Paweł Zalewski

Paweł Zalewski
Professional headshot of Paweł Zalewski in a suit.
Sejm member
Current
Assumed office
12 November 2019
PresidentAndrzej Duda, Karol Nawrocki
Prime MinisterMateusz Morawiecki, Donald Tusk
Constituency20 Warsaw
Sejm
In office
18 October 2005 – 5 November 2007
PresidentLech Kaczyński
Prime MinisterKazimierz Marcinkiewicz, Jarosław Kaczyński
Constituency11 Sieradz
Sejm
In office
25 November 1991 – 14 October 1993
PresidentLech Wałęsa
Prime MinisterJan Krzysztof Bielecki, Jan Olszewski, Waldemar Pawlak, Hanna Suchocka
Constituency26 Siedlce
Personal details
BornPaweł Ksawery Zalewski
(1964-09-25) 25 September 1964 (age 61)
Warsaw, Poland
CitizenshipPolish
PartyPoland 2050 (2021—present)
Other political
affiliations
Forum of Democratic Right (1990-1991)


Democratic Union (1991-1992)
Party Conservative (1992-1993)
Conservative Coalition (1994-1999)
Conservative People's Party (1999-2001)
Right Alliance (2001-2002)
Law and Justice(2002—2007)
Civic Platform (2009—2021)


independent(2021)
Children2
Alma materUniversity of Warsaw
OccupationPolitician

Paweł Ksawery Zalewski (born 25 September 1964 in Warsaw) is a Polish politician and unaffiliated member of the Sejm and the European Parliament.[1][2] He has been a member of the Sejm from 1991—1993, 2005—2007, and 2019—2023[3][4] Until May 2021, he was affiliated with Civic Platform (PO).[5]

Early life

Zalewski grew up in Żoliborz,[6] son of Jerzy Zalewski, an Operation Storm veteran.[7] His grandfather fought as part of the Legions, his grandmother was involved in the Polish Socialist Party, and his paternal great-uncle was Major Antoni Jabłoński, commander of the 11th Legions Uhlan Regiment.[6] His family is from the Świętokrzyskie Province near Bodzentyn.[8]

During high school, he became a School Olympiad academic laureate in history and was admitted to University of Warsaw's School of History without taking entrance examinations.[6][9] While at university, he joined the Forum of the Democratic Right, also known as the Democratic Union.[6] Zalewski completed his Master's degree, also at the University of Warsaw, in 1990;[10] his thesis was centered on Polish diplomats during the early days of the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.[6]

Career

In 1991, Zalewski was elected to the Sejm as a Democratic Union party member in the 26 Siedlce electorical district.[3] He was elected again on 25 September 2005 as part of the Law and Justice platform with 14,068 votes in the 11 Sieradz district.[11] During his term, he served as the deputy chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee.[12][13] Despite being the party's vice president, he left Law and Justice in 2007 along with fellow member Kazimierz Ujazdowski after an argument with former Prime Minister Jarosław Kaczyński.[14][15] He joined the Civic Platform (PO) in 2009[16] and was a member of the European People's Party Group by 2012.[2][17] He was reelected to the Sejm in 2019 as a member of the PO with 12248 from the 20 Warsaw electoral district.[18]

Throughout his time as an MEP, he has served on a number of committees as well as on the European Parliament.[9] In 2009, he was a delegate for the Parliamentary Cooperation Committee; from 2009—2014, he was a delegate for Iran–Poland relations and the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly; and from 2010—2014, he was a delegate for CARIFORUM.[2] He served as a substitute delegate for Belarus–Poland relations[2] and was a rapporteur of the DCFTA Agreement with Ukraine.[19] He has also been the vice chairman of the European Parliament Committee on International Trade[20] twice.[2]

In 2020, he criticized Vladimir Putin for "destroying historical truth".[21] In August 2021, he voted as an independent MEP against a proposal for increasing the president's salary.[22] In September, still without a party, he voted in favor of aiding Afghan refugees.[23]

2021 removal from the Civic Platform

On 14 May 2021, Zalewski and Ireneusz Raś were removed from the Sejm at the request of the Civic Coalition (KO).[12] They were summarily removed from PO and relieved of all committee responsibilities.[24][12] The ejection occurred after Zalewski and Raś signed a letter along with several senators and 49 other MEPs from PO and KO calling for a change in leadership within the coalition.[16][25][26] Both appealed their respective removal,[27] which the PO defended by criticizing Zalewski for sharing his contrary opinions with the media but refusing to speak up during diplomatic meetings during his years as a Sejm member.[28] The formal hearing has been postponed twice and is currently scheduled for 29 September 2021.[needs update][29]

Selected honors

Award Award Body Year Ref
Order of the Star of Italian Solidarity Italy 2006 [30]
Legion of Honour France 2007 [citation needed]
Presidential Order of Excellence Georgia 2013 [31]

Personal life

Zalewski and his ex-wife have two daughters.[6] In 2018, he married Kinga Sitarska[32] and lost his mother.[33] In December 2020, his father died of COVID-19, age 93.[7]

