Janusz Wojciechowski

Janusz Wojciechowski (born 6 December 1954 in Rawa Mazowiecka) is a Polish politician and Member of the European Parliament, elected from the Lodz Voivodship representing the Polish People's Party (PSL) (2004–2006), the Polish People's Party "Piast" (PSL "Piast") (2006–2010) and, presently, Law and Justice (since 2010).

Wojciechowski was a Member of the Bureau of the European People's Party (EPP) from 2004–2006 and is vice-chair of the European Parliament's Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development. Wojciechowski was dismissed from his PSL party following his decision to leave the EPP for the Union for Europe of the Nations EU parliamentary grouping. Wojciechowski is a substitute for the Committee on Budgetary Control and a member of the Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan and EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees, and for relations with Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia.

He ran on the Law and Justice list in the 2009 election, despite not being a party member. In November 2010, he joined Law and Justice.

Education

1977–1980: Articled to the public prosecutor
1980–1993: Judge on the district court of Rawa Mazowiecka, judge on the provincial court of Skierniewice, judge on the appellate court of Warsaw
1995–2001: President of the Supreme Chamber of Control
1993–1995, 2001–2004: Member of Parliament of the Polish Republic
1994–1995: Under-secretary of State at the Cabinet Office for legislative affairs
2001–2004: Vice-marshal of the Parliament of the Republic of Poland, Chairman of the Codifying Changes Committee
2003-2002: Member of the Chief Executive Committee of the Polish People's Party (PSL)
2004–2005: Chairman PSL
2003–2004: Observer to the EP
1995–1999: Member of the Administration of EUROSAI – European Organisation of Supreme Audit Institutions

Deputy Marshals of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland (Third Republic)

1st term (1991–1993)	Henryk Bąk Andrzej Kern Jacek Kurczewski Dariusz Wójcik Józef Zych

2nd term (1993–1997)	Marek Borowski Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz Olga Krzyżanowska Aleksander Małachowski Józef Zych

3rd term (1997–2001)	Marek Borowski Jan Król Franciszek Stefaniuk Stanisław Zając

4th term (2001–2005)	Andrzej Lepper Tomasz Nałęcz Donald Tusk Kazimierz Ujazdowski Janusz Wojciechowski Józef Zych

5th term (2005–2007)	Janusz Dobrosz Jarosław Kalinowski Bronisław Komorowski Marek Kotlinowski Andrzej Lepper Wojciech Olejniczak Genowefa Wiśniowska

6th term (2007–2011)	Jarosław Kalinowski Ewa Kierzkowska Marek Kuchciński Stefan Niesiołowski Krzysztof Putra Jerzy Szmajdziński Jerzy Wenderlich

7th term (2011–)	Cezary Grabarczyk Eugeniusz Grzeszczak Marek Kuchciński Wanda Nowicka Jerzy Wenderlich

Leaders of the Polish People's Party since 1990

Roman Bartoszcze Waldemar Pawlak Jarosław Kalinowski Janusz Wojciechowski Waldemar Pawlak Janusz Piechociński Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 44722578 LCCN: no95030362 ISNI: 0000 0000 4389 9627

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