Olgierd Geblewicz (born

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Goleniów Goleniów ( csb, Gòłonóg; german: Gollnow) is a town in Pomerania, northwestern Poland with 22,844 inhabitants (2011). It is the capital of Goleniów County in West Pomeranian Voivodeship (since 1999); previously it was in Szczecin Voivodeshi ...

) is a Polish politician, the marshal of the West Pomeranian voivodeship (from 2010). In the years 2008–2010 he was a chairman of the West Pomeranian Regional Assembly.

Early life

Olgierd Geblewicz was born on

. He graduated in law at the Faculty of Law and Administration of the

University of Szczecin The University of Szczecin ( pl, Uniwersytet Szczeciński) is a public university in Szczecin, western Poland. It is the biggest university in West Pomerania, with 33,267 students and a staff of nearly 1,200. It consists of 9 faculties: # Facul ...

and in

economics Economics () is the social science that studies the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and interactions of economic agents and how economies work. Microeconomics anal ...

at The West Pomeranian Business School. He has also completed postgraduate studies in Enterprise Management at the Faculty of Management at the

University of Warsaw The University of Warsaw ( pl, Uniwersytet Warszawski, la, Universitas Varsoviensis) is a public university in Warsaw, Poland. Established in 1816, it is the largest institution of higher learning in the country offering 37 different fields of ...

. For 13 years he worked in the municipal sector (almost four years as the president of Sewage and Water Supply Plant in Szczecin). He is a member of the supervisory board of ''Goleniów Waterworks and Sewerage Company.''

Political career

In 2001 he has joined the

Civic Platform Civic Platform ( pl, Platforma Obywatelska, PO)The party is officially the Civic Platform of the Republic of Poland (''Platforma Obywatelska Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej''). is a political party in Poland. It is currently led by Donald Tusk. It ...

. In the local elections in 2002, he was elected to the Goleniów City Council. In 2006 he was elected to West Pomeranian Regional Assembly (he has obtained 8314 votes). From 2006 to 2008 he chaired the Civic Platform club in the Assembly. From 2006 he is a member of West Pomeranian section of the party. On 2 December 2008 Geblewicz became a chairman of the West Pomeranian Regional Assembly (he obtained 16 of 30 votes). He has replaced Michał Łuczak, who resigned on the prosecution's charge of possession of a small amount of drugs. In the 2010 local elections, he was reelected to the Regional Assembly (obtaining 10 721 votes). On November 29, 2010 he was appointed marshal by 21 voivodship councilors. He began his office on December 7 of the same year. From 2010 to 2011 he was a president of Baltic Sea States Subregional Co-operation (BSSSC). Also in 2010, he became a member of the National Council of the Civic Platform. In 2011 he became a member of the EU Committee of the Regions. In 2013 he became the president of the Szczecin Civic Platform section. of the In 2014 he was reelected to the regional council, on December 1 of the same year he was reelected for the office of Marshal of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship for the second time. On 4 March 2016 he became the president of the Association of Voivodships. In 2018, he retained the mandate of a regional councilor for another term, this time he obtained 42 494 votes (23.14%). On November 23, 2018, he was once again appointed the marshal of the voivodeship. In January 2020, he was elected chairman of the

European People's Party The European People's Party (EPP) is a European political party with Christian-democratic, conservative, and liberal-conservative member parties. A transnational organisation, it is composed of other political parties. Founded by primarily ...

faction in the

Committee of the Regions The European Committee of the Regions (CoR) is the European Union's (EU) assembly of local and regional representatives that provides sub-national authorities (i.e. regions, counties, provinces, municipalities and cities) with a direct voice w ...

. In regional assembly he is a member of Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development, Committee on Budget and Local Government Affairs, Committee on Health, Social Affairs and Public Safety, The Temporary Commission for Maritime Economy and Inland Navigation and the Temporary Commission for the Honorary Badge of the West Pomeranian Griffin.

Honours and decorations

National honours

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Geblewicz, Olgierd 1972 births Politicians from Szczecin Living people Civic Platform politicians University of Szczecin alumni Chairs of the West Pomeranian Regional Assembly Marshals of West Pomeranian Voivodeship