraków (), or Cracow, is the second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city dates back to the seventh century. Kraków was the official capital of Poland until 159 ...
.
Districts
Members of the Lesser Poland Regional Assembly are elected from six districts, serving 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
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Lesser Poland Voivodeship
Lesser Poland Voivodeship or Lesser Poland Province (in pl, województwo małopolskie ), also known as Małopolska, is a voivodeship (province), in southern Poland. It has an area of , and a population of
3,404,863 (2019).
It was created on 1 ...
Charts
File:Sejmik Województwa Małopolskiego I kadencji.svg, 1998
File:Sejmik_Województwa_Małopolskiego_2006.svg, 2006
File:Sejmik_Województwa_Małopolskiego_2010.svg, 2010
File:Lesser Poland Sejmik.svg, 2014
File:Poland Lesser Poland Regional Assembly 2018.svg, 2018
References
External links
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{{Regional assemblies in Poland
Lesser Poland
Lesser Poland, often known by its Polish name Małopolska ( la, Polonia Minor), is a historical region situated in southern and south-eastern Poland. Its capital and largest city is Kraków. Throughout centuries, Lesser Poland developed a ...
Assembly
Assembly may refer to:
Organisations and meetings
* Deliberative assembly, a gathering of members who use parliamentary procedure for making decisions
* General assembly, an official meeting of the members of an organization or of their representa ...
Unicameral legislatures