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Wiesław Lewicki (Normal Country)
Wiesław Lewicki is a Polish politician and leader of the Normal Country party. Biography Wiesław Lewicki was born in 1971 in Łodygowice. He is a small businessman. Lewicki used to be the vice-chairman of Janusz Korwin-Mikke's Congress of the New Right. As part of the Congress' activities, he filed a motion to disband the City Guard of Żywiec in 2013. Later, he joined the Republicans association of Przemysław Wipler, from which he led a split in 2015, leading to the foundation of the party Normal Country. Lewicki contested several elections. In 2023, he contested a seat in Sejm Constituency no. 33, winning 238 votes (0.04%). In 2024, he ran for a seat in the Silesian Voivodeship Sejmik, winning 111 votes (0.05%). He declared his candidacy in the 2020 The year 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Łodygowice
Łodygowice is a village in Żywiec County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Łodygowice. It lies approximately north-west of Żywiec and south of the regional capital Katowice. It is one of the oldest villages in Żywiec Basin. It was established in the 13th century, and in the early 14th century belonged to the Cistercian monastery in Rudy, Silesian Voivodeship, Rudy. Notable people * Wojciech Kania, Polish military officer * Tymoteusz Kucharczyk, Polish racing driver References Villages in Żywiec County {{Żywiec-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Przemysław Wipler
Przemysław Janusz Wipler (born 15 July 1978) is a Polish politician, teacher, civil servant, and former president of the KoLiber, KoLiber association serving as a Deputy in the Sejm since 15 October 2023. Biography Early life and career He was born in Upper Silesia, where his father worked as an underground miner. After his parents' divorce, Przemysław Wipler moved with his mother to Gdynia, where he graduated from the III General Secondary School. In 2002, he graduated from the University of Warsaw, obtaining a master's degree in law based on a thesis titled ''Libertarian Approach to the State''. From 1999 to 2001, he was an editor for “Najwyższy Czas!”. He pursued doctoral studies at the SWPS University, writing a doctoral thesis on the Commission for the Reprivatization of Warsaw Real Estate. In 2023, however, he failed his doctoral defense. He worked at the Adam Smith Centre and the Economic Action Foundation, as well as in tax advisory firms, including Ernst & Youn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2025 Polish Presidential Election
Presidential elections were held in Poland on . As no candidate received a majority of the vote, a second round was held on . The Term limit, outgoing president Andrzej Duda was ineligible for re-election. The election saw the largest number of candidates since the 1995 Polish presidential election, 1995 presidential election, with 13 candidates running for president. The second round was won by conservative candidate Karol Nawrocki who was backed by the Law and Justice (PiS) party. The Third Cabinet of Donald Tusk, incumbent government supported candidate Rafał Trzaskowski, the Mayor of Warsaw and runner-up of the 2020 Polish presidential election, 2020 election, who came first in the first round of voting, followed by Nawrocki. The right-wing candidates, Nawrocki, Sławomir Mentzen (New Hope (Poland), New Hope) and Grzegorz Braun of the Confederation of the Polish Crown overperformed polls, winning 29.5%, 14.8% and 6.3% respectively, coming in second, third and fourth. Centris ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020 Polish Presidential Election
Presidential elections were held in Poland on 28 June 2020. As no candidate received a majority of the vote, a second round was held on 12 July, in which incumbent president Andrzej Duda, running with the support of the incumbent government of the Law and Justice (Poland), Law and Justice (PiS) party, faced off against Civic Platform vice-chairman and Mayor of Warsaw Rafał Trzaskowski. In the second round Duda was re-elected for a second term with 51% of the vote, becoming the first incumbent to win re-election since Aleksander Kwaśniewski in 2000 Polish presidential election, 2000. The first round of voting was due to be held on 10 May 2020, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Poland. On 6 May 2020 the Agreement (political party), Agreement party, which was in a governing alliance with their senior alliance partner Law and Justice (Poland), Law and Justice (PiS) party and was opposed to pursuing the original election date, reached an arrangement to set new dates ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silesian Voivodeship Sejmik
The Silesian Voivodeship Sejmik () 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. The current chairperson of the assembly is Jacek Jarco of PL2050. The assembly elects the executive board that acts as the collective executive for the regional government, headed by the voivodeship marshal. The current Executive Board of Silesia is a coalition government between Civic Coalition, Third Way and The Left, with Wojciech Saługa of the Civic Coalition presiding as marshal. The Silesian Assembly convenes in the Silesian Parliament building in Katowice. Districts Members of the assembly are elected from seven districts and serve five-year terms. Districts do not have formal names. Instead, each constituency has a number and territorial description. Composition 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 See also * Polish Regional As ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 Polish Local Elections
Local elections were held in Poland on 7 April 2024 to elect members for all 16 regional assemblies (''sejmik wojewódzki''), 314 county (''powiat'') councils, and 2477 municipal (''gmina'') councils, heads (''wójt'') of municipalities and mayors of cities, as well as 18 district councils of Warsaw. While Law and Justice remained the strongest party, the Civic Coalition (Poland), Civic Coalition and its partners saw some improvement, providing them with majorities in up to 11 of the 16 regional assemblies. The second round to elect heads of municipalities, mayors and city presidents was held on 21 April in places where no candidate obtained more than 50% of votes. Background 2018 Polish local elections In the previous local elections held in autumn 2018, Law and Justice (PiS), Poland's ruling party at the time, won the most votes in the regional assembly elections, allowing it to take power in eight of the 16 voivodeships, mainly in eastern and southern Poland. The runner- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sejm Constituency No
