Wojciech Saługa

Polish economist and politician

Wojciech Saługa


7th Marshal of Silesian Voivodeship
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 December 2014
Preceded by	Mirosław Sekuła
Member of the Sejm
In office 25 September 2005 – 1 December 2014
Constituency	32 - Sosnowiec
Member of the Senate
In office 29 September 2004 – 24 September 2005
Constituency	31 - Sosnowiec

Personal details
Born	(1969-03-27) 27 March 1969 (age 55) Jaworzno, Poland
Political party	Real Politics Union (1994-1998) Conservative People's Party (1998-2002) Civic Platform (2002-)
Alma mater	Kraków University of Economics
Profession	Economist

Wojciech Paweł Saługa (born 27 March 1969 in Jaworzno) is a Polish economist and politician. He is the current Marshal of Silesia.

A graduate of the Kraków University of Economics, Saługa worked at ING Bank Śląski between 1994 and 2002.^[1] At the same time, Saługa was involved in municipal politics, elected as an alderman to the Jaworzno City Council between 1998 and 2002, and later served as the town's deputy mayor between 2002 and 2004.^[1] He subsequently took a position in the Senate following a successful by-election in 2004 for Sosnowiec as a Civic Platform candidate. He was elected to the Sejm representing the Sosnowiec constituency in the 2005 parliamentary election, winning reelection again in 2007 and 2011.^[1] Saługa resigned from the Sejm in December 2014.^[2]

In December 2014, Saługa was elected as the seventh Marshal of Silesia by the Civic Platform, Polish People's Party and Democratic Left Alliance coalition within the Silesian Regional Assembly, becoming the chief executive of the province.^[3] As the head of the province's executive board, Saługa invited the Silesian Autonomy Movement to join the board's coalition in June 2015.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Marshal of the Voivodeship". Voivodeship Board. Marshal's Office of Silesia. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
^ "M.P. 2014 poz. 1183, Postanowienie Marszałka Sejmu Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 2 grudnia 2014 r. w sprawie stwierdzenia wygaśnięcia mandatu posła Wojciecha Pawła Saługi". Internetowy System Aktów Prawnych. Sejm. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
^ "Śląsk dla koalicji PO-PSL-SLD. Marszałkiem został Wojciech Saługa". Wybory samorządowe 2014. TVN24. 1 December 2014. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
^ "Ruch Autonomii Śląska w koalicji z PO, SLD i PSL". TVN24. 22 June 2015. Retrieved 20 January 2016.