Andrzej Tadeusz Gąsienica-Mąkowski (born February 15, 1952 in

Zakopane Zakopane ( Podhale Goral: ''Zokopane'') is a town in the extreme south of Poland, in the southern part of the Podhale region at the foot of the Tatra Mountains. From 1975 to 1998, it was part of Nowy Sącz Voivodeship; since 1999, it has been par ...

) is a

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and poet who led the

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in 1993. He led the party in the

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where the party won 16 seats. He also served as mayor of Tatra country. He graduated from the

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of Technology Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, he went on to work as a teacher. He was a member of parliament of a term from the list of the Gorals and the second term from the list BBWR. He was reelection in the parliamentary elections in 1997 (received 12 918 votes). Since 1998, he has continued as a councilor, and later governor of the Tatra County, re-elected to both of these offices in 2006 and 2010. In 1996–2002 he headed the Union of the Highlanders. He is the leader of a local group Unity of Tatra. He joined the Christian Movement for Self-Government, he served as deputy chief of the council.

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People from Zakopane Jagiellonian University alumni Polish schoolteachers 1952 births Living people Members of the Polish Sejm 1993–1997 Polish Gorals {{Poland-politician-stub