Marek Balt

Marek Balt
MEP
Member of European Parliament
Assumed office
1 July 2019
Personal details
Born (1973-04-08) 8 April 1973 (age 50)
Częstochowa, Poland
Political partyDemocratic Left Alliance (until 2021)
New Left (since 2021)
Other political
affiliations		European Coalition (2019)
Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (Since 2019)
Alma materCzęstochowa University of Technology
Occupationpolitician, economist

Marek Paweł Balt (born 8 April 1973 in Częstochowa) is a Polish politician and economist who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament since the 2019 elections.

Early life and education

Balt graduated from the Częstochowa University of Technology.[1] He is a member of the Democratic Left Alliance (SLD).

Political career

Career in local politics

In 2004 Balt ran, without success, for election to the European Parliament. In the local elections in 2006[2] and in 2010[3] he was elected to the Częstochowa City Council, from 2010 to 2011 he was the chairman of the city council.

Member of the Parliament of Poland, 2011–2015

In the parliamentary elections in 2011, he obtained a parliamentary mandate and received 5378 votes.[4] In 2012 he was elected a chairman of the SLD structures in the Silesian Voivodeship.[5] In the 2015 parliamentary elections, he unsuccessfully ran for a parliamentary reelection.

On 23 January 2016 Balk became vice-chairman of SLD.[6] In the local elections in 2018 Balt was elected a councilor to the Silesian Regional Assembly.[7]

Member of the European Parliament, 2019–present

Balt has been a Member of the European Parliament since the 2019 European elections, representing the Silesian Voivodeship.[8] In parliament, he has since been serving on the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety. In addition to his committee assignments, he is part of the parliament's delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).[9]

References

  1. ^ "Spotkanie z kandydatem na PosÅ'a Markiem Baltem -SLD". 2016-03-04. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2019-01-25.
  2. ^ "Geografia wyborcza - Wybory samorządowe - Państwowa Komisja Wyborcza". wybory2006.pkw.gov.pl. Retrieved 2019-01-25.
  3. ^ "Wybory Samorządowe 2010 - Geografia wyborcza - Województwo śląskie - - m. Częstochowa". wybory2010.pkw.gov.pl. Retrieved 2019-01-25.
  4. ^ "Wybory 2011". wybory2011.pkw.gov.pl. Retrieved 2019-01-25.
  5. ^ Stech, Witold. "PoseÅ' Marek Balt nowym szefem Å›lÄ…skiego SLD. Zaborowski przegÅ'osowany". Dziennikzachodni.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2019-01-25.
  6. ^ "Marek Balt", Wikipedia, wolna encyklopedia (in Polish), 2018-11-01, retrieved 2019-01-25
  7. ^ "Wybory samorządowe 2018". wybory2018.pkw.gov.pl. Retrieved 2019-01-25.
  8. ^ "Wyborcza.pl". czestochowa.wyborcza.pl. Retrieved 2019-10-18.
  9. ^ Marek Balt European Parliament.