Podlaskie Regional Assembly
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The Podlaskie Regional Assembly is the regional legislature
of the Podlaskie Voivodeship
, Poland
. It is a unicameral
body consists of thirty councilors elected in free elections for a 4-year term. The current President of the Assembly is Bogdan Dyjuk.
The Regional Assembly meets in the Marshal's Office in Białystok.
Kluby radnych
Dariusz Piontkowski, Leszek Dec, Marek Adam Komorowski, Marek Olbryś, Ryszard Wolwark, Jan Chojnowski, Tadeusz Wojtkowski, Łukasz Siekierko, Henryk Łukaszewicz, Krzysztof Kondraciuk, Urszula Jabłońska,
Jacek Piorunek, Daria Krystyna Sapińska, Jarosław Zygmunt Dworzański, Marek Masalski, Maciej Perkowski, Tadeusz Arłukowicz, Karol Pilecki, Cezary Cieślukowski, Waldemar Kwaterski, Maciej Gajewski, Andrzej Raś
Bogdan Dyjuk, Mieczysław Bagiński, Walenty Korycki, Mieczysław Kazimierz Baszko, Mikołaj Janowski
Marian Szamatowicz, Marek Minda, Jan Syczewski.
Kluby radnych
Dariusz Piontkowski, Leszek Dec, Marek Adam Komorowski, Marek Olbryś, Irena Krystyna Bernet, Jan Chojnowski, Marek Antoni Łukaszewicz, Jan Olszewski, Karol Tylenda,
Jacek Piorunek, Daria Krystyna Sapińska, Zdzisław Jabłoński, Jarosław Zygmunt Dworzański, Bogdan Dyjuk, Wiktor Łaszewicz
Mikołaj Janowski, Ignacy Jasionowski, Mieczysław Bagiński, Mieczysław Kazimierz Baszko, Wojciech Borzuchowski
Bogusław Dębski, Jacek Łapiński, Lech Rutkowski, Andrzej Sutkowski, Sławomir Gromadzki
Janusz Kazimierz Krzyżewski, Zbigniew Karol Krzywicki, Jan Syczewski,
Andrzej Chmielewski, Jacek Przemysław Cylwik.
Regional Assembly must elected 5 person to Voivodeship executive board
(zarząd województwa) in time 3 months than elections. Because on 21 February 2007 Assembly elected only three persons: Voivodeship Marshal (marszałek województwa) and two Vice-Marshals, Voivodeship Governor (Voivode, Wojewoda) solved Regional Assembly. Polish Prime Minister
Jarosław Kaczyński nominated Jarosław Schabieński as Commissioner of Podlaskie Voivodeship Self-Government with Assembly and Executive Board powers.
Kluby radnych:
Jan Kowalski, Zbigniew Krzywicki, Janusz Krzyżewski, Jan Netter, Zbigniew Puchalski, Jan Syczewski, Jan Zieniuk, Mirosław Henryk Łoboda,Jan Ryszard Kotuk.
Zenon Dziedzic, Mirosław Heleniak, Krzysztof Kozicki, Grzegorz Kunowski, Zbigniew Puksza, Marek Wasilewski, Piotr Zaręba.
Cezary Cieślukowski, Marian Łuczaj, Sławomir Zgrzywa, Lech Jerzy Dzienis, Jacek Sak,
Karol Tylenda, Antoni Cichocki, Andrzej Kulesza
Mieczysław Bagiński, Adam Dobroński, Krzysztof Tołwiński,Jan Kamiński,Dorota Hołowienko,
Elżbieta Maria Kaufman - Suszko.
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 Podlaskie Voivodeship
Podlaskie Voivodeship
Podlaskie Voivodeship , is a voivodeship in northeastern Poland. It borders on Masovian Voivodeship to the west, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship to the northwest, Lublin Voivodeship to the south, the Belarusssian Voblasts of Grodno and Brest to the east, the Lithuanian Counties of Alytus and...
, 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 councilors elected in free elections for a 4-year term. The current President of the Assembly is Bogdan Dyjuk.
The Regional Assembly meets in the Marshal's Office in Białystok.
