Malgorzata Ostrowska
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Małgorzata Ostrowska is a Polish
political figure who served as a member of the Sejm of Poland from 19 September 1993 to 4 November 2007.
A native of the northern town of Malbork
, the seat of Malbork County
in the Pomeranian Voivodeship
, Małgorzata Ostrowska belongs to the Democratic Left Alliance
and initially gained her Senate seat in the 1993 parliamentary election
. She was a member of Sejm 1993–1997, Sejm 1997–2001, and Sejm 2001–2005. In the election held on 25 September 2005, she ran in the Gdańsk
electoral district, receiving 12,861 votes, but two years later, enmeshed in a corruption investigation, lost her parliamentary immunity and her seat in the 2007 parliamentary election
.
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...
political figure who served as a member of the Sejm of Poland from 19 September 1993 to 4 November 2007.
A native of the northern town of Malbork
Malbork
Malbork is a town in northern Poland in the Żuławy region , with 38,478 inhabitants . Situated in the Pomeranian Voivodeship since 1999, it was previously assigned to Elbląg Voivodeship...
, the seat of Malbork County
Malbork County
Malbork County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Pomeranian Voivodeship, northern Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and largest town is Malbork , south-east of...
in the Pomeranian Voivodeship
Pomeranian Voivodeship
Pomeranian Voivodeship, or Pomerania Province , is a voivodeship, or province, in north-central Poland. It comprises most of Pomerelia , as well as an area east of the Vistula River...
, Małgorzata Ostrowska belongs to 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 initially gained her Senate seat in the 1993 parliamentary election
Polish parliamentary election, 1993
Polish parliamentary election in 1993 to Sejm and Senate of Poland was held on the 19 September. In Sejm elections, 52.13% of citizens cast their votes, and 95.7% of those were counted as valid. In Senate elections, 52.1% of citizens cast their votes, and 97.07% were valid...
. She was a member of Sejm 1993–1997, Sejm 1997–2001, and Sejm 2001–2005. In the election held on 25 September 2005, she ran in the Gdańsk
Gdansk
Gdańsk is a Polish city on the Baltic coast, at the centre of the country's fourth-largest metropolitan area.The city lies on the southern edge of Gdańsk Bay , in a conurbation with the city of Gdynia, spa town of Sopot, and suburban communities, which together form a metropolitan area called the...
electoral district, receiving 12,861 votes, but two years later, enmeshed in a corruption investigation, lost her parliamentary immunity and her seat in the 2007 parliamentary election
Polish parliamentary election, 2007
Early parliamentary elections for both houses of parliament were held in Poland on 21 October 2007 after the Sejm voted for its own dissolution on 7 September 2007. The election took place two years before the maximum tenure of four years, with the previous elections having been in September 2005...
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