Michał Urbaniak (politician)

Michał Piotr Urbaniak (born November 24, 1990 in Gdynia) is a Polish politician and entrepreneur, Member of the Sejm IX term.

Michał Urbaniak
BornNovember 24, 1990
Alma materPolish Naval Academy
Occupation(s)Politician, entrepreneur
Political partyNational Movement, Confederation Liberty and Independence

Biography

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He graduated with a bachelor's degree in national security from the Polish Naval Academy, and also completed postgraduate studies in project management at the Eugeniusz Kwiatkowski University of Administration and Business in Gdynia[1] and in agriculture at the International School of Agribusiness in Łomża.[2] He became an entrepreneur and IT industry analyst.[1]

In 2009, he joined All-Polish Youth. In 2014, he became a member of the National Movement, within which he assumed the position of president of the Pomeranian district.[1] Unsuccessfully, he ran for the position of councilor of the Pomeranian regional council in the local elections in 2014 and 2018 from the National Movement's list,[3][4] as well as for the position of Member of the European Parliament in the 2019 elections from the list of the Confederation of KORWiN Braun Liroy Nationalists.[5]

In the 2019 national elections, he won a seat in the Sejm IX term.[6] He ran as a candidate from the Confederation Liberty and Independence in the constituency No. 25 and received 14,918 votes.[6] He was elected as one of the 20 secretaries of the lower chamber of the parliament.[7] In the 2023 elections, he did not win reelection to the parliament.

In 2024, he ran for the position of Mayor of Gdańsk as a candidate of the electoral committee formed by the Confederation and the party There Is Only One Poland.[8] He lost in the first round of voting with a result of 4.33% of the votes.[9]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Michał Urbaniak". mamprawowiedziec.pl.
  2. ^ "Michał Urbaniak". sejm.gov.pl.
  3. ^ "Local elections 2014". pkw.gov.pl.
  4. ^ "Local elections 2018". pkw.gov.pl.
  5. ^ "European Parliament elections 2019". pkw.gov.pl.
  6. ^ a b Rafał Mrowicki (2019-10-14). "Parliamentary elections 2019 results. List of names of new MPs from the Gdańsk constituency No. 25. PKW data from 100% precinct commissions". dziennikbaltycki.pl.
  7. ^ "Sejm elected twenty MPs - secretaries". wnp.pl. 2019-11-13.
  8. ^ Ewelina Oleksy (2024-03-11). "Sixth candidate for the Mayor of Gdańsk. Nominated by the Confederation". trojmiasto.pl.
  9. ^ "Local elections 2024". pkw.gov.pl.