Marek Jurek
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Marshal of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland
9th Marshal of Sejm of the Third Republic |
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| In office October 26, 2005 – April 27, 2007 |
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| Preceded by | Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz |
| Succeeded by | Ludwik Dorn |
| Constituency | Piotrków Trybunalski |
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| Born | June 28, 1960  Gorzów Wielkopolski,  People's Republic of Poland |
| Political party | Right of the Republic |
| Profession | Historian |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Marek Jurek (pronounced [ˈmarɛk ˈjurɛk], June 28, 1960 in Gorzów Wielkopolski, Poland) is a Polish right-wing politician, since 20 April 2007 leader of the party Right of the Republic.
He is a graduate in history from Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań. In the 1980s he was an activist in the anti-communist movement in Poland. After the fall of the communism in 1989, he was one of the founders of the now defunct political party Christian National Union. He was a deputee in the Contract Sejm and later in the Sejm of the Republic of Poland from 1991 to 1993.
From 1995 to 2001 he was a member of the National Broadcasting Council. In 2001, he was elected a deputee of the Sejm again, this time as a member of the Law and Justice party. On October 26, 2005 he was elected a Sejm marshal (parliament speaker) nominated by Law and Justice with 265 votes (133 votes were given to Bronisław Komorowski from Platforma Obywatelska). On April 13, 2007 he resigned from the post, following the Sejm's failure to amend the Constitution to protect prenatal life. On the following day, he left Law and Justice to found his own party, now known as the Right of the Republic. His resignation was accepted on April 27, 2007.
In the parliamentary election in 2007 his party did not win any seats in the Parliament as it found itself below the election threshold. Currently, he is a candidate to the Senate in the by-election scheduled to be held in Krosno-constituency on June 22, 2008, following the death of the Polish Senator Andrzej Mazurkiewicz.
| Preceded by Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz |
Sejm Marshal 2005–2007 |
Succeeded by Ludwik Dorn |
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