Janusz Andrzej Dzięcioł (11 December 1953 – 6 December 2019) was a Polish politician, who was also known for winning the first season of '' Big Brother''. From 2007 to 2015, he was a member of

Sejm of Poland The Sejm (), officially known as the Sejm of the Republic of Poland (), is the lower house of the bicameral parliament of Poland. The Sejm has been the highest governing body of the Third Polish Republic since the transition of government i ...

from Toruń constituency. From 2002 to 2007, he was a

Grudziądz Grudziądz (, ) is a city in northern Poland, with 92,552 inhabitants (2021). Located on the Vistula River, it lies within the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship and is the fourth-largest city in its province. Grudziądz is one of the oldest citie ...

City Councillor. He was also chief of the

Świecie Świecie (; ) is a town in northern Poland with 24,841 inhabitants (2023), capital of Świecie County in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship. It is located within the ethnocultural region of Kociewie in the historic region of Pomerania. Founded ...

straż miejska, the municipal police force.

Big Brother

Between March 2001 and June 2001 he participated in the first season of Polish ''Big Brother''. He was the oldest housemate and was the winner of that season. After that program, he starred in the comedy movie ''Gulczas, a jak myślisz?'' ().

Political career

City Councillor (2002-2007)

In the 2002 election he joined the Grudziądz City Council IV term representing the 5th district. He polled 389 votes and was second on the Electorate committee "Ruch dla Grudziądza" list (''Movement for Grudziądz''). In the 25 September 2005 he ran for the

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VI term from the 5th constituency (

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 ...

Włocławek Włocławek (; or ''Alt Lesle'', Yiddish: וולאָצלאַוועק, romanized: ''Vlatzlavek'') is a city in the Kuyavian–Pomeranian Voivodeship in central Poland along the Vistula River, bordered by the Gostynin-Włocławek Landscape Park ...

) with the Civic Coalition. He failed to win election as one of the top three candidates with 28,549 votes (10.05%) leaving him 12th of 18 candidates. In the 12 November 2006 he was re-elected to the Grudziądz City Council (V term). He got 1,028 votes in the 4th district, on the

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(PO) list. In 2007, when he was elected to the Sejm, his seat on the City Council was replaced by Wiesław Bernard Poliński, who was next on the party list.

Sejm member (2007-2015)

In the

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, he joined the

VI term representing the 5th constituency (

). He polled 19,807 votes and was third on the Civic Platform list. In the

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he was a candidate of the

from Kuyavian-Pomeranian constituency. In the 2011 Polish parliamentary election, he was reelected to the

VII term. He did not seek reelection in

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After 2015

Janusz Dzięcioł died in an accident after his car collided with a train on a

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Filmography

References

External links

* (Polish
Profil on the Sejm VI term website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dzieciol, Janusz Andrzej 1953 births 2019 deaths People from Bydgoszcz County Civic Platform politicians Members of the Polish Sejm 2007–2011 Members of the Polish Sejm 2011–2015 Politics of Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship Railway accident deaths in Poland Big Brother (Polish TV series) winners