Lower Silesian Regional Assembly
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The Lower Silesian Regional Assembly is the regional legislature
of the voivodeship
of Lower Silesian
, Poland
. It is a unicameral
body consists of thirty-six councillors elected in free elections for a 4-year term. The current chairperson of the assembly is Jerzy Pokój.
The Regional Assembly meets in the Marshal's Office in Wrocław.
Former Councillors III Term:
Voivodeship sejmik
A voivodeship sejmik is a provincial-level elected assembly for each of the 16 voivodeships of Poland. Sejmiks are elected to four-year terms, decided during nationwide local elections...
of the voivodeship
Voivodeships of Poland
The voivodeship, or province, called in Polish województwo , has been a high-level administrative subdivision of Poland since the 14th century....
of Lower Silesian
Lower Silesian Voivodeship
Lower Silesian Voivodeship, or Lower Silesia Province , is one of the 16 voivodeships into which Poland is currently divided. It lies in southwestern Poland...
, Poland
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...
. It is a unicameral
Unicameralism
In government, unicameralism is the practice of having one legislative or parliamentary chamber. Thus, a unicameral parliament or unicameral legislature is a legislature which consists of one chamber or house...
body consists of thirty-six councillors elected in free elections for a 4-year term. The current chairperson of the assembly is Jerzy Pokój.
The Regional Assembly meets in the Marshal's Office in Wrocław.
Districts
Members of the Assembly are elected from five districts, serve four year terms. Districts does not have the constituencies formal names. Instead, each constituency has a number and territorial description.| Number | Seats | City counties | Land counties |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | Wrocław | None |
| 2 | 7 | None | Góra Góra County Góra County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, south-western Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. The county covers an area of... , Milicz Milicz County Milicz County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, south-western Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. The county covers an area of... , Oleśnica Olesnica County Oleśnica County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, south-western Poland. It was created on January 1, 1999 as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. The county covers an area of... , Oława, Strzelin Strzelin County Strzelin County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, south-western Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. The county covers an area of... , Środa Śląska Sroda Slaska County Środa Śląska County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, south-western Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. The county covers an area of... , Trzebnica Trzebnica County Trzebnica County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, south-western Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. The county covers an area of... , Wołów, Wrocław |
| 3 | 9 | None | Dzierżoniów Dzierzoniów County Dzierżoniów County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, south-western Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat is the town of Dzierżoniów, and it... , Kłodzko, Świdnica Swidnica County Świdnica County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, south-western Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. The county covers an area of... , Wałbrzych, Ząbkowice Śląskie Zabkowice Slaskie County Ząbkowice Śląskie County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, south-western Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. The county covers an area of... |
| 4 | 6 | Jelenia Góra Jelenia Góra ----Jelenia Góra is a city in Lower Silesia, south-western Poland. The name of the city means "deer mountain" in Polish, Czech and German. It is close to the Krkonoše mountain range running along the Polish-Czech border – ski resorts such as Karpacz and Szklarska Poręba can be found... |
Bolesławiec, Jelenia Góra Jelenia Góra County Jelenia Góra County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, south-western Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998.... , Kamienna Góra Kamienna Góra County Kamienna Góra County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, south-western Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. The county covers an area of... , Lubań Luban County Lubań County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, south-western Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. The county covers an area of . Its administrative seat and... , Lwówek Śląski Lwówek Slaski County Lwówek Śląski County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, south-western Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. The county covers an area of... , Zgorzelec Zgorzelec County Zgorzelec County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. It is situated in the extreme south-west of Poland, bordering both Germany... |
| 5 | 7 | Legnica Legnica Legnica is a town in south-western Poland, in Silesia, in the central part of Lower Silesia, on the plain of Legnica, riverside: Kaczawa and Czarna Woda. Between 1 June 1975 and 31 December 1998 Legnica was the capital of the Legnica Voivodeship. It is currently the seat of the county... |
Głogów, Jawor Jawor County Jawor County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, south-western Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. The county covers an area of... , Legnica Legnica County Legnica County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, south-western Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. The county covers an area of... , Lubin Lubin County Lubin County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, south-western Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. The county covers an area of... , Polkowice Polkowice County Polkowice County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, south-western Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. The county covers an area of... , Złotoryja |
2006-10 Term
- Polish local elections, 2006Polish local elections, 2006The 2006 Polish local elections were held in two parts. with its first round on November 12 and the second on November 26, 2006. In the election's first round, voters chose 39,944 gmina councillors, 6,284 powiat councillors and 561 deputies to provincial voivodeship sejmiks...
