Piotr Borys (born 11 January 1976)[1] is a Polish politician, who has served as a local government official, member of the board and deputy marshal of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship, as Member of the Seventh European Parliament, and as member of the 9th Sejm.

Piotr Borys
Borys in 2014
Member of the Sejm
Assumed office
12 November 2019
Member of the European Parliament
In office
2009–2015
Personal details
Born (1976-01-11) 11 January 1976 (age 48)
Bolesławiec
NationalityPolish
Political partyCivic Platform

Political career

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In 2001 Borys graduated from the Faculty of Law and Administration at the University of Wrocław. Initially, he worked at the Arleg Regional Development Agency in Legnica, and from 2003 to 2006 he managed the joint-stock company Aquapark Polkowice. In from 1998 to 2002 Borys sat on the city council of Lubin. From 2003 he was the councilor of the Lower Silesian regional council. In the second term of office he was the deputy chairman of the regional council, then he was appointed to the voivodship board. He maintained this position after the local elections in 2006. In March 2008 he took the position of vice marshal in the new board. He belonged to the Freedom Union and the Democratic Party. In 2006 he moved to the Civic Platform. In 2001 he ran unsuccessfully for the Sejm[2] and in 2004 for the European Parliament, and in 2005 for the Sejm again.[3] In 2009 Borys ran for the European Parliament representative with the Civic Platform party for the Lower Silesia and Opole region, where he was elected an MEP (Member of European Parliament) for the 7th term.[4] In the European Parliament he became a member of the delegation for relations with Afghanistan, the delegation for relations with Central Asia, the Committee on Legal Affairs and the Committee on Culture and Education.[1] In 2014 he did not apply for re-election to the European parliament, and in 2015 unsuccessfully ran to the Senate of Poland under the banner of the Civic Platform.[5] In 2018 he returned to the Lower Silesian regional council.[6] In the 2019 Polish parliamentary election Boyrs was elected to be 9th term deputy of the Sejm in the Legnica constituency with 35,034 votes.[7] In the 2023 elections he was reelected with 44,912 votes.[8]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Piotr Borys". European Parliament. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Wybory do Sejmu: wyniki głosowania" (in Polish). Państwowa Komisja Wyborcza. 2001. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
  3. ^ "Wybory 2005" (in Polish). Państwowa Komisja Wyborcza. 2005. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
  4. ^ "Wybory do Parlamentu Europejskiego 2009" (in Polish). Państwowa Komisja Wyborcza. 2009. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
  5. ^ "Wybory do Sejmu i Senatu 2015" (in Polish). Państwowa Komisja Wyborcza. 2015. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
  6. ^ "Wybory Samorządowe 2018" (in Polish). Państwowa Komisja Wyborcza. 2018. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
  7. ^ "Wybory do Sejmu i Senatu 2019" (in Polish). Państwowa Komisja Wyborcza. 2019. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
  8. ^ "Wybory do Sejmu i Senatu Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej w 2023 r." wybory.gov.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 31 October 2023.