Janusz Wojciechowski
is a Polish

Politics of Poland

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 politician

Politician

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 and
Member of the European Parliament

Member of the European Parliament

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, elected from the Lodz Voivodship
representing the Polish People's Party (PSL) (2004-2006), the Polish People's Party "Piast" (PSL "Piast") (2006 - 2010) and, presently, 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....

 (since 2010).

Wojciechowski was a Member of the Bureau of the European People's Party

European People's Party

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 (EPP) from 2004-2006 and is vice-chair of the European Parliament

European Parliament

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's Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development

Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development

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. Wojciechowski was dismissed from his PSL party following his decision to leave the EPP for the Union for Europe of the Nations

Union for Europe of the Nations

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 EU parliamentary grouping. Wojciechowski is a substitute for the Committee on Budgetary Control

Committee on Budgetary Control

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 and a member of the Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan

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, EU-Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstan

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 and EU-Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan

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 Parliamentary Cooperation Committees, and for relations with Tajikistan

Tajikistan

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, Turkmenistan

Turkmenistan

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 and Mongolia

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.

He ran on the Law and Justice list in the 2009 election, despite not being a party member. In November 2010, he joined Law and Justice.

Career

• 1977-1980: Articled to the public prosecutor
• 1980-1993: Judge on the district court of Rawia Mazowiecka, judge on the provincial court of Skierniewice, judge on the appellate court of Warsaw
• 1995-2001: President of the Supreme Chamber of Control
• 1993-1995, 2001-2004: Member of Parliament of the Polish Republic
• 1994-1995: Under-secretary of State at the Cabinet Office for legislative affairs
• 2001-2004: Vice-marshal of the Parliament of the Republic of Poland, Chairman of the Codifying Changes Committee
• 2003-2002: Member of the Chief Executive Committee of the Polish People's Party (PSL)
• 2004-2005: Chairman PSL
• 2003-2004: Observer to the EP
• 1995-1999: Member of the Administration of EUROSAI - European Organisation of Supreme Audit Institutions

See also: European Parliament election, 2004 (Poland)

European Parliament election, 2004 (Poland)

Elections to the European Parliament were held in Poland on 13 June 2004. 20.87% of eligible citizens voted; of these, 97.33% of the votes cast were valid. The elections resulted in a heavy defeat for the governing Alliance of the Democratic Left and Labor Union parties, although the very low...

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