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Warmian–Masurian Voivodeship
Warmian–Masurian Voivodeship,, . also known as Warmia–Masuria Province and ''Warmia–Mazury'' Province, is a voivodeship ( province) in northeastern Poland. Its capital and largest city is Olsztyn. The voivodeship has an area of and in 2019 had a population of 1,425,967. Warmian–Masurian Voivodeship was created on 1 January 1999 from the entire Olsztyn Voivodeship, the western half of Suwałki Voivodeship, and part of Elbląg Voivodeship, pursuant to the Polish local government reforms adopted in 1998. The province's name derives from two historic regions, '' Warmia'' and '' Mazury''. The province borders Podlaskie Voivodeship to the east, Masovian Voivodeship to the south, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship to the southwest, Pomeranian Voivodeship to the west, the Vistula Lagoon to the northwest, and the Kaliningrad Oblast (an exclave of Russia) to the north. Its borders largely overlap the southern two-thirds of former East Prussia, which was assigned to Poland ...
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Voivodeships Of Poland
A voivodeship (; pl, województwo ; plural: ) is the highest-level administrative division of Poland, corresponding to a province in many other countries. The term has been in use since the 14th century and is commonly translated into English as "province". The Polish local government reforms adopted in 1998, which went into effect on 1 January 1999, created sixteen new voivodeships. These replaced the 49 former voivodeships that had existed from 1 July 1975, and bear a greater resemblance (in territory, but not in name) to the voivodeships that existed between 1950 and 1975. Today's voivodeships are mostly named after historical and geographical regions, while those prior to 1998 generally took their names from the cities on which they were centered. The new units range in area from under (Opole Voivodeship) to over (Masovian Voivodeship), and in population from nearly one million (Opole Voivodeship) to over five million (Masovian Voivodeship). Administrative authority at th ...
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Nidzica County
__NOTOC__ Nidzica County ( pl, powiat nidzicki) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, northern 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 Nidzica, which lies south of the regional capital Olsztyn. The county covers an area of . As of 2006 its total population is 33,955, out of which the population of Nidzica is 14,761 and the rural population is 19,194. Population The county's population has stagnated and remained the same for the past four decades, never surpassing the 35300 mark. Historical population In 1825 Nidzica County (Kreis Neidenburg) had 29617 inhabitants, including by mother tongue: 27467 (~93%) Polish and 2149 (~7%) German. Neighbouring counties Nidzica County is bordered by Olsztyn County to the north, Szczytno County to the east, Przasnysz County to the south-east, Mława County to the s ...
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Gustaw Brzezin
Gustaw Marek Brzezin (born July 13, 1958 in Ostróda is an agronomist and Polish Peasants' Party politician. He is the Voivodeship marshal of Warmia-Masuria. Biography He graduated from Agricultural and Technical Academy in Olsztyn, now the University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn. He completed post-graduate studies in the field of crop production in Warsaw University of Life Sciences in Warsaw and administration and management for University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn. In 2011, he obtained the academic degree doctor of agricultural sciences on the basis of the dissertation 'Role of undersown crops in alleviating the effects of simplifying crop rotation with spring barley'. In 1984 he started to work as a teacher of vocational subjects at the Agricultural School Complex in Ostróda. In 1999 he became the chairman of the Association of Municipalities of the Ostróda-Iławski Region "Czyste Środowisko". He joined the Polish Peasants' Party. In October 2016 he became ...
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Voivodeship Marshal
A voivodeship marshal ( pl, marszałek województwa, ) is the head of the provincial-level government for each of the sixteen voivodeships of Poland. Elected by councillors from the provincial assembly, the marshal is the head of the collective voivodeship executive board, which acts as the ''de facto'' cabinet for the region.Council of Europe, p. 17 The current competences and traditions of the contemporary voivodeship marshal stem from the Public Administrative Reform Act of 1998, which went into effect in January 1999. Election A voivodeship marshal is elected by an absolute majority from the voivodeship sejmik in the presence of at least half of all assembly members.Prokop, p. 144 The marshal must be elected from among the councillors of the assembly. At most, two other vice-marshals are additionally elected to sit with the marshal on the executive board by the assembly. To dismiss the marshal, three-fifths of the sejmik must agree to his or her vote of no confidence, which wil ...
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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 successor of the Centre Agreement after it split from the Solidarity Electoral Action (AWS). It managed to win the 2005 parliamentary and presidential elections, after which Lech became the president of Poland. It headed a parliamentary coalition with the League of Polish Families and Self-Defence of the Republic of Poland between 2005 and the 2007 election. It placed second and they remained in the parliamentary opposition until 2015. It regained the presidency in the 2015 election, and later won a majority of seats in the parliamentary election. They retained the positions following the 2019 and 2020 election. During its foundation, it sought to position itself as a centrist Christian democratic party, although shortly after, it ad ...