References

  1. ^ Kowalska, Dorota (2021-08-05). "Zalewski: Sytuacja po stronie opozycyjnej zmieniła się radykalnie na niekorzyść PiS". Portal i.pl (in Polish). Polska Times. Retrieved 2021-09-06.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Paweł ZALEWSKI". European Parliament. n.d. Retrieved 2021-09-06.
  3. ^ a b "Posłowie I kadencji 1991 - 1993" (in Polish). Archiwum Danych o Posłach. n.d. Retrieved 2021-09-25.
  4. ^ "Posłowie V kadencji 2005 - 2007" (in Polish). Archiwum Danych o Posłach. n.d. Retrieved 2021-09-25.
  5. ^ Liziniewicz, Jacek (2018-10-17). "Długi weekend niepodległości? PiS chce umożliwić Polakom godne uczczenie wyjątkowego święta" (in Polish). TV Republika. Retrieved 2021-09-06.
  6. ^ a b c d e f Cieśla, Joanna (2007-06-23). "Zalewski, Paweł" (in Polish). Polityka. Retrieved 2021-09-06.
  7. ^ a b "Tragedia w rodzinie znanego posła opozycji. Jego ojciec przegrał z Covid-19. "Proszę o..."" (in Polish). SUPERexpress. 2020-12-08. Retrieved 2021-09-06.
  8. ^ "Paweł Zalewski dołączył się świętokrzyskiej Platformy Obywatelskiej" (in Polish). echodnia. 2016-07-14. Retrieved 2021-09-06.
  9. ^ a b "Alumni" (in Polish). University of Warsaw. n.d. Retrieved 2021-09-06.
  10. ^ "Paweł Zalewski" (in Polish). Sejm. n.d. Retrieved 2021-09-06.
  11. ^ "PAWEŁ ZALEWSKI" (in Polish). Money.pl. n.d. Retrieved 2021-09-21.
  12. ^ a b c "Paweł Zalewski dismissed from the foreign affairs committee. He appealed to the Marshal of the Sejm, Elżbieta Witek, for restoration". Polish News. 2021-05-20. Retrieved 2021-09-06.
  13. ^ "Paweł ZALEWSKI - MEP". epp group. n.d. Retrieved 2021-09-06.
  14. ^ Wojtas, Michal (2007-12-21). "Major political changes in 2007". The Krakow Post. Retrieved 2021-09-25.
  15. ^ Bławicki, P. (2008-07-17). "PAWEŁ ZALEWSKI IDZIE DO PLATFORMY" (in Polish). interia Wydarzenia. Retrieved 2021-09-25.
  16. ^ a b "Zalewski: W poniedziałek lub wtorek odwołam się od decyzji o wykluczeniu z PO" (in Polish). Gazeta Prawna. 2021-05-24. Retrieved 2021-09-06.
  17. ^ "Not only foreign policy" (PDF). 2012. Retrieved 2021-09-25.
  18. ^ "Paweł Zalewski" (in Polish). Sejm. n.d. Retrieved 2021-09-25.
  19. ^ "PAWEŁ ZALEWSKI". Emerging Europe. n.d. Retrieved 2021-09-06.
  20. ^ "MEP Zalewski: European Parliament to ratify Association Agreement with Ukraine by May". Kyiv Post. 2013-09-07. Retrieved 2021-09-06.
  21. ^ "MEP slams Putin's oped over "destroying historical truth"". unian. 2020-06-22. Retrieved 2021-09-06.
  22. ^ "Oprócz "lex TVN" Sejm przegłosował też podwyżkę pensji prezydenta! Pierwsza dama też się ucieszy!" (in Polish). Fakt. 2021-08-12. Retrieved 2021-09-06.
  23. ^ Wierzbicka, Anna (2021-09-01). "Posłowie złożyli interpelację w sprawie uchodźców. "To nie jest kwestia polityki, to kwestia elementarnej przyzwoitości"" (in Polish). Ten Poznan. Retrieved 2021-09-06.
  24. ^ "Paweł Zalewski dismissed from the foreign affairs committee. He appealed to the Marshal of the Sejm, Elżbieta Witek, for restoration". Polish News. 2021-05-20. Retrieved 2021-09-25.
  25. ^ "Poland's main opposition party MPs meet to set aside differences". The First News. 2021-05-19. Retrieved 2021-09-06.
  26. ^ "Grupa parlamentarzystów PO i KO: bez zmian nie wygramy wyborów" (in Polish). onet Wiadomości. 2021-05-07. Retrieved 2021-09-06.
  27. ^ "Zalewski liczy na powrót? "Donald Tusk kończy lewicowy eksperyment. Platforma wraca do centrum z szansą na pozyskanie poparcia"" (in Polish). wPolityce. 2021-07-03. Retrieved 2021-09-06.
  28. ^ "Robert Kropiwnicki o wyrzuceniu Zalewskiego: Wiedział, że opuszcza szeregi PO" (in Polish). Polsat News. 2021-05-14. Retrieved 2021-09-06.
  29. ^ Stankiewicz, Adam (2021-09-23). "NASZ NEWS. Wróci do PO? Znamy termin rozprawy Pawła Zalewskiego. Wiemy też, jaki będzie skład orzekający" (in Polish). wPolityce. Retrieved 2021-09-25.
  30. ^ "Le onorificenze della Repubblica Italiana". www.quirinale.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2019-05-12.
  31. ^ "Polscy europosłowie otrzymali gruzińskie odznaczenia państwowe-Unia Europejska-rp.pl" (in Polish). 2015-11-22. Archived from the original on 2015-11-22. Retrieved 2019-05-12.
  32. ^ "Zaproszenia na ślub i zawiadomienia" (in Polish). Piotr Wietrzykowski. n.d. Retrieved 2021-09-06.
  33. ^ "Smutne wyznanie polityka, kilka dni przed Dniem Matki odeszła jego mama" (in Polish). Fakt. 2018-05-27. Retrieved 2021-09-06.
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