The Sejm (), officially known as the Sejm of the Republic of Poland (), is the lower house of the bicameralism, bicameral parliament of Poland. The Sejm has been the highest governing body of the Third Polish Republic since the Polish People's Republic, transition of government in 1989. Along with the upper house of parliament, the Senate of Poland, Senate, it forms the national legislature in Poland known as Parliament of Poland#National Assembly, National Assembly (). The Sejm comprises 460 Member of parliament, deputies (singular or ) elected every four years by Universal suffrage, universal ballot. The Sejm is presided over by a Speaker of parliament, speaker, the "Marshal of the Sejm" (). In the Kingdom of Poland (1385–1569), Kingdom of Poland, the term ''Sejm'' referred to an entire two-Chambers of parliament, chamber parliament, comprising the Chamber of Deputies (), the Senate and the King. It was thus a three-estate parliament. The 1573 Henrician Articles strengthe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023 Polish Parliamentary Election
Parliamentary elections were held in Poland on 15 October 2023 to elect members of the Sejm and Senate of Poland, Senate. A 2023 Polish referendum, referendum containing four questions concerning economic and immigration policy of the government was held simultaneously. In the previous 2019 Polish parliamentary election, the ruling right-wing Law and Justice (Poland), Law and Justice Party (PiS) had held onto its majority in the Sejm with Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki forming Second Cabinet of Mateusz Morawiecki, a second government. The PiS sought to win a third term which would be unprecedented in Polish history. The opposition, including the Civic Platform, Civic Platform Party and others, secured a Senate majority. In the lead-up to the 2023 elections, opposition leader and former prime minister, Donald Tusk, led the Civic Coalition (Poland), Civic Coalition political alliance in opposition to the PiS. The United Right (Poland), United Right alliance placed first for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Żywiec
Żywiec () is a town on the River Soła in southern Poland with 31,194 inhabitants (2019). It is situated within the Silesian Voivodeship, near the Żywiec Lake and Żywiec Landscape Park, one of the eight protected areas in the voivodeship. Historically, the town has been part of the Lesser Poland region and is the capital of the Żywiecczyzna region, which is ethnically part of the Goral Lands. The 551231 Żywiec planetoid is named after the town. History Żywiec was first mentioned in a written document in 1308 as a seat of a Catholic parish. It was originally located in the place later known as ''Stary Żywiec'' (lit. "Old Żywiec"). It belonged then to the Duchy of Cieszyn, and after 1315 to the Duchy of Oświęcim, which in 1327 became a fief of the Kingdom of Bohemia. The town was a focal point for the development of hitherto sparsely populated Żywiec Basin. The area of Stary Żywiec was prone to flooding so the town was moved to the current spot in 1448. In 145 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polish People's Republic
The Polish People's Republic (1952–1989), formerly the Republic of Poland (1947–1952), and also often simply known as Poland, was a country in Central Europe that existed as the predecessor of the modern-day democratic Republic of Poland. With a population of approximately 37.9 million near the end of its existence, it was the second most-populous communist government, communist and Eastern Bloc country in Europe. It was also where the Warsaw Pact was founded. The largest city and capital was Warsaw, followed by the industrial city of Łódź and cultural city of Kraków. The country was bordered by the Baltic Sea to the north, the Soviet Union to the east, Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, Czechoslovakia to the south, and East Germany to the west. The Polish People's Republic was a unitary state with a Marxist–Leninist government established in the country after the Red Army's takeover of Polish territory from Occupation of Poland (1939–1945), German occupation in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City Guard (Poland)
The City Guard ( ) is the name given to the separate municipal police forces funded, directed and administered by some of the ''gmina'' (municipalities) of Poland. They operate in conjunction with the Policja, the Polish national police. The present arrangement for municipal police in Poland was created after the fall of Communism, partly to provide a 'counterweight' to a national police force, and partly to ensure that the needs of local communities were not neglected with such a centralized agency. City Guards have fewer powers than the Policja (for instance they do not have a power of arrest), and can only exercise what powers they have in their own municipality. They have jurisdiction over misdemeanors, supervise and protect the safety of citizens and property, and assist the Policja in public order, road safety and so on. They cannot investigate criminal cases beyond the securing of a crime scene; in the event of a major incident a City Guard must request the aid of an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janusz Korwin-Mikke
Janusz Ryszard Korwin-Mikke (; born 27 October 1942), also known by his initials JKM or simply as Korwin, is a Polish far-right politician, paleolibertarian and author. He was a member of the European Parliament from 2014 until 2018. He was the leader of the Congress of the New Right (KNP), which was formed in 2011 from Liberty and Lawfulness, which he led from its formation in 2009, and the Real Politics Union, which he led from 1990 to 1997 and from 1999 to 2003. He was the chairman of the party KORWiN until his resignation on 15 October 2022, and from 2019 to 2023 a member of the Sejm, elected from the electoral list of Confederation Liberty and Independence. Biography Birth and early life Janusz Korwin-Mikke was born in Occupation of Poland (1939–1945), German-occupied Warsaw on 27 October 1942. He was the only child of Ryszard Mikke (6 February 1911 – 25 April 1966) and Maria Rosochacka (3 April 1917 – 4 August 1944). His father, Ryszard, was the head of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
