Marcin Maranda (born August 21, 1977 in

Częstochowa Częstochowa ( , ; german: Tschenstochau, Czenstochau; la, Czanstochova) is a city in southern Poland on the Warta River with 214,342 inhabitants, making it the thirteenth-largest city in Poland. It is situated in the Silesian Voivodeship (admin ...

) is a Polish politician, local

official An official is someone who holds an office (function or mandate, regardless whether it carries an actual working space with it) in an organization or government and participates in the exercise of authority, (either their own or that of their ...

, social activist.

Biography

He graduated from the Faculty of History at the

Jan Długosz University The Jan Dlugosz University in Czestochowa Uniwersytet Humanistyczno-Przyrodniczy im. Jana Długoszais a public university located in Częstochowa, in the Silesian Voivodeship of Poland. Founded in 1971 as a teacher training college, it was tran ...

. In 2006, he joined the local

center-right Centre-right politics lean to the right of the political spectrum, but are closer to the centre. From the 1780s to the 1880s, there was a shift in the Western world of social class structure and the economy, moving away from the nobility and mer ...

social initiative ''The Local Government Community of Tadeusz Wrona''. In the local elections in 2006 and 2010 he was elected a councilor of

Częstochowa City Council Częstochowa City Council ( pl, Rada Miasta Częstochowy) is a unicameral governing body of the city of Częstochowa, the second biggest city in Silesian Voivodeship. It consists of 28 councilors elected in free elections for a five-year term (si ...

from the list of this association. Then he left it and created in 2014 his own association ''Residents of Częstochowa''. His association won 13.69% and 4 seats in the local government elections in 2014 to the Częstochowa City Council. Maranda won the councilor's mandate and in the elections for the President of

he reached the result of 15.62% of the votes, taking third place after

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and Artur Warzocha. He became the vice-chairman of Częstochowa City Council, entering into a coalition with PO and SLD. In 2015, he started to the

Senate A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior (Latin: ''senex'' meaning "the el ...

from the Częstochowa district, winning 15.18% of the vote and taking third place after Arthur Warzocha and

Andrzej Szewiński Andrzej Szewiński (born 20 February 1970 in Warsaw, Poland) is a former professional volleyball player (198 cm, opposite hitter), sport activist and politician. He is the son of the sprinter Irena Szewińska. Career as sportsmen From 198 ...

. In the local elections in 2018, his association suffered defeat in the elections to the Częstochowa City Council, gaining 7.67% and no mandate. Maranda again took third place in the elections for the President of Czestochowa, but with a worse result - 6.17% of votes. He is the leader of the ''Local Association''.

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