Wojciech Wierzejski (; born 6 September 1976 in
Biała Podlaska
Biała Podlaska ( la, Alba Ducalis) is a city in eastern Poland with 56,498 inhabitants as of December 2021. It is situated in the Lublin Voivodeship (since 1999), having previously been the capital of Biała Podlaska Voivodeship (1975–1998). ...
) is a former
Polish
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politician and former
Member of the European Parliament
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When the European Parliament (then known as the Common Assembly of the ECSC) first met in 1952, its ...
(MEP) for
Warsaw
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with the
League of Polish Families
The League of Polish Families (Polish: ''Liga Polskich Rodzin'', LPR) is a conservative political party in Poland, with many far-right elements in the past. The party's original ideology was that of the National Democracy movement which was heade ...
, part of the
Independence and Democracy
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The group collapsed foll ...
group, and sits on the
European Parliament
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's
Committee on Constitutional Affairs.
Wierzejski was a substitute for the
Committee on Culture and Education and a member of the Delegation for relations with Belarus.
One month before the 2006 Warsaw
LGBT parade, he remarked: "If the deviants will start demonstrating, they need to be bashed with a thick stick
He specifically threatened German politicians who might join the march. These comments caused public focus in Poland and throughout Europe.
Amnesty International Report 2007 • Poland
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Education
* 2000: Master of Philosophy and Sociology, University of Warsaw
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Career
* 2002–2004: Councillor and Vice-marshal of the Voivodship of Mazowsze
* 2004: Treasurer of the League of Polish Families
See also
* 2004 European Parliament election in Poland
Elections to the European Parliament were held in Poland on 13 June 2004. 20.87% of eligible citizens voted; of these, 97.33% of the votes cast were valid. The elections resulted in a heavy defeat for the governing Alliance of the Democratic L ...
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References
1976 births
Living people
People from Biała Podlaska
University of Warsaw alumni
Polish bloggers
Male bloggers
Polish Roman Catholics
League of Polish Families MEPs
MEPs for Poland 2004–2009
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