Marek Balt
Marek Balt Member of European Parliament | |
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Assumed office 1 July 2019 | |
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Born | Częstochowa, Poland | 8 April 1973
Political party | Democratic Left Alliance (until 2021) New Left (since 2021) |
Other political affiliations | European Coalition (2019) Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (Since 2019) |
Alma mater | Częstochowa University of Technology |
Occupation | politician, economist |
Marek Paweł Balt (born 8 April 1973) is a
Early life and education
Balt holds a Master's degree in business management from the Częstochowa University of Technology.[1] In 2017, he also graduated from WSB University (Wyższa Szkoła Biznesu w Dąbrowie Górniczej until 15 April 2018).
Political career
Career in local politics
In 2004, Balt first ran for elections to the European Parliament as Poland became a member of the European Union. As he did not manage to get a place at the European Parliament that year, later in the local elections in 2006[2] and in 2010,[3] he was elected to Częstochowa City Council. From 2010 to 2011, he was the chairman of the City Council.
Member of the Parliament of Poland, 2011–2015
In the parliamentary elections in 2011, he obtained a parliamentary mandate and received 5378 votes.[4] In 2012, he was elected as a chairman of the SLD structures in the Silesian Voivodeship.[5] During his service at the Polish Parliament, Balt was a member of the Health Committee, member of the Committee for Environmental Protection, Natural Resources and Forestry, member of the Committee for Senior Affairs, and vice-chairman of the standing subcommittee for monitoring waste management. In the 2015 parliamentary elections, he did not get a place again.
On 23 January 2016, Balt became vice-chairman of SLD.
Member of the European Parliament, 2019–present
Balt has been a
References
- ^ "Spotkanie z kandydatem na PosÅ'a Markiem Baltem -SLD". 2016-03-04. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2019-01-25.
- ^ "Geografia wyborcza - Wybory samorządowe - Państwowa Komisja Wyborcza". wybory2006.pkw.gov.pl. Retrieved 2019-01-25.
- ^ "Wybory Samorządowe 2010 - Geografia wyborcza - Województwo śląskie - - m. Częstochowa". wybory2010.pkw.gov.pl. Retrieved 2019-01-25.
- ^ "Wybory 2011". wybory2011.pkw.gov.pl. Retrieved 2019-01-25.
- ^ Stech, Witold. "PoseÅ' Marek Balt nowym szefem Å›lÄ…skiego SLD. Zaborowski przegÅ'osowany". Dziennikzachodni.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2019-01-25.
- ^ "Marek Balt", Wikipedia, wolna encyklopedia (in Polish), 2018-11-01, retrieved 2019-01-25
- ^ "Wybory samorządowe 2018". wybory2018.pkw.gov.pl. Retrieved 2019-01-25.
- ^ "Wyborcza.pl". czestochowa.wyborcza.pl. Retrieved 2019-10-18.
- ^ Marek Balt European Parliament.
External links
Personal profile of Marek Balt in the European Parliament's database of members.