Andrzej Szewiński Explained

Andrzej Szewiński
Office:Member of Sejm
Term Start:12 November 2019
Constituency:Częstochowa
Office2:Member of Senate
Term Start2:5 November 2007
Term End2:11 November 2015
Constituency2:Częstochowa
Successor2:Artur Warzocha
Birth Place:Warsaw
Party:Civic Platform

Andrzej Szewiński (born 20 February 1970 in Warsaw, Poland) is a former professional volleyball player (198 cm, opposite hitter), sport activist and politician. He is the son of the sprinter Irena Szewińska.[1]

Career as sportsmen

From 1989/90 to 2004/05 (altogether 16 seasons) he played for AZS Częstochowa, Bipop Brescia, Maccabi Tel Aviv, Beşiktaş JK and Galatasaray S.K..[2]

Political activity

From 2006 to 2007 he was a councilor of the Silesian Regional Assembly from PO. In the parliamentary election in 2007 he was elected to a Senate in Częstochowa district, receiving 81,777 votes. Later he joined Civic Platform. In the parliamentary election in 2011, he won 37,471 votes and again won a seat to Senate from Częstochowa district.[3] In 2014, he ran for the presidency of Częstochowa, taking 4th place out of 7 candidates.[4] In 2015 he did not receive a senatorial reelection, because Artur Warzocha defeated him.[5] On 30 December 2015 he replaced Krzysztof Łoziński as the vice-president of Częstochowa.[6] In 2018 he ran unsuccessfully to the regional assembly. In the parliamentary election in 2019 he was elected to Sejm in Częstochowa district.[7]

References

Notes and References

  1. Book: "Yiddishe Mamas": the truth about the Jewish mother. Marnie Winston-Macauley. Andrews McMeel Publishing. 2007. 978-0-7407-6376-2. pg 363. 384.
  2. Web site: http://dl.pzps.pl/7558,get/reprezentanci-polski.doc. 2012-12-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20121216160917/http://dl.pzps.pl/7558,get/reprezentanci-polski.doc. 2019-11-09. 2012-12-16.
  3. Web site: Wybory 2011. wybory2011.pkw.gov.pl. 2019-01-25.
  4. Web site: PKW Samorząd 2014. samorzad2014.pkw.gov.pl. 2019-01-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20170929070339/http://samorzad2014.pkw.gov.pl/360_Wybory_Burmistrza_-_I_tura/0/2464. 2017-09-29. dead.
  5. Web site: PKW Wybory do Sejmu RP i Senatu RP. parlament2015.pkw.gov.pl. 2019-01-25.
  6. Web site: Wyborcza.pl. czestochowa.wyborcza.pl. 2019-01-25.
  7. Web site: Wybory do Sejmu i Senatu Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej 2019 r.. wybory.gov.pl. pl. 2019-10-18.