Districts
Members of the Assembly are elected from five districts, serve four year terms. The districts do not have formal names, instead each constituency has a number and territorial description.| Number | Seats | City counties | Land counties |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | Białystok | None |
| 2 | 5 | Suwałki | Augustów Augustów County Augustów County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Podlaskie Voivodeship, north-eastern Poland, on the border with Belarus. 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... , Sejny Sejny County Sejny County a unit of territorial administration and local government in Podlaskie Voivodeship, in the extreme north-east of Poland, on the border with Lithuania and Belarus. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998... , Suwałki |
| 3 | 5 | Łomża | Grajewo Grajewo County Grajewo County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Podlaskie Voivodeship, north-eastern 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 Grajewo, which lies ... , Kolno Kolno County Kolno County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Podlaskie Voivodeship, north-eastern 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 Kolno, which lies west... , Łomża |
| 4 | 5 | None | Bielsk Bielsk County Bielsk County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Podlaskie Voivodeship, north-eastern Poland. It came into being on 1 January 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and largest town is Bielsk Podlaski, which... , Siemiatycze Siemiatycze County Siemiatycze County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Podlaskie Voivodeship, north-eastern Poland, on the border with Belarus. 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... , Wysokie Mazowieckie Wysokie Mazowieckie County Wysokie Mazowieckie County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Podlaskie Voivodeship, north-eastern 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 Wysokie... , Zambrów Zambrów County Zambrów County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Podlaskie Voivodeship, north-eastern 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 only town is Zambrów, which lies west... |
| 5 | 8 | None | Białystok, Hajnówka Hajnówka County Hajnówka County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Podlaskie Voivodeship, north-eastern Poland, on the border with Belarus. 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... , Mońki Monki County Mońki County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Podlaskie Voivodeship, north-eastern 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 Mońki, which lies ... , Sokółka |
2010-2014 Term
Prezydium- Przewodniczący: Bogdan Dyjuk
- Wiceprzewodniczący: Jan Chojnowski
- Wiceprzewodniczący: Marek Masalski
- Wiceprzewodniczący: Jan Syczewski
Kluby radnych
- Prawo i Sprawiedliwość - 9 radnych:
Dariusz Piontkowski, Leszek Dec, Marek Adam Komorowski, Marek Olbryś, Ryszard Wolwark, Jan Chojnowski, Tadeusz Wojtkowski, Łukasz Siekierko, Henryk Łukaszewicz, Krzysztof Kondraciuk, Urszula Jabłońska,
- Platforma Obywatelska - 6 radnych:
Jacek Piorunek, Daria Krystyna Sapińska, Jarosław Zygmunt Dworzański, Marek Masalski, Maciej Perkowski, Tadeusz Arłukowicz, Karol Pilecki, Cezary Cieślukowski, Waldemar Kwaterski, Maciej Gajewski, Andrzej Raś
- Polskie Stronnictwo Ludowe - 5 radnych:
Bogdan Dyjuk, Mieczysław Bagiński, Walenty Korycki, Mieczysław Kazimierz Baszko, Mikołaj Janowski
- Sojusz Lewicy Demokratycznej - 3 radnych:
Marian Szamatowicz, Marek Minda, Jan Syczewski.
2007-2010 Term
- Special elections on 20 May 2007
| Groups (party) | Members |
|---|---|
| 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) |
12 |
| 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) |
7 |
| Polish People's Party (PSL) | 5 |
| Self-Defense Self-Defense of the Republic of Poland Self-Defence of the Republic of Poland , abbreviated to SRP, is an agrarian political party and trade union in Poland led by Andrzej Lepper. Its platform combines left-wing populist economic policies with religious conservative social policies.... (SoRP) |
3 |
| Left and Democrats Left and Democrats Left and Democrats was a centre-left political coalition in Poland which was created on September 3, 2006, before the Warsaw municipal election of 2006. The coalition's aim was to provide an alternative for both the national-conservative Law and Justice party and the liberal-conservative Civic... (LiD) |
3 |
- Chairperson:
- Mieczysław Bagiński (since 2007-05-29)
- Vice-Chairpersons:
- Jan Chojnowski (since 2007-05-29)
- Andrzej Sutkowski (since 2007-05-29)
- Jacek Piorunek (since 2007-05-29)
Kluby radnych
- Prawo i Sprawiedliwość - 9 radnych:
Dariusz Piontkowski, Leszek Dec, Marek Adam Komorowski, Marek Olbryś, Irena Krystyna Bernet, Jan Chojnowski, Marek Antoni Łukaszewicz, Jan Olszewski, Karol Tylenda,
- Platforma Obywatelska - 6 radnych:
Jacek Piorunek, Daria Krystyna Sapińska, Zdzisław Jabłoński, Jarosław Zygmunt Dworzański, Bogdan Dyjuk, Wiktor Łaszewicz
- Polskie Stronnictwo Ludowe - 5 radnych:
Mikołaj Janowski, Ignacy Jasionowski, Mieczysław Bagiński, Mieczysław Kazimierz Baszko, Wojciech Borzuchowski
- Prawica Podlasia - 5 radnych:
Bogusław Dębski, Jacek Łapiński, Lech Rutkowski, Andrzej Sutkowski, Sławomir Gromadzki
- Lewica i Demokraci - 3 radnych:
Janusz Kazimierz Krzyżewski, Zbigniew Karol Krzywicki, Jan Syczewski,
- Niezrzeszeni - 2 radnych:
Andrzej Chmielewski, Jacek Przemysław Cylwik.
