Jarosław Wałęsa Explained

Jarosław Wałęsa
Order:Member of the European Parliament
Term Start:7 June 2009
Term End:1 July 2019
Constituency:1 – Pomeranian
Office2:Member of the Sejm
Term Start2:25 September 2005
Term End2:10 June 2009
Constituency2:25 – Gdańsk
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Birth Date:13 September 1976
Birth Place:Gdańsk, Poland
Party:Civic Platform
Parents:Lech Wałęsa (father)
Mirosława Danuta Gołoś (mother)
Website:Official Website
Alma Mater:College of the Holy Cross (BA)
University of Gdańsk (MA)

Jarosław Leszek Wałęsa (pronounced as /pl/; born 13 September 1976) is a Polish politician. He was elected to the Sejm on 25 September 2005, getting 14,709 votes in 25 Gdańsk district as a candidate from the Civic Platform list. He is the son of former Polish President Lech Wałęsa.

Early life and education

Wałęsa was born on 13 September 1976 in Gdańsk, Poland. He went to high school in his hometown, V Liceum Ogólnokształcące im. Stefana Żeromskiego w Gdańsku, during 1990–1994.

Wałęsa went to the United States and graduated in 1995 from Glastonbury High School in Connecticut, where he spent his last high school year as a foreign exchange student. He then attended the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in political science in 2001. Wałęsa also attended the University of Gdańsk and received a Master of Arts (M.A.) in political science.

Career

On 2 September 2011 Jarosław was injured seriously while riding his motorcycle after colliding with a SUV in Stropkowo near Sierpc.[1] His injuries included a broken spine and dozens of fractures, and he was still undergoing corrective surgeries in July 2015.[2]

As a result of the European Parliament's election of June 2009, he became a member of the parliament. In 2014, he was re-elected.[3]

Wałęsa became the director of the Civic Institute, said to be the research institute of Civic Platform, a Polish political party, on 16 June 2015.[4]

Personal life

He married Ewelina Jachymek in a civil ceremony in 2012, and in a convent in 2013.[5] Their son Wiktor was born in March 2014, becoming the twelfth grandson of Lech Wałęsa.[6] He lost his brother, Przemyslaw, Lech Wałęsa's third son, a border guard, who lived in the Morena district in Gdańsk, on 8 January 2017.[7]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: September 2, 2011 . Jarosław Wałęsa seriously injured in crash . June 6, 2015 . United Press International.
  2. Web site: Planned treatment: Jarosław Wałęsa in hospital for surgery. 22 July 2015 . July 23, 2015.
  3. see also List of members of the European Parliament, 2014–19
  4. Web site: Jarosław Wałęsa nowym szefem think tanku PO. Zastąpi Bartłomieja Sienkiewicza. June 18, 2015. Polish.
  5. Web site: 10 June 2013 . Jaroslaw Walesa and Ewelina Jachymek were secretly married. Again! . June 6, 2015 . Polish.
  6. http://www.pomponik.pl/zdjecia/zdjecie,iId,1472253,iAId,116666
  7. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/europe/lech-walesa-buries-son-43-who-struggled-with-alcohol/articleshow/56522307.cms