Maciej Płażyński

Infobox Officeholder
name = Maciej Płażyński


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order = Marszałek Sejmu
term_start = October 20 1997
term_end = October 18 2001
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predecessor = Józef Zych
successor = Marek Borowski
birth_date = birth date and age|1958|02|10
birth_place = Młynary, People's Republic of Poland
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party = Solidarity Electoral Action
spouse = Elżbieta Płażyńska
profession = Lawyer
religion = Christianity (Roman Catholic Church)


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Maciej Płażyński (pronounced|ˈmatɕɛj pwaˈʒɨɲskʲi, born February 10, 1958 in Młynary) is a Polish conservative-liberal politician.

Płażyński began his political career in 1980 / 1981 as one of the leaders of the Students' Solidarity; he was governor of the Gdańsk Voivodship from August 1990 to July 1996, and was elected to the Sejm (the lower house of the Polish parliament) in September 1997. From 1997 to 2001, he also held the office of marshal of the Sejm, after being elected without a single vote against him.

In January 2001, he founded the political party Platforma Obywatelska together with Donald Tusk and Andrzej Olechowski.He left Platforma Obywatelska due to personal reasons and is now an independent MP.

Maciej Płażyński is married to Elzbieta Płażyńska and has three children: Jakub, Katarzyna and Kacper.

ee also

* Solidarity

External links

* [http://www.plazynski.pl/ Official site]