Pomeranian Regional Assembly

Pomeranian Regional Assembly
Sejmik Województwa Pomorskiego
Coat of arms or logo
Type
Type
Leadership
Chairperson
Jan Kleinszmidt, PO
Vice-Chairpersons
Jerzy Barzowski, PiS
Grzegorz Grzelak, PO
Józef Sarnowski, PSL
Structure
Seats 33 councillors
Political groups

Executive board

  •      PO (17)
  •      PSL (7)

Opposition parties

Elections
Last election
16 November 2014
Meeting place
Marshal's Office, Gdańsk
Website
Pomeranian Regional Assembly

The Pomeranian Regional Assembly (Polish: Sejmik Województwa Pomorskiego) is the regional legislature of the voivodeship of Pomeranian, Poland. It is a unicameral parliamentary body consisting of thirty-three councillors chosen during regional elections for a four-year term. The current chairperson of the assembly is Jan Kleinszmidt.[1]

The assembly elects the executive board that acts as the collective executive for the provincial government, headed by the voivodeship marshal. The current Executive Board of Pomerania is a coalition government between Civic Platform and the Polish People's Party under the leadership of Marshal Mieczysław Struk of Civic Platform.[2]

The assembly convenes within the Marshal's Office in Gdańsk.

Districts

Members of the Assembly are elected from five districts, serve four-year terms. Districts does not have the constituencies formal names. Instead, each constituency has a number and territorial description.

Number Seats City counties Land counties
1 7 Słupsk Bytów, Chojnice, Człuchów, Lębork, Słupsk
2 8 Gdynia, Sopot Puck, Wejherowo
3 7 Gdańsk None
4 6 None Gdańsk, Kartuzy, Kościerzyna, Starogard
5 5 None Kwidzyn, Malbork, Nowy Dwór Gdański, Sztum, Tczew

2006-10 Term

Groups (party) Members
Civic Platform (PO) 18
Law and Justice (PiS) 8
Self-Defense (SoRP) 3
Polish People's Party (PSL) 2
Left and Democrats (LiD) 1
Independent (PSL) 1

See also

References

  1. "Przewodniczący sejmiku". Województwo Pomorskie. Regional Assembly of Pomerania. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  2. "Zarząd Województwa Pomorskiego". Województwo Pomorskiego. Executive Board of Pomerania. Retrieved 19 January 2016.

External links

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