Jadwiga Maria Wiśniewska (born 2 July 1963 in
Myszków
Myszków is a town in Poland, with 31,650 inhabitants (2019). Situated on the Warta river in the Silesian Voivodeship (since 1999), previously in Częstochowa Voivodeship (1975–1998), it is the capital of Myszków County. Myszków historicall ...
) is a Polish politician and teacher.
Biography
She graduated from the
Higher Pedagogical School in Częstochowa. For many years she worked as a teacher and then headmaster of a primary school in
Gniazdów.
From 2002 she was a member of the council of
Myszków County
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Myszków County () is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. I ...
. In
parliamentary election in 2005 she was elected to
Sejm
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' ...
from the
Law and Justice
Law and Justice ( , PiS) is a Right-wing populism, right-wing populist and National conservatism, national-conservative List of political parties in Poland, political party in Poland. The party is a member of European Conservatives and Refo ...
list. She received re-election in 2007 and 2011.
She became the vice-chairperson of the Law and Justice in
Częstochowa
Częstochowa ( , ) is a city in southern Poland on the Warta with 214,342 inhabitants, making it the thirteenth-largest city in Poland. It is situated in the Silesian Voivodeship. However, Częstochowa is historically part of Lesser Poland, not Si ...
district and a member of the party's political council. In the
elections to the European Parliament in 2014, she was elected from the Law and Justice list from
Silesian Voivodeship
Silesian Voivodeship ( ) is an administrative province in southern Poland. With over 4.2 million residents and an area of 12,300 square kilometers, it is the second-most populous, and the most-densely populated and most-urbanized region of Poland ...
. In the
European Parliament elections in 2019, she successfully applied for re-election, obtaining the third best result in the country (409 373 votes).
References
External links
Jadwiga Wiśniewska - parliamentary page- includes declarations of interest, voting record, and transcripts of speeches.
1963 births
Living people
People from Myszków
Members of the Polish Sejm 2005–2007
Law and Justice MEPs
MEPs for Poland 2014–2019
MEPs for Poland 2019–2024
MEPs for Poland 2024–2029
Women members of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland
Women MEPs for Poland
Members of the Polish Sejm 2007–2011
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