Adam Szłapka
Adam Szłapka | |
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Member of the Sejm | |
Assumed office 12 November 2015 | |
Leader of Modern | |
Assumed office 24 November 2019 | |
Preceded by | Katarzyna Lubnauer |
Personal details | |
Born | Kościan, Poland | 6 December 1984
Nationality | Polish |
Political party | Modern (2015-) Civic Coalition |
Alma mater | Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań |
Profession | politician, 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[]
- ^ "Adam Szłapka". Retrieved 12 August 2020.
- ^ "Szłapka sekretarzem partii Petru". Retrieved 12 August 2020.
- ^ "Nowoczesna ogłosiła swojego kandydata w naszym regionie". Retrieved 12 August 2020.
- ^ "Adam Szłapka". Retrieved 12 August 2020.
- ^ "Szłapka sekretarzem partii Petru". Retrieved 12 August 2020.
- ^ "Wybory Samorządowe 2010". Retrieved 12 August 2020.
- ^ "Nowoczesna ogłosiła swojego kandydata w naszym regionie". Retrieved 12 August 2020.
- ^ "Wybory do Sejmu i Senatu Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej 2015". Retrieved 12 August 2020.
- ^ "Wybory do Sejmu i Senatu Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej 2019". Retrieved 12 August 2020.
- ^ "Adam Szłapka nowym przewodniczącym Nowoczesnej". Retrieved 12 August 2020.
- ^ "Adam Szłapka (Nowoczesna): jestem za małżeństwami, ale najpierw związki". Retrieved 12 August 2020.
- Living people
- 1984 births
- Polish politicians
- Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań alumni