Preceded by Maciej Kobylinski Domestic partner Krzysztof Smiszek Website www.robertbiedron.pl Role Mayor of Slupsk Parents Helena Biedron | Constituency 26 – Gdynia Profession LGBT rights activists Name Robert Biedron Partner Krzysztof Smiszek | |
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Born April 13, 1976 (age 48)
Rymanow, Poland ( 1976-04-13 ) Alma mater Kazimierz Pulaski University
University of Warmia Office Mayor of Slupsk since 2014 Education Kazimierz Pulaski University of Technology and Humanities in Radom (2010) Political party Your Movement, Democratic Left Alliance Similar People Anna Grodzka, Janusz Palikot, Ewa Kopacz, Bronislaw Komorowski, Krystyna Pawlowicz | ||
Poland s first gay mayor civil rights activist robert biedron elected as mayor of slupsk
Robert Biedroń ([ˈrɔbɛrt ˈbjedrɔɲ]; born 13 April 1976 in Rymanów beside Krosno, Poland) is a Polish LGBT activist and politician. He was previously a member of Social Democracy of the Republic of Poland party and the Democratic Left Alliance. Member of Your Movement. He also serves on the board of the Polish Campaign Against Homophobia. Formerly a member of the Sejm, he is currently the mayor of Słupsk.
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- Poland s first gay mayor civil rights activist robert biedron elected as mayor of slupsk
- First openly gay mayor robert biedron elected in poland
- Education
- Political career
- Personal life
- References
First openly gay mayor robert biedron elected in poland
Education
Biedroń has received the following education:
Political career
In 2005 Biedroń was an unsuccessful Democratic Left Alliance (SLD) candidate for the Sejm, the lower house of the Polish parliament. In 2006 he won in election for the Olsztyn Regional Assembly as an SLD candidate. During his term he proposed more than 740 corrections to the regional bylaw, more than 600 of which were accepted.
The following year, in the October 2011 parliamentary elections, Biedroń was elected to the Sejm as a candidate of Palikot Movement receiving 16,919 votes in the Gdynia district. He was a victim of homophobic aggression, attacked physically several times since his election. He is the first openly gay member of the Sejm. In 2014 Biedroń won the mayoral elections in city Słupsk, he secured 57% of the vote. He thus became the first openly gay mayor ever in Poland.
Biedroń was decorated by July 20, 2016 with the French National Order of Merit.
Personal life
His life partner is Krzysztof Śmiszek.
