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Kuyavian-Pomeranian Regional Assembly
The Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship Sejmik ( pl, Sejmik Województwa Kujawsko-Pomorskiego) is the regional legislature of the Voivodeship of Kuyavia-Pomerania in Poland. It is a unicameral parliamentary body consisting of thirty councillors chosen during regional elections for a five-year term. The current chairperson of the assembly is Ryszard Bober. The assembly elects the executive board that acts as the collective executive for the regional government, headed by the voivodeship marshal. The current Executive Board of Silesia is a coalition government between the Civic Coalition, Polish People's Party and Democratic Left Alliance. The board's current chief executive is Marshal Piotr Całbecki of Civic Coalition. The assembly convenes within the Marshal's Office in Toruń. Leadership of the Assembly The Chairperson of the Assembly ( pl, Przewodniczący Sejmiku, speaker or president) presides over the Assembly in the chief leadership position, controlling the flow of leg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryszard Bober
Ryszard Jakub Bober (born 1956 in Jabłonowo Pomorskie, Poland) is a Polish politician who is a current Chairperson of Kuyavian-Pomeranian Regional Assembly. Biography Education He graduated from the University of Agriculture and Technology in Olsztyn ( pl, Akademia Rolniczo-Techniczna w Olsztynie), now University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn. Political career In the 2001 parliamentary election he was a candidate for the Sejm of Poland. He polled 1,274 votes and was not elected from the Polish People's Party list in Toruń parliamentary district. In the 2002 local election he was a candidate to the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Regional Assembly II term. He polled 3,000 votes in 3rd district. He was second on the Polish People's Party list and was not elected. Zygmunt Kwiatkowski, who was won on the same list, was elected by the Assembly as Vice-Chairperson. Kwiatkowski died in 2005, and Bober take his seat and was elected as Vice-Chairperson on 26 September 2005. The term was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous member state of the European Union. Warsaw is the nation's capital and largest metropolis. Other major cities include Kraków, Wrocław, Łódź, Poznań, Gdańsk, and Szczecin. Poland has a temperate transitional climate and its territory traverses the Central European Plain, extending from Baltic Sea in the north to Sudeten and Carpathian Mountains in the south. The longest Polish river is the Vistula, and Poland's highest point is Mount Rysy, situated in the Tatra mountain range of the Carpathians. The country is bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukraine to the east, Slovakia and the Czech Republic to the south, and Germany to the west. It also shares maritime boundaries with Denmark and Sweden. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grudziądz
Grudziądz ( la, Graudentum, Graudentium, german: Graudenz) is a city in northern Poland, with 92,552 inhabitants (2021). Located on the Vistula River, it lies within the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship and is the fourth-largest city in its province. The Old Town of Grudziądz and 14th-century granaries were declared National Historic Monuments of Poland. Geographical location Grudziądz is located close to the east shore of the river Vistula, approximately north-east of Świecie, south of Gdańsk and south-west of Kaliningrad. It is located in Chełmno Land. History Early medieval Poland Grudziądz was founded by the Duke of Poland, Bolesław I the Brave of the Piast dynasty. Initially Grudziądz was a defensive stronghold, known as a gord. The fortress and tower were built to protect the Poles from attacks by the Baltic Prussians. Monastic State of the Teutonic Knights The settlement was re-fortified again from 1234 by the Teutonic Order. The erection of the cas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tuchola County
__NOTOC__ Tuchola County ( pl, powiat tucholski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, north-central Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and only town is Tuchola, which lies north of Bydgoszcz and north-west of Toruń. The county covers an area of . As of 2019 its total population is 48,329 out of which the population of Tuchola is 13,621 and the rural population is 34,708. The county contains most of the protected area called Tuchola Landscape Park. Neighbouring counties Tuchola County is bordered by Starogard County to the north-east, Świecie County to the east, Bydgoszcz County to the south, Sępólno County to the south-west and Chojnice County to the west. Administrative division The county is subdivided into six gminas (one urban-rural and five rural). These are listed in the following table, in descend ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Świecie County
__NOTOC__ Świecie County ( pl, powiat świecki) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, north-central Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and largest town is Świecie, which lies north of Toruń and north-east of Bydgoszcz. The only other town in the county is Nowe, lying north-east of Świecie. The county covers an area of . As of 2019 its total population is 99,154, out of which the population of Świecie is 25,723, that of Nowe is 5,827, and the rural population is 67,604. Neighbouring counties Świecie County is bordered by Starogard County and Tczew County to the north, Kwidzyn County to the north-east, the city of Grudziądz and Grudziądz County to the east, Chełmno County to the south, Bydgoszcz County to the south-west, and Tuchola County to the west. Administrative division The county is subdivided i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sępólno County
__NOTOC__ Sępólno County ( pl, powiat sępoleński) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, north-central Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and largest town is Sępólno Krajeńskie, which lies north-west of Bydgoszcz and north-west of Toruń. The county also contains the towns of Więcbork, lying south of Sępólno Krajeńskie, and Kamień Krajeński, north of Sępólno Krajeńskie. The county covers an area of . As of 2019 its total population is 41,055, out of which the population of Sępólno Krajeńskie is 9,091, that of Więcbork is 5,950, that of Kamień Krajeński is 