Grażyna Jolanta Ciemniak (born 20 June 1948) is a Polish political figure who has been a member of the

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(1993–97) and Deputy President of Bydgoszcz (1998–2001), as well as member of the

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(2001–07, since 2009) and

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(2004). A native of the northern city of

Toruń Toruń is a city on the Vistula River in north-central Poland and a World Heritage Sites of Poland, UNESCO World Heritage Site. Its population was 196,935 as of December 2021. Previously, it was the capital of the Toruń Voivodeship (1975–199 ...

, the co-capital and assembly location of the

Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship * Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship is one of the 16 voivodeships (provinces) in Poland. * Kuyavian-Pomeranian is one of 13 Polish constituency of the European Parliament. * Kuyavian-Pomeranian Regional Assembly is the regional legislature of t ...

, Grażyna Ciemniak initially gained her Senate seat in the 1993 parliamentary election. While not in the Sejm during its 1997–2001 term, she served, in 1998–2001, as Deputy President of Bydgoszcz, a position subject to election by the

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. In

2001 Polish parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Poland on 23 September 2001. All 460 members of the Sejm and 100 senators of the Senate were elected. The election concluded with an overwhelming victory for the centre-left Democratic Left Alliance – Labor ...

, she campaigned for the Sejm IV term from Bydgoszcz district 4 as candidate from the Democratic Left Alliance-Labor Union (SLD-UP) list and was elected with 8,212 votes. Between April 2003 (signed of

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) and 31 April 2004, Grażyna Ciemniak was an

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representing the Sejm in the

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. Between 1 May and 19 July she served as a non-elected member of European Parliament V. In

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she was a candidate of Democratic Left Alliance-Labor Union from Kuyavian-Pomeranian constituency. She polled an insufficient 9,001 votes and was not elected. In 2005 parliamentary election she was started to the Sejm V Term from 4 Bydgoszcz district. She polled 3,807 votes and was second on the

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(SLD) list for the Sejm term which ended in 2007. In 2007 parliamentary election she campaigned from a

Left and Democrats Left and Democrats (, LiD) was a centre-left electoral alliance of List of political parties in Poland, political parties in Poland which was created on 3 September 2006, before the Warsaw municipal election of 2006. The coalition's aim was ...

(LiD) list for a chance to serve in Sejm VI, but polled only 3,997 votes and was the first LiD candidate to lose her seat.www.wybory2007.pkw.gov.pl
Accessdate on 2009-04-21. In June 2009, following Janusz Zemke's win in his bid for a seat in the European Parliament, she succeeded to his seat in the Sejm. She has been a member of Sejm VI Term since 24 June 2009 as

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parliamentary club member. Grażyna Ciemniak's son, (born 1975), is a

chess prodigy Chess is a board game for two players. It is an abstract strategy game that involves no hidden information and no elements of chance. It is played on a square board consisting of 64 squares arranged in an 8×8 grid. The players, referred to ...

who has held the title of

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since 1993.

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External links

Grażyna Ciemniak as MEP 2004
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Grażyna Ciemniak at Sejm IV term website
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Grażyna Ciemniak at Sejm V term website
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ciemniak, Grazyna Jolanta 1948 births Living people People from Toruń Members of Bydgoszcz City Council Members of the Senate of Poland 1993–1997 Members of the Polish Sejm 2001–2005 Members of the Polish Sejm 2005–2007 Members of the Polish Sejm 2007–2011 Members of the Polish Sejm 2011–2015 Democratic Left Alliance politicians Social Democracy of Poland politicians Women members of the Senate of Poland Women MEPs for Poland MEPs for Poland 2004 Democratic Left Alliance MEPs Women members of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland

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