Tadeusz Wiktor Kopeć (born 24 August 1960 in
Pierściec
Pierściec is a village in Gmina Skoczów, Cieszyn County, Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland. It lies in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia.
History
It was first mentioned in 1550 as ''Perstczy'', with a strong indication that it was m ...
,
Cieszyn Silesia
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) is a Polish politician. He was elected to the
Sejm
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The Sejm has been the highest governing body of the Third Polish Republic since the Polish People' ...
on 25 September 2005, getting 6,206 votes in 27
Bielsko-Biała
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district as a candidate from the
Civic Platform
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list.
In
2011
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he won his race for senator in the number 79 Senate constituency, with 48,948 votes. On 22 May 2015 he resigned from membership in the Civic Platform and associated himself with
Poland Together
Poland Together (, PR or PRZP), formally Poland Together United Right (''Polska Razem Zjednoczona Prawica''), was a conservative-liberal political party in Poland. The party was founded on 7 December 2013 by former Minister of Justice and Civic ...
.
In the same
year
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he won reelection to the Senate (this time starting from the list of
Law and Justice
Law and Justice ( , PiS) is a Right-wing populism, right-wing populist and National conservatism, national-conservative List of political parties in Poland, political party in Poland. The party is a member of European Conservatives and Refo ...
) with 58,482 votes. In
2019
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Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...
he was again reelected, with 78,655 votes.
See also
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Members of Polish Sejm 2005-2007
External links
Tadeusz Kopeć - parliamentary page- includes declarations of interest, voting record, and transcripts of speeches.
References
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Members of the Polish Sejm 2005–2007
Members of the Polish Sejm 2007–2011
Members of the Senate of Poland 2011–2015
Members of the Senate of Poland 2015–2019
Members of the Senate of Poland 2019–2023
Civic Platform politicians
1960 births
Living people
People from Cieszyn Silesia
People from Cieszyn County