Paweł Zalewski
Paweł Zalewski | |
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Sejm member | |
Current | |
Assumed office 2019 | |
President | Andrzej Duda |
Prime Minister | Mateusz Morawiecki |
Constituency | 20 Warsaw |
Sejm | |
In office 2005–2007 | |
President | Lech Kaczyński |
Prime Minister | Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz, Jarosław Kaczyński |
Constituency | 11 Sieradz |
Sejm | |
In office 1991–1993 | |
President | Lech Wałęsa |
Prime Minister | Jan Krzysztof Bielecki, Jan Olszewski, Waldemar Pawlak, Hanna Suchocka |
Constituency | 26 Siedlce |
Personal details | |
Born | Paweł Ksawery Zalewski 25 September 1964 Warsaw, Poland |
Citizenship | Polish |
Political party | Poland 2050 (2021—present) |
Other political affiliations | Forum of Democratic Right (1990-1991)
independent(2021) |
Children | 2 |
Alma mater | University of Warsaw |
Occupation | Politician |
Paweł Ksawery Zalewski (born 25 September 1964 in Warsaw) is a Polish politician and unaffiliated member of the Sejm and the European Parliament.[1][2] He has been a member of the Sejm from 1991—1993, 2005—2007, and 2019—2023[3][4] Until May 2021, he was affiliated with Civic Platform (PO).[5]
Early life
[edit]Zalewski grew up in Żoliborz,[6] son of Jerzy Zalewski, an Operation Storm veteran.[7] His grandfather fought as part of the Legions, his grandmother was involved in the Polish Socialist Party, and his paternal great-uncle was Major Antoni Jabłoński, commander of the 11th Legions Uhlan Regiment.[6] His family is from the Świętokrzyskie Province near Bodzentyn.[8]
During high school, he became a School Olympiad academic laureate in history and was admitted to University of Warsaw's School of History without taking entrance examinations.[6][9] While at university, he joined the Forum of the Democratic Right, also known as the Democratic Union.[6] Zalewski completed his Master's degree, also at the University of Warsaw, in 1990;[10] his thesis was centered on Polish diplomats during the early days of the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.[6]
Career
[edit]In 1991, Zalewski was elected to the Sejm as a Democratic Union party member in the 26 Siedlce electorical district.[3] He was elected again on 25 September 2005 as part of the Law and Justice platform with 14,068 votes in the 11 Sieradz district.[11] During his term, he served as the deputy chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee.[12][13] Despite being the party's vice president, he left Law and Justice in 2007 along with fellow member Kazimierz Ujazdowski after an argument with former Prime Minister Jarosław Kaczyński.[14][15] He joined the Civic Platform (PO) in 2009[16] and was a member of the European People's Party Group by 2012.[2][17] He was reelected to the Sejm in 2019 as a member of the PO with 12248 from the 20 Warsaw electoral district.[18]
Throughout his time as an MEP, he has served on a number of committees as well as on the European Parliament.[9] In 2009, he was a delegate for the Parliamentary Cooperation Committee; from 2009—2014, he was a delegate for Iran–Poland relations and the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly; and from 2010—2014, he was a delegate for CARIFORUM.[2] He served as a substitute delegate for Belarus–Poland relations[2] and was a rapporteur of the DCFTA Agreement with Ukraine.[19] He has also been the vice chairman of the European Parliament Committee on International Trade[20] twice.[2]
In 2020, he criticized Vladimir Putin for "destroying historical truth".[21] In August 2021, he voted as an independent MEP against a proposal for increasing the president's salary.[22] In September, still without a party, he voted in favor of aiding Afghan refugees.[23]
2021 removal from the Civic Platform
[edit]On 14 May 2021, Zalewski and Ireneusz Raś were removed from the Sejm at the request of the Civic Coalition (KO).[12] They were summarily removed from PO and relieved of all committee responsibilities.[24][12] The ejection occurred after Zalewski and Raś signed a letter along with several senators and 49 other MEPs from PO and KO calling for a change in leadership within the coalition.[16][25][26] Both appealed their respective removal,[27] which the PO defended by criticizing Zalewski for sharing his contrary opinions with the media but refusing to speak up during diplomatic meetings during his years as a Sejm member.[28] The formal hearing has been postponed twice and is currently scheduled for 29 September 2021.[needs update][29]
Selected honors
[edit]Award | Award Body | Year | Ref |
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Order of the Star of Italian Solidarity | Italy | 2006 | [30] |
Legion of Honour | France | 2007 | [citation needed] |
Presidential Order of Excellence | Georgia | 2013 | [31] |
Personal life
[edit]Zalewski and his ex-wife have two daughters.[6] In 2018, he married Kinga Sitarska[32] and lost his mother.[33] In December 2020, his father died of COVID-19, age 93.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ Kowalska, Dorota (2021-08-05). "Zalewski: Sytuacja po stronie opozycyjnej zmieniła się radykalnie na niekorzyść PiS" (in Polish). Polska Times. Retrieved 2021-09-06.
- ^ a b c d e "Paweł ZALEWSKI". European Parliament. n.d. Retrieved 2021-09-06.
- ^ a b "Posłowie I kadencji 1991 - 1993" (in Polish). Archiwum Danych o Posłach. n.d. Retrieved 2021-09-25.
