Maciej Płażyński

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Marszałek Sejmu
Maciej Płażyński

In office October 20, 1997 – October 18, 2001
Preceded by	Józef Zych
Succeeded by	Marek Borowski

Born	February 10, 1958 (1958-02-10) (age 50) Młynary, People's Republic of Poland
Political party	Solidarity Electoral Action
Spouse	Elżbieta Płażyńska
Profession	Lawyer
Religion	Christianity (Roman Catholic Church)

Maciej Płażyński (pronounced [ˈmatɕɛj pwaˈʒɨɲskʲi], born February 10, 1958 in Młynary) is a Polish conservative-liberal politician.

Płażyński began his political career in 1980 / 1981 as one of the leaders of the Students' Solidarity; he was governor of the Gdańsk Voivodship from August 1990 to July 1996, and was elected to the Sejm (the lower house of the Polish parliament) in September 1997. From 1997 to 2001, he also held the office of marshal of the Sejm, after being elected without a single vote against him.

In January 2001, he founded the political party Platforma Obywatelska together with Donald Tusk and Andrzej Olechowski. He left Platforma Obywatelska due to personal reasons and is now an independent MP.

Maciej Płażyński is married to Elzbieta Płażyńska and has three children: Jakub, Katarzyna and Kacper.

[edit] See also

Solidarity

[edit] External links

Official site

v • d • e Sejm Marshals of the Third Polish Republic

Wiesław Chrzanowski • Józef Oleksy • Józef Zych • Maciej Płażyński • Marek Borowski • Józef Oleksy • Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz • Marek Jurek • Ludwik Dorn • Bronisław Komorowski

v • d • e Parliamentary caucus heads of Civic Platform

Maciej Płażyński • Jan Rokita • Donald Tusk • Bogdan Zdrojewski • Zbigniew Chlebowski

v • d • e Vice-Marshals of the Senate of the Republic of Poland (Third Republic)

1st term (1989-1991)	Zofia Kuratowska · Józef Ślisz · Andrzej Wielowieyski

2nd term (1991-1993)	Andrzej Czapski · Alicja Grześkowiak · Józef Ślisz

3rd term (1993-1997)	Ryszard Czarny · Stefan Jurczak · Zofia Kuratowska · Grzegorz Kurczuk

4th term (1997-2001)	Tadeusz Rzemykowski · Donald Tusk · Marcin Tyrna · Andrzej Chronowski

5th term (2001-2005)	Jolanta Danielak · Kazimierz Kutz · Ryszard Jarzembowski

6th term (2005-2007)	Ryszard Legutko · Maciej Płażyński · Krzysztof Putra · Marek Ziółkowski

7th term (2007-present)	Krystyna Bochenek · Marek Ziółkowski