Janusz Andrzej Dzięcioł (11 December 1953 – 6 December 2019) was a Polish politician, who was also known for winning the first season of ''

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''. From 2007 to 2015, he was a member of

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from Toruń constituency. From 2002 to 2007, he was a Grudziądz City Councillor. He was also chief of the Świecie straż miejska, the municipal police force.

Big Brother

Between March 2001 and June 2001 he participated in the first season of Polish ''Big Brother''. He was the oldest housemate and was the winner of that season. After that program, he starred in the comedy movie ''Gulczas, a jak myślisz?'' ( en, Gulczas, what do you think?).

Political career

City Councillor (2002-2007)

In the 2002 election he joined the Grudziądz City Council IV term representing the 5th district. He polled 389 votes and was second on the Electorate committee "Ruch dla Grudziądza" list (''Movement for Grudziądz''). In the 25 September 2005 he ran for the Senate of Poland VI term from the 5th constituency ( Toruń-

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) with the Civic Coalition. He failed to win election as one of the top three candidates with 28,549 votes (10.05%) leaving him 12th of 18 candidates. In the 12 November 2006 he was re-elected to the Grudziądz City Council (V term). He got 1,028 votes in the 4th district, on the Civic Platform (PO) list. In 2007, when he was elected to the Sejm, his seat on the City Council was replaced by Wiesław Bernard Poliński, who was next on the party list.

Sejm member (2007-2015)

In the

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, he joined the

VI term representing the 5th constituency ( Toruń-

). He polled 19,807 votes and was third on the Civic Platform list. In the

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he was a candidate of the Civic Platform from Kuyavian-Pomeranian constituency. In the

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, he was reelected to the

VII term. He did not seek reelection in

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After 2015

Janusz Dzięcioł died in an accident after his car collided with a train on a level crossing in Biały Bór.wp.pl
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Filmography

References

External links

* (Polish
Profil on the Sejm VI term website
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