Poland

Waldemar Witkowski is a Polish politician and cooperative movement activist currently serving as a member of the Senate of Poland. Since 2006, he has led the Labour Union party. Throughout his career, he served as the Deputy Voivode of Greater Poland and as a member of the Greater Poland Voivodeship Sejmik. A graduate of the Poznań University of Technology, Witkowski has held various leadership roles in housing and labor cooperatives. He was a candidate in the 2020 Polish presidential election and has been recognized with the Order of Polonia Restituta for his public service.

Grzegorz Fedorowicz is a Polish politician and former Prison Service colonel who currently serves as a member of the 11th term of the Polish Senate. Born in 1967, he spent much of his career in the Polish Prison Service, eventually serving as Deputy Director General from 2017 to 2020. After entering politics, he was elected to the Senate in 2023 representing the Third Way coalition. In 2026, he left the Poland 2050 party to help form the new parliamentary club Centrum, where he currently chairs the Nowa Polska – Centrum senate club. He is also known for his charity cycling expeditions.

Wojciech Ziemniak is a Polish politician and former educator currently serving as a member of the Senate of Poland. Born in Czempiń, he began his career as a physical education teacher and school director before entering regional politics as a councilor in the Greater Poland Voivodeship. He served as a member of the Sejm for four consecutive terms between 2005 and 2019, representing the Civic Platform party. Since 2019, he has held a seat in the Senate, where he continues to represent his constituency.

Adam Szejnfeld is a Polish politician currently serving as a member of the Senate of Poland. A former activist in the underground Solidarity movement during the 1980s, he later transitioned into local government and national politics. He served as a member of the Sejm for several terms between 1997 and 2014, held the position of Secretary of State in the Ministry of Economy, and was a member of the European Parliament from 2014 to 2019. Throughout his career, he has focused on economic policy and the development of small and medium-sized enterprises.

Waldy Dzikowski is a Polish politician and engineer currently serving as a member of the Senate of Poland. A long-time figure in Polish politics, he previously served as a member of the Sejm for multiple terms between 2001 and 2023, representing the Civic Platform and later the Civic Coalition. Before his parliamentary career, he worked as a chemical engineer and served as the wójt (head) of the Tarnowo Podgórne municipality from 1990 to 2001. Throughout his career, he has focused on local government and regional policy issues.

Elżbieta Gelert is a Polish politician and manager currently serving as a member of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland. A nurse by training, she has held a long-standing career in healthcare management, notably serving as the director of the Provincial Specialist Hospital in Elbląg. Throughout her political career, she has represented the Civic Platform and later the Civic Coalition, serving as a senator in the 6th term and as a deputy in the 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th terms of the Sejm. She is actively involved in health policy, currently serving as the deputy chair of the Health Committee.

Michał Powałowski is a Polish politician and educator serving as the Mayor of Gniezno since May 2024. Before his election as mayor, he held the position of Deputy Mayor of Gniezno from 2014 to 2024 and served as a member of the Gniezno County board. A member of the Civic Platform party, Powałowski spent over two decades working as a teacher and school administrator, including serving as the deputy director of a local middle school. He was elected mayor in the first round of the 2024 local elections with 61.65% of the vote.

Krystian Kinastowski is a Polish architect and local government official who has served as the Mayor of Kalisz since 2018. A graduate of the Faculty of Architecture at the Poznań University of Technology, he previously worked in his family's construction business and operated his own architectural and urban planning firm. Kinastowski was first elected mayor in 2018 with the support of local organizations and secured re-election in 2024. He is also the president of the Kalisz-Ostrów Agglomeration association and serves on the Council of Local Government at the President of the Republic of Poland.

Janusz Pęcherz is a Polish politician, academic, and chemist currently serving as a member of the Senate of Poland. Born in 1954, he holds a doctorate in chemical sciences and previously worked as an academic lecturer and administrator at the State University of Applied Sciences in Kalisz. Pęcherz served as the President of Kalisz from 2002 to 2014 and later as a city councilor and head of the city council. He was first elected to the Senate in 2019 and successfully secured re-election in 2023.

