Notes on the Senate Senate of the Republic of Poland
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NOTES ON THE SENATE SENATE OF THE REPUBLIC OF POLAND CHANCELLERY OF THE SENATE 6, WIEJSKA STR. | 00-902 WARSAW Essential statistics about TEL. 48 22 694 90 34 | FAX 48 22 694 93 06 [email protected] the Senate of the Eighth Term www.senat.gov.pl The Senate of the Eighth Term Senate elected on 9 October 2011 has 100 mem- bers: 63 were candidates of the Election Committee of the Civic Platform of the Republic of Poland, 31 of the Election Committee of Law and Justice, 2 – of the Election Committee of the Polish People's Party, and 4 senators were put forward by their own election committees. The House consists of 87 male and 13 female senators. In the past, the number of women senators ranged from 7 in the First Term to 23 in the Fifth Term. The average age of senators is 56 (in the past, it ranged from 49 in the Second Term to 56 in the Fifth Term). 4 senators are under 40 years old and 5 are over 70 years old. 94 senators are graduates of higher education institutions (in the past, their number ranged from 85 in the Third Term to 94 in the Six Term); 6 senators have seconda- ry education. 21 senators have scientific degrees and titles, including 14 professors (previously, their number ranged from 10 in the Second Term to 26 in the First Term), as well as 7 doctors and habilitated doctors. 68 senators have experience associated with working in the local government (as compared to 13 in the Second Term and 68 in the Seventh Term). 72 senators have previous parliamentary experience, including 26 who were de- puties of the Sejm. 2 most experienced senators have been in the Parliament for 6 terms of office. One senator has served in the Senate for 4 terms. The number of senators with parliamentary experience is higher in the current term than before (56 senators). 68 senators have chosen the status of professional senator, suspending all their oc- cupational activities. 9 senators have limited their professional duties, while 23 con- tinue to practice their profession. 78 senators declare affiliation with a political party. 52 senators belong to the Civic Platform of the Republic of Poland, 23 to the Law and Justice, 1 to the Democratic Left Alliance, 1 to the Social Democracy of Poland and 1 to the Movement for the Reconstruction of Poland. 22 senators do not belong to any party. Office for Citizen Relations, November 2011 Essential statistics about the Senate of the Eighth Term The list of senators of the eighth term and registered offices of the constituency electoral commission* Łukasz Abgarowicz – Warszawa II Jan Filip Libicki – Piła Anna Aksamit – Warszawa II Robert Mamątow – Siedlce Tadeusz Arłukowicz – Białystok Marek Martynowski – Płock Mieczysław Augustyn – Piła Andrzej Matusiewicz – Krosno Elżbieta Bieńkowska – Katowice Zbigniew Meres – Sosnowiec Grzegorz Bierecki – Chełm Jan Michalski – Legnica Przemysław Błaszczyk – Sieradz Andrzej Misiołek – Gliwice Ryszard Bonisławski – Łódź Antoni Motyczka – Rybnik Marek Borowski – Warszawa I Andżelika Możdżanowska – Kalisz Bogdan Borusewicz – Gdańsk Rafał Muchacki – Bielsko-Biała Barbara Borys-Damięcka – Warszawa I Ireneusz Niewiarowski – Konin Jerzy Chróścikowski – Chełm Jarosław Obremski – Wrocław Alicja Chybicka – Wrocław Norbert Obrycki – Szczecin Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz – Białystok Władysław Ortyl – Rzeszów Henryk Cioch – Lublin Andrzej Owczarek – Sieradz Leszek Czarnobaj – Gdańsk Andrzej Pająk – Kraków I Grzegorz Czelej – Lublin Maria Pańczyk-Pozdziej – Gliwice Dorota Czudowska – Legnica Bohdan Paszkowski – Białystok Wiesław Dobkowski – Piotrków Trybunalski Andrzej Person – Toruń Robert Dowhan – Zielona Góra Bogdan Pęk – Kraków II Jarosław Duda – Wrocław Leszek Piechota – Katowice Mieczysław Gil – Kielce Józef Pinior – Legnica Witold Gintowt-Dziewałtowski – Elbląg Aleksander Pociej – Warszawa I Stanisław Gogacz – Lublin Marian Poślednik – Kalisz Stanisław Gorczyca – Elbląg Sławomir Preiss – Szczecin Beata Gosiewska – Kielce Marek Rocki – Warszawa I Ryszard Górecki – Olsztyn Jadwiga Rotnicka – Poznań Henryk Górski – Siedlce Jan Rulewski – Bydgoszcz Maciej Grubski – Łódź Janina Sagatowska – Rzeszów Piotr Gruszczyński – Konin Janusz Sepioł – Kraków II Andrzej Grzyb – Gdańsk Michał Seweryński – Sieradz Helena Hatka – Zielona Góra Witold Sitarz – Kalisz Stanisław Hodorowicz – Nowy Sącz Wojciech Skurkiewicz – Radom Stanisław Iwan – Zielona Góra Krzysztof Słoń – Kielce Jan Maria Jackowski – Płock Andrzej Szewiński – Częstochowa Kazimierz Jaworski – Rzeszów Grażyna Sztark – Koszalin Stanisław Jurcewicz – Wałbrzych Bogusław Śmigielski – Sosnowiec Stanisław Karczewski – Radom Aleksander Świeykowski – Opole Wiesław Kilian – Wałbrzych Piotr Wach – Opole Kazimierz Kleina – Gdynia Kazimierz Wiatr – Tarnów Bogdan Klich – Kraków II Edmund Wittbrodt – Gdynia Maciej Klima – Tarnów Grzegorz Wojciechowski – Piotrków Trybunalski Ryszard Knosala – Opole Michał Wojtczak – Toruń Andrzej Kobiak – Bydgoszcz Jan Wyrowiński – Toruń Stanisław Kogut – Nowy Sącz Roman Zaborowski – Gdynia Marek Konopka – Olsztyn Alicja Zając – Krosno Tadeusz Kopeć – Bielsko-Biała Józef Zając – Chełm Waldemar Kraska – Siedlce Adam Zdziebło – Rybnik Kazimierz Kutz – Katowice Piotr Zientarski – Koszalin Jarosław Lasecki – Częstochowa Marek Ziółkowski – Poznań * The name of the city does not refer to the constituency from which the senator was elected, but to the registered office of the constituency electoral commission which has authority over the senator’s constituency. .