Polish politician (born 1959)
Włodzimierz Skalik (born 10 June 1959)[ 1] is a Polish politician, entrepreneur and pilot who serves as a member of the 10th term Sejm .
Early life and education
Skalik was born in Radomsko .[ 1] He studied at the National Defense University of Warsaw .[ 2] [ 3]
Skalik began his aviation training at the Częstochowa Aero Club (a regional branch of the Polish Aero Club ) in 1975.[ 3] In March 2010, he was elected president of the Polish Aero Club, a position he held until March 2018. Also in 2010, Skalik became one of the vice-presidents of the World Air Sports Federation (FAI) .[ 2] [ 4]
Political career
In 2006, Skalik was elected as a councilor of the Silesian Voivodeship Sejmik from the Law and Justice party list.[ 2] [ 4] In 2007, he joined the Right of the Republic .[ 4] He unsuccessfully ran for a parliamentary seat in the early parliamentary elections from the list of the League of Polish Families .[ 2] In 2018 , as a representative of the Right of the Republic, Skalik ran for the Silesian Voivodeship Sejmik from the list of the Kukiz'15 committee, which did not win any seats.[ 4] [ 5] In 2019 , as a non-party candidate, he unsuccessfully ran for the European Parliament from the Confederation list.[ 4] [ 6] In the elections in the same year , he also unsuccessfully ran for the Sejm from the Confederation list.[ 7]
In the 2023 parliamentary elections , Skalik won a parliamentary seat from the list of the same party, running in the Opole district and winning 15190 votes.[ 8]
MPs Włodzimierz Skalik, Krzysztof Bosak and Ryszard Wilk during a press conference
Personal life
Skalik is married, has four children.[ 3]
Honours and awards
References