Krzysztof Filipek 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.

Filipek was born in Węgrów

Wegrów

Węgrów is a town in eastern Poland with 12,561 inhabitants . Situated in the Masovian Voivodeship , it is the capital of Węgrów County.First mentioned in historical records in 1414, it received its citycharter in 1441...

. He was 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 ....

 on September 25, 2005, getting 16515 votes in 18 Siedlce

Siedlce

Siedlce ) is a city in eastern Poland with 77,392 inhabitants . Situated in the Masovian Voivodeship , previously the city was the capital of a separate Siedlce Voivodeship ....

 district, candidating from Self-Defence of the Republic of Poland list.

He was also a member of Sejm 2001-2005.

In 2007 the Self-Defence lost parliamentary election and Filipek left this party. Now he is a member and leader of the Party of Regions

Party of Regions (Polish)

The Party of Regions is a Polish non-parliamentary political party created in November 2007 . The Party of Regions was created by former members of Self-Defence after the parliamentary election in 2007, when Self-Defence support collapsed to far less than the 5% electoral threshold giving them no...

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External links

• Krzysztof Filipek - parliamentary page - includes declarations of interest, voting record, and transcripts of speeches.