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.

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