2,390, and the rural population is 23,624. Neighbouring counties Sępólno County is bordered by Człuchów County and Chojnice County to the north, Tuchola County to the north-east, Bydgoszcz County to the south-east, Nakło County to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nakło County
__NOTOC__ Nakło County ( pl, powiat nakielski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, north-central Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and largest town is Nakło nad Notecią, which lies west of Bydgoszcz and west of Toruń. The county contains three other towns: Szubin, lying south-east of Nakło nad Notecią, Kcynia, lying south-west of Nakło nad Notecią, and Mrocza, north of Nakło nad Notecią. The county covers an area of . As of 2006 its total population is 84,786, out of which the population of Nakło nad Notecią is 18,281, that of Szubin is 9,556, that of Kcynia is 4,657, that of Mrocza is 4,350, and the rural population is 49,605. Neighbouring counties Nakło County is bordered by Sępólno County to the north, Bydgoszcz County to the east, Żnin County to the south, Wągrowiec County to the sout ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bydgoszcz County
__NOTOC__ Bydgoszcz County ( pl, powiat bydgoski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, north-central Poland. It was created on 1 January 1999 as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat is the city of Bydgoszcz, although the city is not part of the county (it constitutes a separate city county). The only towns in Bydgoszcz County are Solec Kujawski, which lies east of Bydgoszcz, and Koronowo, north of Bydgoszcz. The county covers an area of . As of 2019 its total population is 118,041, out of which the population of Solec Kujawski is 15,652, that of Koronowo is 11,162, and the rural population is 91,227. Politics Voters elect a unicameral Bydgoszcz County Council ( pl, Rada Powiatu Bydgoskiego) consisting of a 21-members. The council is elected under proportional representation in free elections for a 4-year term.. Executive body is county executive board (''z ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bydgoszcz
Bydgoszcz ( , , ; german: Bromberg) is a city in northern Poland, straddling the meeting of the River Vistula with its left-bank tributary, the Brda. With a city population of 339,053 as of December 2021 and an urban agglomeration with more than 470,000 inhabitants, Bydgoszcz is the eighth-largest city in Poland. It is the seat of Bydgoszcz County and the co-capital, with Toruń, of the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship. The city is part of the Bydgoszcz–Toruń metropolitan area, which totals over 850,000 inhabitants. Bydgoszcz is the seat of Casimir the Great University, University of Technology and Life Sciences and a conservatory, as well as the Medical College of Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń. It also hosts the Pomeranian Philharmonic concert hall, the Opera Nova opera house, and Bydgoszcz Airport. Being between the Vistula and Oder (Odra in Polish) rivers, and by the Bydgoszcz Canal, the city is connected via the Noteć, Warta, Elbe and German canals with t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kuyavian-Pomeranian Regional Assembly (districts)
The Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship Sejmik ( pl, Sejmik Województwa Kujawsko-Pomorskiego) is the regional legislature of the Voivodeship of Kuyavia-Pomerania in Poland. It is a unicameral parliamentary body consisting of thirty councillors chosen during regional elections for a five-year term. The current chairperson of the assembly is Ryszard Bober. The assembly elects the executive board that acts as the collective executive for the regional government, headed by the voivodeship marshal. The current Executive Board of Silesia is a coalition government between the Civic Coalition, Polish People's Party and Democratic Left Alliance. The board's current chief executive is Marshal Piotr Całbecki of Civic Coalition. The assembly convenes within the Marshal's Office in Toruń. Leadership of the Assembly The Chairperson of the Assembly ( pl, Przewodniczący Sejmiku, speaker or president) presides over the Assembly in the chief leadership position, controlling the flow of leg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Floor Vote
Deliberative assemblies – bodies that use parliamentary procedure to arrive at decisions – use several methods of voting on motions (formal proposal by members of a deliberative assembly that the assembly take certain action). The regular methods of voting in such bodies are a voice vote, a rising vote, and a show of hands. Additional forms of voting include a recorded vote and balloting. Regular methods Voice vote ''Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised'' (RONR) states that a voice vote (''viva voce'') is the usual method of voting on any motion that does not require more than a majority vote for its adoption. It is considered the simplest and quickest of voting methods used by deliberative assemblies. The chair of the assembly will put the question to the assembly, asking first for those in favor of the motion to indicate so verbally ("aye" or "yes"), and then ask those opposed to the motion to indicate so verbally ("no"). The chair will then estimate which side had more m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Speaker (politics)
The speaker of a deliberative assembly, especially a legislative body, is its presiding officer, or the chair. The title was first used in 1377 in England. Usage The title was first recorded in 1377 to describe the role of Thomas de Hungerford in the Parliament of England.Lee Vol 28, pp. 257,258. The speaker's official role is to moderate debate, make rulings on procedure, announce the results of votes, and the like. The speaker decides who may speak and has the powers to discipline members who break the procedures of the chamber or house. The speaker often also represents the body in person, as the voice of the body in ceremonial and some other situations. By convention, speakers are normally addressed in Parliament as 'Mister Speaker', if a man, or 'Madam Speaker', if a woman. In other cultures, other styles are used, mainly being equivalents of English "chairman" or "president". Many bodies also have a speaker '' pro tempore'' (or deputy speaker), designated to fill in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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