Karolina Pawliczak is a Polish politician and local government official currently serving as a Member of the Sejm. She previously served as the Deputy Mayor of Kalisz from 2014 to 2018 and held various roles in local government, including as a city councilor. Throughout her career, she has been associated with the Democratic Left Alliance and later joined the Civic Coalition. Her legislative work has focused on infrastructure and European Union affairs, reflecting her background in law and public administration.

Mariusz Witczak is a Polish politician and academic teacher serving as a Member of the Sejm since 2011. Previously, he served as a Senator of the Republic of Poland for two terms from 2005 to 2011. A member of the Civic Platform party, he has held various leadership roles, including party treasurer and head of the shadow cabinet's Chancellery of the Prime Minister. He holds a doctorate in political science from Adam Mickiewicz University and has extensive experience in local government and regional development.

Ewa Matecka is a Polish politician and local government official currently serving as a member of the Senate of Poland. First elected in 2019 and re-elected in 2023, she represents the Kalisz constituency. Before entering national politics, she held various roles in cultural institutions and served as the Vice-President of Ostrów Wielkopolski from 2014 to 2019. A graduate of archaeology from Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, she has a long career in public administration and cultural management.

Jan Mosiński is a Polish politician and trade union activist currently serving as a member of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland. A long-time leader within the Solidarity trade union, he played a significant role in the regional structures of Greater Poland. He holds a doctorate in humanities from Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań. Since 2015, he has represented the Law and Justice party in the Sejm, having been re-elected in 2019 and 2023.

Katarzyna Sójka is a Polish politician and physician who currently serves as a Member of the Sejm. A specialist in internal medicine, she previously practiced as a family doctor and internist in Ostrów Wielkopolski and Kępno. She began her political career as a local councilor in Ostrzeszów County before being elected to the Sejm in 2019. In 2023, she served as the Minister of Health in the second cabinet of Mateusz Morawiecki. She continues to be active in public health policy, including her appointment to the Council of Health in 2025.

Lidia Czechak is a Polish politician, lawyer, and local government official serving as a member of the Sejm of the 10th term since 2024. A member of the Law and Justice party, she previously held the position of Starosta of Jarocin County from 2018 to 2024 and served as a councilor in both the Greater Poland Regional Assembly and the Jarocin City Council. Her professional background includes work at the Agency for Restructuring and Modernisation of Agriculture. She holds a law degree from Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań and has been recognized with the Gold Cross of Merit.

Piotr Kaleta is a Polish politician and entrepreneur currently serving as a member of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland. He has held a parliamentary mandate since 2015, representing the Law and Justice party. Previously, he served as a senator during the 7th term and held various local government positions, including as a councilor in the Kalisz County and the municipality of Godziesze Wielkie. In 2023, he was appointed to the parliamentary investigative committee regarding the visa scandal.

Wiesław Szczepański is a Polish politician, economist, and local government official currently serving as a Member of the Sejm and as Secretary of State in the Ministry of the Interior and Administration. Throughout his extensive career, he has held multiple terms in the Sejm and served as the chairman of the Greater Poland Regional Assembly. A long-time member of the Democratic Left Alliance and now the New Left, he has focused his political work on administration, internal affairs, and regional development. He also serves as the minister's plenipotentiary for cooperation with trade unions.

Jarosław Urbaniak is a Polish politician and manager currently serving as a member of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland. A long-standing parliamentarian, he has represented the Civic Coalition and previously the Civic Platform across multiple terms. Beyond his legislative work, he served as the Mayor of Ostrów Wielkopolski from 2010 to 2014 and is a member of the National Council of the Judiciary. His career includes extensive experience in local government and management, and he currently chairs the Sejm's Committee on Rules, Deputies' Affairs and Immunities.

Michał Pyrzyk is a Polish politician and local government official currently serving as a member of the Sejm for the 10th term. A lawyer by education, he graduated from the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań. Before his election to the national parliament in 2023, he held several local government positions, including serving as the starosta of Słupca County and as the mayor of Słupca for seventeen years. He is affiliated with the Polish People's Party and represents the Third Way coalition.