(State Electoral Commission website)
| Groups (party) | Members |
|---|---|
| Civic Platform Civic Platform Civic Platform , abbreviated to PO, is a centre-right, liberal conservative political party in Poland. It has been the major coalition partner in Poland's government since the 2007 general election, with party leader Donald Tusk as Prime Minister of Poland and Bronisław Komorowski as President... (PO) |
16 |
| Law and Justice Law and Justice Law and Justice , abbreviated to PiS, is a right-wing, conservative political party in Poland. With 147 seats in the Sejm and 38 in the Senate, it is the second-largest party in the Polish parliament.... (PiS) |
7 |
| Civic' Self-governing Platform (Obywatelska Platforma Samorządowa, OPS) | 6 |
| Polish People's Party (PSL) | 5 |
| Independents Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do... (I) |
2 |
| Councillors | Groups | |
| 1 | Wojciech Adamczak | PSL |
| 2 | Ali Jean Eric Alira | PO |
| 3 | Wacław Berus | OPS |
| 4 | Piotr Borys | PO |
| 5 | Jarosław Charłampowicz | PO |
| 6 | Dorota Czudowska | PiS |
| 7 | Marek Dyduch | PSL |
| 8 | Jerzy Gierczak | PiS |
| 9 | Julian Golak | PO |
| 10 | Rafał Holanowski | PiS |
| 11 | Paweł Hreniak | PiS |
| 12 | Józef Kozłowski | PO |
| 13 | Stanisław Longawa | PSL |
| 14 | Marek Łapiński | PO |
| 15 | Andrzej Łoś | OPS |
| 16 | Piotr Milczanowski | PiS |
| 17 | Agnieszka Muszyńska | PO |
| 18 | Józef Pawlak | PSL |
| 19 | Jacek Pilawa | PO |
| 20 | Zbigniew Piotrowicz | PO |
| 21 | Jerzy Pokój | PO |
| 22 | Jan Rymarczyk | PO |
| 23 | Ewa Rzewuska | OPS |
| 24 | Grzegorz Skiba | OPS |
| 25 | Wojciech Smoliński | PSL |
| 26 | Alicja Sokołowska | PO |
| 27 | Dariusz Stasiak | OPS |
| 28 | Zbigniew Szczygieł | PO |
| 29 | Jadwiga Szeląg | PO |
| 30 | Krzysztof Ślufcik | PiS |
| 31 | Marek Tomala | PiS |
| 32 | Jerzy Tutaj | PO |
| 33 | Patryk Wild | OPS |
| 34 | Paweł Wróblewski | I |
| 35 | Elżbieta Zakrzewska | PO |
| 36 | Jerzy Zieliński | I |
Former Councillors III Term:
| Councillors | Date of resign | Reason | Successor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wojciech Bochnak | 2006-11-27 | ? | Marek Łapiński |
| Zdzisław Średniawski (PSL) | 2006-11-27 | was elected to Mayor of Żmigród Zmigród Żmigród is a town in Trzebnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the administrative district called Gmina Żmigród. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany... also |
Wojciech Adamczak |
| Marzena Michałek | 2006-12-05 | ? | Marek Tomala |
| Ewa Mańkowska | 2007-02-26 | ? | Piotr Milczanowski |
| Ewa Drozd (PO) | 2007-10-30 | elected to Sejm of the Republic of Poland | Alicja Sokołowska |
| Stanisław Jurcewicz (PO) | 2007-10-30 | elected to Senate of the Republic of Poland | Zbigniew Szczygieł |
| Norbert Wojnarowski (PO) | 2007-10-30 | elected to Sejm | Ali Jean Eric Alira |
| Marcin Zawiła (PO) | 2007-10-30 | elected to Sejm | Józef Kozłowski |
| Leon Kieres Leon Kieres Leon Kieres is a Polish lawyer and politician. He was the president of a Instytut Pamięci Narodowej .... (PO) |
2007-11-02 | elected to Senate | Jacek Pilawa |