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Artur Chojecki
Artur is a cognate to the common male given name Arthur, meaning "bear-like," which is believed to possibly be descended from the Roman surname Artorius or the Celtic bear-goddess Artio or more probably from the Celtic word ''artos'' ("bear"). Other Celtic languages have similar first names, such as Old Irish ''Art, Artúur'', Welsh ''Arth'' - which may also be the source for the modern name. ''Art'' is also a diminutive form of the common name Arthur. In Estonian, and many Romance, Slavic and Germanic languages the name is spelled as Artur. The Finnish versions are Arttu and Artturi. Avestan '/arta and its Vedic equivalent '' '' both derive from Proto-Indo-Iranian ''*ṛtá-'' "truth", which in turn continues Proto-Indo-European ''*'' "properly joined, right, true", from the root ''*''. The word is attested in Old Persian as '. People *Artur Adson (1889–1977), Estonian author * Artur Alliksaar (1923–1966), Estonian poet *Artur Axmann (1913–1996), German Nazi leader *Artur ...
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Voivodes Of Poland (since 1999)
Voivodes of Poland (since 1999) – list of politicians occupying the seat of voivodes in the Third Republic of Poland from the introduction of a new territorial division of Poland into 16 provinces in 1999 in connection with the administrative reform prepared by the government of Jerzy Buzek. Voivodes are appointed and dismissed by the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers. List of Voivodes References {{reflist See also * Voivodeship marshal * Voivodeship executive board Voivodeship executive board ( pl, Zarząd województwa) is regional executive body of voivodeship's local self-government in Poland. Executive board consists of five members elected by regional assemblies. Executive board is chaired by the voivo ... Lists of Polish politicians Voivodeships of Poland ...
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Voivodeship Executive Board
Voivodeship executive board ( pl, Zarząd województwa) is regional executive body of voivodeship's local self-government in Poland. Executive board consists of five members elected by regional assemblies. Executive board is chaired by the voivodeship marshal (''Marszałek województwa''). See also * regional assemblies * Voivodeships of Poland * Voivode * Local self-government Government of Poland Politics of Poland Poland 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 organiz ...
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Węgorzewo County
__NOTOC__ Węgorzewo County ( pl, powiat węgorzewski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, northern Poland, on the border with Russia. It was created in 2002 out of the northern part of Giżycko County. Its administrative seat and only town is Węgorzewo, which lies north-east of the regional capital Olsztyn. The county covers an area of . As of 2006 its total population is 23,641, out of which the population of Węgorzewo is 11,638 and the rural population is 12,003. Neighbouring counties Węgorzewo County is bordered by Gołdap County to the east, Giżycko County to the south and Kętrzyn County to the west. It also borders Russia (Kaliningrad Oblast) to the north. Administrative division The county is subdivided into three gmina The gmina (Polish: , plural ''gminy'' , from German ''Gemeinde'' meaning ''commune'') is the principal unit of the administrative division of Poland, similar to a municipality. , ...
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Szczytno County
__NOTOC__ Szczytno County ( pl, powiat szczycieński) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, northern 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 Szczytno, which lies south-east of the regional capital Olsztyn. The only other town in the county is Pasym, lying north-west of Szczytno. The county covers an area of . As of 2006 its total population is 69,289, out of which the population of Szczytno is 25,680, that of Pasym is 2,550, and the rural population is 41,059. Neighbouring counties Szczytno County is bordered by Mrągowo County to the north, Pisz County to the east, Ostrołęka County to the south-east, Przasnysz County to the south, Nidzica County to the west and Olsztyn County to the north-west. Administrative division The county is subdivided into eight gminas (one urban, one urban-rural and ...
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Pisz County
__NOTOC__ Pisz County ( pl, powiat piski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, northern 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 Pisz, which lies east of the regional capital Olsztyn. The county contains three other towns: Orzysz, north-east of Pisz, Ruciane-Nida, west of Pisz, and Biała Piska, east of Pisz. The county covers an area of . As of 2006 its total population is 57,553, out of which the population of Pisz is 19,332, that of Orzysz is 5,804, that of Ruciane-Nida is 4,894, that of Biała Piska is 4,006, and the rural population is 23,517. Neighbouring counties Pisz County is bordered by Giżycko County to the north, Ełk County and Grajewo County to the east, Kolno County and Ostrołęka County to the south, Szczytno County to the west, and Mrągowo County to the north-west. Administrati ...
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Ostróda County
__NOTOC__ Ostróda County ( pl, powiat ostródzki) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, northern 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 Ostróda, which lies west of the regional capital Olsztyn. The county contains three other towns: Morąg, north of Ostróda, Miłakowo, north of Ostróda, and Miłomłyn, north-west of Ostróda. The county covers an area of . As of 2006 its total population is 105,286, out of which the population of Ostróda is 33,419, that of Morąg is 14,497, that of Miłakowo is 2,665, that of Miłomłyn is 2,305, and the rural population is 52,400. Neighbouring counties Ostróda County is bordered by Lidzbark County to the north-east, Olsztyn County to the east, Nidzica County to the south-east, Działdowo County to the south, Iława County and Sztum County to the west, and ...
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