Wojciech Paweł Saługa (born 27 March 1969 in

Jaworzno Jaworzno is a City with powiat rights, city county in southern Poland in the Silesian Voivodeship, near Katowice. It lies in the Silesian Highlands, on the Przemsza river (a tributary of the Vistula River, Vistula). Jaworzno belongs to Lesser Pol ...

) is a Polish economist and politician. He is the current

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. A graduate of the Kraków University of Economics, Saługa worked at

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between 1994 and 2002. At the same time, Saługa was involved in municipal politics, elected as an alderman to the

City Council between 1998 and 2002, and later served as the town's deputy mayor between 2002 and 2004. He subsequently took a position in the

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following a successful

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in 2004 for

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as a

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candidate. He was elected to the

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representing the

constituency in the 2005 parliamentary election, winning reelection again in

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and

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. Saługa resigned from the Sejm in December 2014. In December 2014, Saługa was elected as the seventh

by the

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and

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coalition within the

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, becoming the chief executive of the province. As the head of the province's executive board, Saługa invited the

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to join the board's coalition in June 2015. He was re-elected to the Regional Assembly in 2018. However, he was replaced as Marshal by Jakub Chełstowski from

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. He returned to the Sejm representing the Sosnowiec constituency in the 2019 parliamentary election, winning reelection in

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. Saługa resigned as a Member of the Sejm in May 2024 after being elected as Marshal by the Regional Assembly.

References

External links

Wojciech Saługa Sejm page
- includes declarations of interest, voting record, and transcripts of speeches.
Executive board official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Saluga, Wojciech 1969 births Living people People from Jaworzno Civic Platform politicians Members of the Senate of Poland 2001–2005 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 Voivodeship marshals of Poland Silesian Voivodeship Members of the Polish Sejm 2023–2027

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