Sławomir Zawiślak (born 9 June 1963) is a Polish politician. Zawiślak was born in

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. He was elected to the

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on 25 September 2005, getting 5,860 votes in 7

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district as a candidate from the

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list. He was elected again on 21 October 2007, getting 16,064 votes.

Early life and education

Zawiślak graduated in history from the

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(earning a Master's degree in 2004) and completed Executive MBA studies at the University of Management in Warsaw in 2016. Between 1991 and 1998, he operated his own transport company. He also worked in municipal and regional administration, serving as director of a swimming pool in

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Career

He was a member of the Christian-National Union before joining the

party in 2002, where he became the party's chairman for the Chełm region. In 2002, he ran for the county council of Zamość. In the

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, he was elected to the Sejm (5th term) from the PiS list in the Chełm constituency. In the

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, he was reelected with 16,064 votes. In 2009, he unsuccessfully ran for the

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. In 2010, he contested the mayoral election in

, losing in the first round to Marcin Zamoyski. In the

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, he was reelected to the Sejm, receiving 24,478 votes. He unsuccessfully ran for the European Parliament again in 2014, but in the

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, he secured reelection to the Sejm with 25,236 votes. In the

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, he unsuccessfully ran for a seat in the European Parliament from the

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constituency. In the

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, he retained his Sejm seat with 24,346 votes. In September 2020,

Jarosław Kaczyński Jarosław Aleksander Kaczyński (born 18 June 1949) is a Polish politician. He co-founded the Law and Justice (PiS) party in 2001 with his twin brother, Lech Kaczyński, and has served as its leader since 2003. He served as Prime Minister of Pola ...

, the leader of PiS, suspended him from party membership for breaking party discipline by not voting on an amendment to the Animal Protection Act. That same month, he was removed from his role as a regional representative for the party in Zamość. His suspension ended in November 2020. In the

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, he was reelected to the Sejm with 10,936 votes. In 2024, he once again unsuccessfully ran for the mayorship of Zamość, this time representing his own electoral committee.

References

External links

Official website
- includes declarations of interest, voting record, and transcripts of speeches. {{DEFAULTSORT:Zawislak, Slawomir 1963 births Living people People from Zamość County 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 Law and Justice politicians Members of the Polish Sejm 2023–2027

Early life and education

Career

See also

References

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