Joanna Skrzydlewska
Joanna Skrzydlewska | |
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| Marshal of Lodz Voivodeship | |
| Assumed office 11 June 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Grzegorz Schreiber |
| Member of the European Parliament | |
| In office 14 July 2009 – 1 July 2014 | |
| Constituency | 6 – Łódź |
| Member of the Sejm | |
| In office 19 October 2005 – 10 June 2009 | |
| Constituency | 9 – Łódź |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1977 |
| Nationality | Polish |
| Political party | Civic Platform |
Joanna Katarzyna Skrzydlewska (born 17 February 1977 in Łódź) is a Polish politician. She was elected to the Sejm on 25 September 2005, getting 11,822 votes in 9 Łódź district as a candidate from the Civic Platform list.
She is a member of the Skrzydlewski family that own the Lodz's largest florist and funeral home chains. Her father, Witold Skrzydlewski, was the subject of a documentary called Skin Hunters, where he was one of two funeral home operators accused of paying for information from paramedics so as to profit from patients' deaths. The other funeral home owner has been convicted and an investigation is ongoing regarding her father's involvement, if any.[1][2][3]
She is a member of Civic Platform. In 2009, she was elected to the European Parliament from Łódź constituency.[4] She lost her re-election bid five years later.[5] She ran again to the European Parliament in 2019 and 2024, but she didn't gain enough votes to win a seat.[6][7]
She was elected to the Łódź Voivodeship Sejmik in 2014 and re-elected in 2018.[8][9] She was a member of the voivodeship board until 2018. In 2019, she resigned from the Sejmik after being appointed as Vice-Mayor of Łódź. She returned to the Voivodeship Sejmik in April 2024[10]. In June 2024, she was elected by Civic Coalition, Third Way and The Left as the 7th Marshal of Lodz Voivodeship. She is the first female Marshal of this voivodeship.[11]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Oto 'łowcy skór'". wyborcza.pl. Archived from the original on 2010-10-01.
- ^ "Poland's macabre scandal". 8 February 2002.
- ^ "Necrobusiness".
- ^ "Wybory do Parlamentu Europejskiego 2009". pe2009.pkw.gov.pl. Retrieved 2024-09-26.
- ^ "Państwowa Komisja Wyborcza | Państwowa Komisja Wyborcza". pe2014.pkw.gov.pl. Retrieved 2024-09-26.
- ^ "Wybory do Parlamentu Europejskiego 2019". pe2019.pkw.gov.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2024-09-26.
- ^ "Wybory do Parlamentu Europejskiego 2024". wybory.gov.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2024-09-26.
- ^ "Oficjalne wyniki wyborów do Sejmiku Województwa Łódzkiego — Radio Łódź". web.archive.org. 2014-11-29. Retrieved 2024-09-26.
- ^ "Wybory samorządowe 2018". wybory2018.pkw.gov.pl. Retrieved 2024-09-26.
- ^ "Wybory Samorządowe 2024". samorzad2024.pkw.gov.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2024-09-26.
- ^ "Łódzkie: Joanna Skrzydlewska (KO) nowym marszałkiem woj. łódzkiego". wnp.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2024-09-26.
External links
[edit]- Own website
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