Józef Rojek is a Polish

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

 politician. He was elected to Sejm

Sejm

The Sejm is the lower house of the Polish parliament. The Sejm is made up of 460 deputies, or Poseł in Polish . It is elected by universal ballot and is presided over by a speaker called the Marshal of the Sejm ....

 on September 25, 2005 getting 13409 votes in 15 Tarnów

Tarnów

Tarnów is a city in southeastern Poland with 115,341 inhabitants as of June 2009. The city has been situated in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship since 1999, but from 1975 to 1998 it was the capital of the Tarnów Voivodeship. It is a major rail junction, located on the strategic east-west connection...

 district, candidating from the 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....

list.

On November 12, 2006 Rojek ran for the position of mayor of Tarnow but was not elected. However he was elected to the Tarnow town council. Therefore he was required by Article 177 of the Parliamentary and Senate Representation of the People Act to give up his post in the Sejm. However Rojek told PAP that he does not want to cease being an MP and that he has submitted a query to the National Electoral Commission. http://serwisy.gazeta.pl/kraj/1,34397,3735749.html

External links

• Józef Rojek - parliamentary page - includes declarations of interest, voting record, and transcripts of speeches.