Andrzej Szewiński (born 20 February 1970 in Warsaw, Poland) is a former professional volleyball player (198 cm, opposite hitter), sport activist and politician. He is the son of the sprinter Irena Szewińska.[1]
Andrzej Szewiński | |
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| Member of Sejm | |
| Assumed office 12 November 2019 | |
| Constituency | Częstochowa |
| Member of Senate | |
| In office 5 November 2007 – 11 November 2015 | |
| Succeeded by | Artur Warzocha |
| Constituency | Częstochowa |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 20 February 1970 (age 54) Warsaw |
| Political party | Civic Platform |
Career as sportsmen
editFrom 1989/90 to 2004/05 (altogether 16 seasons), he played for AZS Częstochowa, Bipop Brescia, Maccabi Tel Aviv, Beşiktaş JK and Galatasaray S.K..[2]
Political activity
editFrom 2006 to 2007, he was a councilor of the Silesian Regional Assembly from PO. In the parliamentary election in 2007 he was elected to a Senate in Częstochowa district, receiving 81,777 votes. Later he joined Civic Platform. In the parliamentary election in 2011, he won 37,471 votes and again won a seat to Senate from Częstochowa district.[3] In 2014, he ran for the presidency of Częstochowa, taking 4th place out of 7 candidates.[4] In 2015, he did not receive a senatorial reelection, because Artur Warzocha defeated him.[5] On 30 December 2015, he replaced Krzysztof Łoziński as the vice-president of Częstochowa.[6] In 2018, he ran unsuccessfully to the regional assembly. In the parliamentary election in 2019 he was elected to Sejm in Częstochowa district.[7]
References
edit- ^ Marnie Winston-Macauley (2007). "Yiddishe Mamas": the truth about the Jewish mother. pg 363: Andrews McMeel Publishing. p. 384. ISBN 978-0-7407-6376-2.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link) - ^ . 16 December 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121216160917/http://dl.pzps.pl/7558,get/reprezentanci-polski.doc. Archived from the original on 16 December 2012. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ "Wybory 2011". wybory2011.pkw.gov.pl. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
- ^ "PKW | Samorząd 2014". samorzad2014.pkw.gov.pl. Archived from the original on 29 September 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
- ^ "PKW | Wybory do Sejmu RP i Senatu RP". parlament2015.pkw.gov.pl. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
- ^ "Wyborcza.pl". czestochowa.wyborcza.pl. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
- ^ "Wybory do Sejmu i Senatu Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej 2019 r." wybory.gov.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 18 October 2019.
- (in Polish) Biography on Polish parliament website