Rafał Szymon Grupiński (born 26 September 1952) is a Polish politician, member of the

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(2005–2023) and member of the

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since 2023. He serves in the current Senate as the Deputy Marshal. Medal Sentu RP The Senate Medal of the Republic of Poland

In the 2005 parliamentary election Grupiński was elected member of the Sejm for the Sejm Constituency no. 36 (Kalisz) as the

Civic Platform The Civic Platform (, PO)The party is officially the Civic Platform of the Republic of Poland (''Platforma Obywatelska Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej''). is a Centre-right politics, centre-right liberal conservative political party in Poland. Since ...

candidate. 5th Sejm: He was reelected in

2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

. 6th Sejm: Since the 2011 parliamentary election he represented a neighboring Sejm Constituency no. 39 (Poznań), 7th Sejm: where he also was reelected in

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

and

2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...

. 8th Sejm: 9th Sejm: In 2023 parliamentary election Grupiński run to the Polish Senate as a Civic Coalition (member of the

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) candidate from

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(Senate Constituency no. 91). He received 328,503 (77,64%) votes in the constituency, gaining the seat. On 13 November 2023 he assumed his seat as a senator and at the first session was elected Deputy Marshal of the Senate under marshalship of

Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska Małgorzata Maria Kidawa-Błońska (née Grabska; Polish: ; born 5 May 1957) is a Polish politician, film producer, and sociologist currently serving as Marshal of the Senate. She was Marshal of the Sejm from 25 June 2015 to 11 November 2015 at ...

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Civic Platform politicians Freedom Union (Poland) politicians 1952 births Living people Members of the Polish Sejm 2005–2007 Members of the Polish Sejm 2007–2011 Members of the Polish Sejm 2011–2015 Members of the Polish Sejm 2015–2019 Members of the Polish Sejm 2019–2023 Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań alumni Recipients of the Gold Cross of Merit (Poland) Members of the Senate of Poland 2023–2027 {{Poland-Sejm-politician-stub