Jadwiga Wiśniewska

Jadwiga Wiśniewska
Member of European Parliament
Incumbent
Assumed office 2014
Member of Sejm
In office 2005–2014
Personal details
Born	2 July 1963 (1963-07-02) (age 61) Myszków
Nationality	Polish
Political party	Law and Justice
Children	1 (daughter)
Alma mater	Jan Długosz University
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Jadwiga Maria Wiśniewska (born 2 July 1963 in Myszków) is a Polish politician and teacher.

Biography

She graduated from the Higher Pedagogical School in Częstochowa. For many years she worked as a teacher and then headmaster of a primary school in Gniazdów.

From 2002 she was a member of the council of Myszków County.^[1] In parliamentary election in 2005 she was elected to Sejm from the Law and Justice list.^[2] She received re-election in 2007^[3] and 2011.^[4]

She became the vice-chairperson of the Law and Justice in Częstochowa district and a member of the party's political council. In the elections to the European Parliament in 2014, she was elected from the Law and Justice list from Silesian Voivodeship.^[5] In the European Parliament elections in 2019, she successfully applied for re-election, obtaining the third best result in the country (409 373 votes).^[6]

References

1. "Państwowa Komisja Wyborcza: Wybory samorządowe". wybory2002.pkw.gov.pl. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
2. "Wybory 2005". wybory2005.pkw.gov.pl. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
3. "Wybory 2007". wybory2007.pkw.gov.pl. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
4. "Wybory 2011 - Wyniki kandydata w obwodach". wybory2011.pkw.gov.pl. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
5. "Państwowa Komisja Wyborcza | Komitet Wyborczy Prawo i Sprawiedliwość". pe2014.pkw.gov.pl. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
6. "Wybory do Parlamentu Europejskiego 2019". pe2019.pkw.gov.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 10 November 2019.

External links

• Jadwiga Wiśniewska - parliamentary page - includes declarations of interest, voting record, and transcripts of speeches.