Stanisław Tyszka (born 11 April 1979) is a Polish politician and university lecturer. From 2015 to 2024 he served as a member of the
Sejm
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The Sejm has been the highest governing body of the Third Polish Republic since the Polish People' ...
, including as
Deputy Marshal of the Sejm from 2015 to 2019, and was elected as a
Member of the European Parliament
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When the European Parliament (then known as the Common Assembly of the European Coal and S ...
in 2024, co-chair of
Europe of Sovereign Nations.
Biography
Tyszka is a graduate of the Faculty of Law and Administration at the University of Warsaw. Tyszka also read philosophy at the
Jagiellonian University
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, and
sociology
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at
Charles University in
Prague
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.
He completed his doctoral studies at the
European University Institute in Florence in 2011.
Tyszka is an assistant professor at the Faculty of Applied Social Sciences and Rehabilitation at the University of Warsaw.
From 2011–2012, he was director of the Republican Foundation. In 2012 became an adviser to the then-Minister of Justice,
Jarosław Gowin.
Tyszka won a seat in the
2015 parliamentary elections on the Kukiz'15 list, appearing first on the party list. He served as Deputy Marshal of the Sejm from 2015 to 2019.
On 15 November 2022 at a press conference Tyszka announced a change in his political affiliation to
KORWiN (a part of
Konfederacja) stating reasons such as his former party voting alongside the government and the fact that
KORWiN had opposed restrictions on civil rights imposed due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
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.
In the
2023 parliamentary election he was reelected as a member of the Sejm receiving 19,753 votes.
In
2024 European Parliament election he was elected as a MEP receiving 78,954 votes.
On a constituent meeting of newly formed Europe of Soveregin Nations group Tyszka was elected as a co-chair.
Personal life
Tyszka is married to Małgorzata Pakier, and has a daughter and a son.
References
1979 births
Living people
Politicians from Warsaw
University of Warsaw alumni
European University Institute alumni
Kukiz'15 politicians
Deputy Marshals of the Sejm of the Third Polish Republic
Members of the Polish Sejm 2015–2019
Members of the Polish Sejm 2019–2023
Members of the Polish Sejm 2023–2027
MEPs for Poland 2024–2029
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