Jarosław Leszek Wałęsa (; born 13 September 1976) is a Polish politician. He was elected to the

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' ...

on 25 September 2005, getting 14,709 votes in 25 Gdańsk district as a candidate from the

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list. He is the son of former Polish President

Lech Wałęsa Lech Wałęsa (; ; born 29 September 1943) is a Polish statesman, dissident, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate who served as the president of Poland between 1990 and 1995. After winning the 1990 Polish presidential election, 1990 election, Wałę ...

Early life and education

Wałęsa was born on 13 September 1976 in

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, Poland. He went to high school in his hometown, V Liceum Ogólnokształcące im. Stefana Żeromskiego w Gdańsku, during 1990–1994. Wałęsa went to the United States and graduated in 1995 from Glastonbury High School in Connecticut, where he spent his last high school year as a foreign exchange student. He then attended the

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, graduating with a

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(B.A.) in

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in 2001. Wałęsa also attended the University of Gdańsk and received a

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(M.A.) in political science.

Career

On 2 September 2011 Jarosław was injured seriously while riding his motorcycle after colliding with a SUV in Stropkowo near Sierpc. His injuries included a broken spine and dozens of fractures, and he was still undergoing corrective surgeries in July 2015. As a result of the European Parliament's election of June 2009, he became a member of the parliament. In 2014, he was re-elected. Wałęsa became the director of the Civic Institute, said to be the research institute of

, a Polish political party, on 16 June 2015.

Personal life

He married Ewelina Jachymek in a civil ceremony in 2012, and in a convent in 2013. Their son Wiktor was born in March 2014, becoming the twelfth grandson of

. He lost his brother, Przemyslaw, Lech Wałęsa's third son, a border guard, who lived in the Morena district in

, on 8 January 2017.
http://www.fakt.pl/wydarzenia/polityka/jaroslaw-walesa-o-smierci-brata-przemyslawa-walesy/ynk9lg
Lech Walesa buries son, 43, who struggled with alcohol

References

External links

Jarosław Wałęsa - parliamentary page
- includes declarations of interest, voting record, and transcripts of speeches. {{DEFAULTSORT:Walesa, Jaroslaw 1976 births Living people Politicians from Gdańsk Polish Roman Catholics Civic Platform politicians Children of presidents Members of the Polish Sejm 2005–2007 Members of the Polish Sejm 2007–2011 Members of the Polish Sejm 2019–2023 College of the Holy Cross alumni Polish expatriates in the United States Civic Platform MEPs MEPs for Poland 2009–2014 MEPs for Poland 2014–2019 University of Gdańsk alumni Members of the Polish Sejm 2023–2027 Glastonbury High School alumni

Early life and education

Career

Personal life

See also

References

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