Andrzej Stanisław Sośnierz (born 8 May 1951) is a Polish politician and physician and a current member of the

Sejm The Sejm (English: , Polish: ), officially known as the Sejm of the Republic of Poland (Polish: ''Sejm Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej''), is the lower house of the bicameral parliament of Poland. The Sejm has been the highest governing body of t ...

Political career

He was elected to Sejm on 25 September 2005, getting 54,876 votes in

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, standing for

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. He left the party after criticising the leadership's negative attitude towards a potential coalition with

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(PiS). After being expelled, in January 2006, he joined PiS, for whom he ran in the 2007 election. In 2010, he left PiS to join

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, when that party was created. Elected in

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as a representative of

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. Reelected in

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. On 22 June 2022 Sośnierz was thrown out of the Agreement Party after his parliamentary group "

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" ( pl, Polskie Sprawy) signed an agreement with

. Sośnierz, along with

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and leader of the group

Agnieszka Ścigaj Agnieszka is the Polish equivalent of the female given name Agnes (name). Notable people with this name include: *Agnieszka Arnold, Polish documentary filmmaker * Agnieszka Baranowska (1819–1890), Polish playwright and poet * Agnieszka Bednar ...

confirmed their participation in the ruling United Right coalition as independent MP's.

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Andrzej Sośnierz - parliamentary page
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Political career

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