Wojciech Konieczny (born 30 September 1970) is a Polish physician and politician. Member of the 10th term

Senate of Poland The Senate ( pl, Senat) is the upper house of the Parliament of Poland, Polish parliament, the lower house being the Sejm of the Republic of Poland, Sejm. The history of the Polish Senate stretches back over 500 years; it was one of the first co ...

(2019–present).

Political activity

He graduated from the Medical University of Silesia in

Zabrze Zabrze (; German: 1915–1945: ''Hindenburg O.S.'', full form: ''Hindenburg in Oberschlesien'', Silesian: ''Zŏbrze'', yi, זאַבזשע, Zabzhe) is an industrial city in Silesia in southern Poland, near Katowice. The west district of the Sil ...

. In 2001 he won the Polish championship in basketball of doctors. In 1997 he started working at the Municipal Hospital 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 ...

. In 2013 he became the director of this institution. From the committees associated with the SLD, he ran unsuccessfully: in 2006 to the Częstochowa City Council, in 2007 and 2015 to 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 ...

, in 2011 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 ...

, and in 2010, 2014 and 2018 to the

Silesian Regional Assembly The Silesian Voivodeship Sejmik ( pl, Sejmik Województwa Śląskiego) is the regional legislature of the Voivodeship of Silesia in Poland. It is a unicameral parliamentary body consisting of forty-five councillors elected for a five-year term. T ...

. After the elections to the European Parliament in 2019, he assumed the seat in the Silesian Regional Assembly, replacing

Marek Balt Marek Paweł Balt (born 8 April 1973 in Częstochowa) is a Polish politician and economist who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament since the 2019 elections. Early life and education Balt holds a Master's degree in business ...

in the regional council, who became an MEP. In the parliamentary elections in 2019, he was a candidate for the

Senate of the Republic of Poland The Senate ( pl, Senat) is the upper house of the Polish parliament, the lower house being the Sejm. The history of the Polish Senate stretches back over 500 years; it was one of the first constituent bodies of a bicameral parliament in Europe ...

from the Democratic Left Alliance (with the support of the Civic Coalition and the

Polish People's Party The Polish People's Party ( pl, Polskie Stronnictwo Ludowe, PSL) is an agrarian political party in Poland. It is currently led by Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz. Its history traces back to 1895, when it held the name People's Party, although it ...

) from Częstochowa. He obtained the mandate of the 10th term Senate, obtaining 49 261 votes (he defeated

Artur Warzocha Artur Ryszard Warzocha (born 11 November 1969, in Piotrków Trybunalski) is a Polish politician, local official, first deputy voivode of Silesia (2006–2007), Senator of the Senate of the Republic of Poland since 2015. Biography He graduate ...

, who was seeking re-election from the

Law and Justice Law and Justice ( pl, Prawo i Sprawiedliwość , PiS) is a right-wing populist and national-conservative political party in Poland. Its chairman is Jarosław Kaczyński. It was founded in 2001 by Jarosław and Lech Kaczyński as a direct su ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Konieczny, Wojciech 1970 births Living people Members of the Senate of Poland 2019–2023 People from Częstochowa