- ^ "Posłowie V kadencji 2005 - 2007" (in Polish). Archiwum Danych o Posłach. n.d. Retrieved 2021-09-25.
- ^ Liziniewicz, Jacek (2018-10-17). "Długi weekend niepodległości? PiS chce umożliwić Polakom godne uczczenie wyjątkowego święta" (in Polish). TV Republika. Retrieved 2021-09-06.
- ^ a b c d e f Cieśla, Joanna (2007-06-23). "Zalewski, Paweł" (in Polish). Polityka. Retrieved 2021-09-06.
- ^ a b "Tragedia w rodzinie znanego posła opozycji. Jego ojciec przegrał z Covid-19. "Proszę o..."" (in Polish). SUPERexpress. 2020-12-08. Retrieved 2021-09-06.
- ^ "Paweł Zalewski dołączył się świętokrzyskiej Platformy Obywatelskiej" (in Polish). echodnia. 2016-07-14. Retrieved 2021-09-06.
- ^ a b "Alumni" (in Polish). University of Warsaw. n.d. Retrieved 2021-09-06.
- ^ "Paweł Zalewski" (in Polish). Sejm. n.d. Retrieved 2021-09-06.
- ^ "PAWEŁ ZALEWSKI" (in Polish). Money.pl. n.d. Retrieved 2021-09-21.
- ^ a b c "Paweł Zalewski dismissed from the foreign affairs committee. He appealed to the Marshal of the Sejm, Elżbieta Witek, for restoration". Polish News. 2021-05-20. Retrieved 2021-09-06.
- ^ "Paweł ZALEWSKI - MEP". epp group. n.d. Retrieved 2021-09-06.
- ^ Wojtas, Michal (2007-12-21). "Major political changes in 2007". The Krakow Post. Retrieved 2021-09-25.
- ^ Bławicki, P. (2008-07-17). "PAWEŁ ZALEWSKI IDZIE DO PLATFORMY" (in Polish). interia Wydarzenia. Retrieved 2021-09-25.
- ^ a b "Zalewski: W poniedziałek lub wtorek odwołam się od decyzji o wykluczeniu z PO" (in Polish). Gazeta Prawna. 2021-05-24. Retrieved 2021-09-06.
- ^ "Not only foreign policy" (PDF). 2012. Retrieved 2021-09-25.
- ^ "Paweł Zalewski" (in Polish). Sejm. n.d. Retrieved 2021-09-25.
- ^ "PAWEŁ ZALEWSKI". Emerging Europe. n.d. Retrieved 2021-09-06.
- ^ "MEP Zalewski: European Parliament to ratify Association Agreement with Ukraine by May". Kyiv Post. 2013-09-07. Retrieved 2021-09-06.
- ^ "MEP slams Putin's oped over "destroying historical truth"". unian. 2020-06-22. Retrieved 2021-09-06.
- ^ "Oprócz "lex TVN" Sejm przegłosował też podwyżkę pensji prezydenta! Pierwsza dama też się ucieszy!" (in Polish). Fakt. 2021-08-12. Retrieved 2021-09-06.
- ^ Wierzbicka, Anna (2021-09-01). "Posłowie złożyli interpelację w sprawie uchodźców. "To nie jest kwestia polityki, to kwestia elementarnej przyzwoitości"" (in Polish). Ten Poznan. Retrieved 2021-09-06.
- ^ "Paweł Zalewski dismissed from the foreign affairs committee. He appealed to the Marshal of the Sejm, Elżbieta Witek, for restoration". Polish News. 2021-05-20. Retrieved 2021-09-25.
- ^ "Poland's main opposition party MPs meet to set aside differences". The First News. 2021-05-19. Retrieved 2021-09-06.
- ^ "Grupa parlamentarzystów PO i KO: bez zmian nie wygramy wyborów" (in Polish). onet Wiadomości. 2021-05-07. Retrieved 2021-09-06.
- ^ "Zalewski liczy na powrót? "Donald Tusk kończy lewicowy eksperyment. Platforma wraca do centrum z szansą na pozyskanie poparcia"" (in Polish). wPolityce. 2021-07-03. Retrieved 2021-09-06.
- ^ "Robert Kropiwnicki o wyrzuceniu Zalewskiego: Wiedział, że opuszcza szeregi PO" (in Polish). Polsat News. 2021-05-14. Retrieved 2021-09-06.
- ^ Stankiewicz, Adam (2021-09-23). "NASZ NEWS. Wróci do PO? Znamy termin rozprawy Pawła Zalewskiego. Wiemy też, jaki będzie skład orzekający" (in Polish). wPolityce. Retrieved 2021-09-25.
- ^ "Le onorificenze della Repubblica Italiana". www.quirinale.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2019-05-12.
- ^ "Polscy europosłowie otrzymali gruzińskie odznaczenia państwowe-Unia Europejska-rp.pl" (in Polish). 2015-11-22. Archived from the original on 2015-11-22. Retrieved 2019-05-12.
- ^ "Zaproszenia na ślub i zawiadomienia" (in Polish). Piotr Wietrzykowski. n.d. Retrieved 2021-09-06.
- ^ "Smutne wyznanie polityka, kilka dni przed Dniem Matki odeszła jego mama" (in Polish). Fakt. 2018-05-27. Retrieved 2021-09-06.