Andrzej Szejna
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Politics of Poland
The politics of Poland take place in the framework of a parliamentary representative democratic republic, whereby the Prime Minister is the head of government of a multi-party system and the President is the head of state....
and Member of the European Parliament
Member of the European Parliament
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for the Lesser Poland Voivodeship
Lesser Poland Voivodeship
Małopolska Voivodeship , or Lesser Poland Voivodeship, is a voivodeship, in southern Poland...
& Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship
Swietokrzyskie Voivodeship
Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, or Świętokrzyskie Province , is one of the 16 voivodeships into which Poland is presently divided. It is situated in central Poland, in the historical province of Lesser Poland, and takes its name from the Świętokrzyskie mountain range...
with the Democratic Left Alliance-Labor Union
Democratic Left Alliance-Labor Union
Democratic Left Alliance-Labor Union is an electoral committee and a coalition of two Polish centre-left political parties: Democratic Left Alliance and Labour Union. At the national level, the alliance arose at the time of the 2001 parliamentary elections and continued through the 2004 elections...
, part of the Socialist Group
Party of European Socialists
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and is vice-chair of the European Parliament
European Parliament
The European Parliament is the directly elected parliamentary institution of the European Union . Together with the Council of the European Union and the Commission, it exercises the legislative function of the EU and it has been described as one of the most powerful legislatures in the world...
's Committee on Legal Affairs
Committee on Legal Affairs
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Szejna is a substitute for the Committee on Budgets
Committee on Budgets
-Key Members:-External links:*...
, a member of the Delegation for relations with Belarus and a substitute for the Delegation for relations with the Korean Peninsula, Taiwan and the Philippines.
Education
- 1999: Master of Economics at the Warsaw School of Economics (1998) and Masters of Law University of WarsawUniversity of WarsawThe University of Warsaw is the largest university in Poland and one of the most prestigious, ranked as best Polish university in 2010 and 2011...
Career
- since 2001: Articled clerk at the Regional Chamber of Legal Counsellors in WarsawWarsawWarsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most...
- since 2001: Lecturer (since 1999), Vice-Dean of the Department of International Relations at the University of Insurance and Banking (WSUiB)
- 2001-2003: Advisor to the Secretary of State at the Ministry of Finance
- 2003-2004: Under-secretary of State at the Ministries of Economy, and Labour and Social Policy, then Vice-Chairman of PAIiZ S.A.(Państwowa Agencja Informacji i Inwestycji Zagranicznych, Spółka Akcyjna), responsible for overseas investments and the promotion of exports, subsequently Deputy minister for European Affairs at the Office of the Committee on European Integration
- 2002-2003: Secretary of the Team on European Integration of the National Council of the Democratic Left Alliance (SLD) (2000-2002), member of the National Executive Committee (SLD)
- since 2002: National plenipotentiary of the Coalition Election Committee of the SLD-UP
- Member of the National Council of the SLD (2003)
- 1997-1999: President of the Students' Parliament of the Republic of Poland
- 1997-1999: Officer of the Chief Council of Higher EducationHigher educationHigher, post-secondary, tertiary, or third level education refers to the stage of learning that occurs at universities, academies, colleges, seminaries, and institutes of technology...
of the Republic of Poland