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Polish volleyball player, sports activist, and politician

Andrzej Szewiński
Member of Sejm
Incumbent
Assumed office
12 November 2019
ConstituencyCzęstochowa
Member of Senate
In office
5 November 2007 – 11 November 2015
Succeeded byArtur Warzocha
ConstituencyCzęstochowa
Personal details
Born20 February 1970 (1970-02-20) (age 54)
Warsaw
Political partyCivic Platform

Andrzej Szewiński (born 20 February 1970 in Warsaw, Poland) is a former professional volleyball player (198 cm, opposite hitter), sport activist and politician. He is the son of the sprinter Irena Szewińska.

Career as sportsmen

From 1989/90 to 2004/05 (altogether 16 seasons), he played for AZS Częstochowa, Bipop Brescia, Maccabi Tel Aviv, Beşiktaş JK and Galatasaray S.K..

Political activity

From 2006 to 2007, he was a councilor of the Silesian Regional Assembly from PO. In the parliamentary election in 2007 he was elected to a Senate in Częstochowa district, receiving 81,777 votes. Later he joined Civic Platform. In the parliamentary election in 2011, he won 37,471 votes and again won a seat to Senate from Częstochowa district. In 2014, he ran for the presidency of Częstochowa, taking 4th place out of 7 candidates. In 2015, he did not receive a senatorial reelection, because Artur Warzocha defeated him. On 30 December 2015, he replaced Krzysztof Łoziński as the vice-president of Częstochowa. In 2018, he ran unsuccessfully to the regional assembly. In the parliamentary election in 2019 he was elected to Sejm in Częstochowa district.

References

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