Adam Szłapka

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Adam Szłapka
Adam Szłapka Sejm 2015.JPG
Member of the Sejm
Assumed office
12 November 2015
Leader of Modern
Assumed office
24 November 2019
Preceded byKatarzyna Lubnauer
Personal details
Born (1984-12-06) 6 December 1984 (age 36)
Kościan, Poland
NationalityPolish
Political partyModern (2015-)
Civic Coalition
Alma materAdam Mickiewicz University in Poznań
Professionpolitician, political scientist

Adam Szłapka (born 6 December 1984, Kościan[1]) is a Polish politician and political scientist, Member of the Polish Parliament and leader of the Modern (Nowoczesna) political party.

Early life and education[]

He was born on 6 December 1984 in Kościan, Greater Poland Voivodeship. He graduated from the Oskar Kolberg High School No. 1 in Kościan.[2] He subsequently graduated in political science and Eastern studies from the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań.[3]

Political career[]

He was an activist of Młode Centrum, a youth organization of the Freedom Union and Democratic Party. Between 2006-2012 he worked as the general secretary of these organizations.[4] Between 2006-2010, he served as town councillor in Kościan representing the Self-Government Democratic Forum (Samorządowe Forum Demokratyczne).[5] In 2010, he unsuccessfully ran for office in the local government elections.[6] He was director of the Fundacja: Projekt Polska. In the years 2011-2015, he worked as an expert in the Chancellery of the President Bronisław Komorowski.[7]

In 2015, he assumed the post of general secretary of the Modern (.Nowoczesna) party. The same year, he stood for election to the Sejm and won a seat from the Kalisz constituency.[8] He was appointed a member of the Foreign Affairs Parliamentary Committee as well as the Secret Service Committee. In the 2019 Polish parliamentary election, he was re-elected as member of parliament receiving 51,951 votes in the Poznań constituency.[9]

On 24 November 2019, he replaced Katarzyna Lubnauer as leader of the Modern political party.[10] He has expressed his support for the legalization of same-sex marriage in Poland.[11]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Adam Szłapka". Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  2. ^ "Szłapka sekretarzem partii Petru". Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  3. ^ "Nowoczesna ogłosiła swojego kandydata w naszym regionie". Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  4. ^ "Adam Szłapka". Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  5. ^ "Szłapka sekretarzem partii Petru". Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  6. ^ "Wybory Samorządowe 2010". Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  7. ^ "Nowoczesna ogłosiła swojego kandydata w naszym regionie". Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  8. ^ "Wybory do Sejmu i Senatu Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej 2015". Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  9. ^ "Wybory do Sejmu i Senatu Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej 2019". Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  10. ^ "Adam Szłapka nowym przewodniczącym Nowoczesnej". Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  11. ^ "Adam Szłapka (Nowoczesna): jestem za małżeństwami, ale najpierw związki". Retrieved 12 August 2020.
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