Rafał Bochenek
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Rafał Bochenek (born 14 August 1986) is a Polish
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and
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Biography

Bochenek is a graduate of the Faculty of Law and Administration of the Jagiellonian University. Bochenek was a
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with TVP3 Kraków and ran a youth program. He has served for two terms as an alderman in
Wieliczka Wieliczka (German: ''Groß Salze'', Latin: ''Magnum Sal'') is a historic town in southern Poland, situated within the Kraków metropolitan area in Lesser Poland Voivodeship since 1999. The town was initially founded in 1290 by Premislaus II of P ...
and as vice-chair of the
Gmina Wieliczka __NOTOC__ Gmina Wieliczka is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Wieliczka County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the town of Wieliczka, which lies approximately south-east of the regional capital Kraków ...
council. Bochenek volunteered during the
2015 Polish presidential election Presidential elections were held in Poland on 10 and 24 May 2015. In the first round of voting Law and Justice (Poland), Law and Justice (PiS) candidate, lawyer and Member of the European Parliament, Andrzej Duda received the highest number of v ...
as a presenter during major conventions. He was the
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for the
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from 8 January 2016 to 18 December 2017. During the
2018 Polish local elections The 2018 Polish local elections were held on October 21 for all 16 regional assemblies (''sejmik wojewódzki''), 380 county (''powiat'') councils, and 2477 municipal (''gmina'') councils. There were also direct elections for heads (''wójt'') of m ...
held on 21 October 2018, he was elected to the
Voivodeship sejmik A voivodeship sejmik (), also known as a provincial or regional assembly, is the regional-level elected legislature for each of the sixteen voivodeships of Poland. Machnikowski et al., p. 21 Sejmiks are elected to five-year terms, decided during ...
(local assembly) of the
Lesser Poland Voivodeship Lesser Poland Voivodeship ( ) is a voivodeships of Poland, voivodeship in southern Poland. It has an area of , and a population of 3,404,863 (2019). Its capital and largest city is Kraków. The province's name recalls the traditional name of a h ...
, and was subsequently elected Chairman of the voivodeship assembly. During the
2019 Polish parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Poland on 13 October 2019. All 460 members of the Sejm and 100 senators of the Senate of Poland, Senate were elected. The ruling right-wing Law and Justice (Poland), Law and Justice (PiS) won re-election to a ...
held on 13 October 2019, he was elected a Member of the
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for constitutency 12 - Kraków I, resigning his position in the Lesser Poland voivodeship assembly.


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bochenek, Rafal 1986 births Living people Members of the Polish Sejm 2019–2023 Chairs of voivodeship assemblies in Poland Jagiellonian University alumni Law and Justice politicians Politicians from Kraków Polish television presenters Political spokespersons Television weather presenters Members of the Polish Sejm 2023–2027