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]
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]
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]