- Jarosław Gowin
Jarosław Gowin (born
December 4 ,1961 inCracow ) is a Polish politician. He was elected to Senate onSeptember 25 ,2005 , candidating fromPlatforma Obywatelska . During the 2007 Polish parliamentary elections, he was Platforma's leader in the Cracow constituency afterJan Rokita decided not to run. He was elected to theSejm with 160,465 votes, which gave him second place, just short ofZbigniew Ziobro . Gowin has a PhD in philosophy and is the founder and deacon of Cracow's Jozef Tischner Higher European School, which is named after his one-time professor and personal friendJózef Tischner . He is the former editor of the Znak monthly and is known to be an expert on the philosophy ofJohn Paul II , having established the first graduate course in Poland dedicated to the field.He is one of the first proponents of introducing
school vouchers in Poland, and he believes thatprivatization is necessary for the improvement of Polish education standards.ee also
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Polish parliamentary election, 2005
*Polish parliamentary election, 2007 External links
* [http://www.sejm.gov.pl/poslowie/posel6/102.htm - parliamentary page] - includes declarations of interest, voting record, and transcripts of speeches (in Polish)
* [http://www.jgowin.pl - Personal page] - includes biographical information as well as articles authored by Gowin (in Polish)
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