2006-2007 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 | Councilors |
|---|---|---|
| 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) |
11 | Jan Chojnowski, Leszek Dec, Bogusław Dębski, Marek Adam Komorowski, Mieczysław Eugeniusz Kowalewski, Jacek Łapiński, Marek Olbryś, Lech Rutkowski, Karol Tylenda, Krzysztof Tołwiński, Andrzej Stanisław Zaman |
| 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) |
7 | Cezary Cieślukowski, Jarosław Zygmunt Dworzański, Zdzisław Jabłoński, Marcin Zygmunt Marcinkiewicz, Andrzej Parafiniuk, Jacek Piorunek, Daria Krystyna Sapińska, Jacek Żalek |
| Polish People's Party (PSL) | 5 | Mieczysław Bagiński, Adam Czesław Dobroński, Mikołaj Janowski, Jan Kamiński |
| Self-Defense Self-Defense of the Republic of Poland Self-Defence of the Republic of Poland , abbreviated to SRP, is an agrarian political party and trade union in Poland led by Andrzej Lepper. Its platform combines left-wing populist economic policies with religious conservative social policies.... (SoRP) |
4 | Andrzej Chmielewski, Mikołaj Gawryluk, Tomasz Gan, Sławomir Gromadzki |
| Left and Democrats Left and Democrats Left and Democrats was a centre-left political coalition in Poland which was created on September 3, 2006, before the Warsaw municipal election of 2006. The coalition's aim was to provide an alternative for both the national-conservative Law and Justice party and the liberal-conservative Civic... (LiD) |
3 | Janusz Krzyżewski, Jarosław Matwiejuk, Jan Syczewski |
- President:
- Jan Chojnowski (2006-11-27 - 2007-02-21)
- Vice-Prisident:
- Sławomir Gromadzki (2006-11-27 - 2007-02-21)
Regional Assembly must elected 5 person to Voivodeship executive board
Voivodeship executive board
Voivodeship executive board is regional executive body of voivodeship's local self-government in Poland. Executive board consists of five members elected by regional assemblies. Executive board is chaired by the voivodeship marshal ....
(zarząd województwa) in time 3 months than elections. Because on 21 February 2007 Assembly elected only three persons: Voivodeship Marshal (marszałek województwa) and two Vice-Marshals, Voivodeship Governor (Voivode, Wojewoda) solved Regional Assembly. Polish Prime Minister
Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland
The Prime Minister of Poland heads the Polish Council of Ministers and directs their work, supervises territorial self-government within the guidelines and in ways described in the Constitution and other legislation, and acts as the superior for all government administration workers...
Jarosław Kaczyński nominated Jarosław Schabieński as Commissioner of Podlaskie Voivodeship Self-Government with Assembly and Executive Board powers.
2002-2006 Term
Prezydium- President: Zbigniew Karol Krzywicki
- Vice-President: Jan Zieniuk
- Vice-President: Adam Czesław Dobroński
- Vice-President: Marian Łuczaj
Kluby radnych:
- Democratic Left AllianceDemocratic Left AllianceDemocratic 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....
-Unia PracyLabour Union (Poland)The Labour Union is a social-democratic political party in Poland. It is a member of the Party of European Socialists and Socialist International....
- 9 radnych:
Jan Kowalski, Zbigniew Krzywicki, Janusz Krzyżewski, Jan Netter, Zbigniew Puchalski, Jan Syczewski, Jan Zieniuk, Mirosław Henryk Łoboda,Jan Ryszard Kotuk.
- League of Polish FamiliesLeague of Polish FamiliesThe League of Polish Families is a right-wing political party in Poland. It was represented in the Polish parliament, forming part of the cabinet of Jarosław Kaczyński, until the latter dissolved in September 2007....
- 7 radnych:
Zenon Dziedzic, Mirosław Heleniak, Krzysztof Kozicki, Grzegorz Kunowski, Zbigniew Puksza, Marek Wasilewski, Piotr Zaręba.
- Platforma Obywatelska - 5 radnych (od dnia 28 listopada 2005 r.
Cezary Cieślukowski, Marian Łuczaj, Sławomir Zgrzywa, Lech Jerzy Dzienis, Jacek Sak,
- Klub Radnych Niezależnych - 3 radnych:
Karol Tylenda, Antoni Cichocki, Andrzej Kulesza
- Polskie Stronnictwo Ludowe - 4 radnych:
Mieczysław Bagiński, Adam Dobroński, Krzysztof Tołwiński,Jan Kamiński,Dorota Hołowienko,
- Niezrzeszeni - 1 radny:
Elżbieta Maria Kaufman - Suszko.