Jerzy Wenderlich is a Polish

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

 politician. He was initially elected to Sejm

Sejm

The Sejm is the lower house of the Polish parliament. The Sejm is made up of 460 deputies, or Poseł in Polish . It is elected by universal ballot and is presided over by a speaker called the Marshal of the Sejm ....

 in 1993, representing the Democratic Left Alliance

Democratic Left Alliance

Democratic Left Alliance is a social-democratic political party in Poland. Formed in 1991 as a coalition of centre-left parties, it was formally established as a single party on 15 April 1999. It is currently the third largest opposition party in Poland....

, and was reelected in 1997, 2001, 2005 and 2007.

In the 2004 European Parliament elections

European Parliament election, 2004 (Poland)

Elections to the European Parliament were held in Poland on 13 June 2004. 20.87% of eligible citizens voted; of these, 97.33% of the votes cast were valid. The elections resulted in a heavy defeat for the governing Alliance of the Democratic Left and Labor Union parties, although the very low...

 he was a candidate of 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...

 from Kuyavian-Pomeranian constituency

Kuyavian-Pomeranian (European Parliament constituency)

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. He polled 17,885 votes and was not elected.

He recontested the elections to the Sejm, on September 25, 2005 getting 10761 votes in 5 Toruń

Torun

Toruń is an ancient city in northern Poland, on the Vistula River. Its population is more than 205,934 as of June 2009. Toruń is one of the oldest cities in Poland. The medieval old town of Toruń is the birthplace of the astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus....

 district, candidating from Democratic Left Alliance

Democratic Left Alliance

Democratic Left Alliance is a social-democratic political party in Poland. Formed in 1991 as a coalition of centre-left parties, it was formally established as a single party on 15 April 1999. It is currently the third largest opposition party in Poland....

 list. He was reelected again at the 2007 parliamentary elections.

External links

• Official site
• Jerzy Wenderlich - parliamentary page - includes declarations of interest, voting record, and transcripts of speeches.