Jarosław Wałęsa

Jarosław Leszek Wałęsa (pronounced [jaˈrɔswav vaˈwɛ̃sa]; born 13 September 1976 in Gdańsk) is a Polish politician. He was elected to the Sejm on 25 September 2005, getting 14,709 votes in 25 Gdańsk district as a candidate from the Civic Platform list. He is the son of former Polish President, Lech Wałęsa.

Jarosław Wałęsa
Member of the European Parliament
In office
7 June 2009  1 July 2019
Constituency1 – Pomeranian
Member of the Sejm
In office
25 September 2005  10 June 2009
Constituency25 – Gdańsk
Personal details
Born (1976-09-13) 13 September 1976
Gdańsk, Poland
Political partyCivic Platform
Spouse(s)
Ewelina Jachymek
(m. 2012)
ParentsLech Wałęsa
Mirosława Danuta Gołoś
WebsiteOfficial Website

Wałęsa is a 1995 graduate of Glastonbury High School, Connecticut, where he spent his high school years as a foreign exchange student. He then attended the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts.

On 2 September 2011 Jarosław was seriously injured riding his motorcycle after colliding with a SUV in Stropkowo near Sierpc.[1] His injuries included a broken spine and dozens of fractures; and he was still undergoing corrective surgeries in July 2015.[2]

He married Ewelina Jachymek in a civil ceremony in 2012, and in a convent in 2013.[3] Their son Wiktor was born in March 2014, becoming the twelfth grandson of Lech Wałęsa.[4]

In the European Parliament election June 2009, he became a member of the European parliament. In 2014, he was re-elected.[5]

He lost his brother, Przemyslaw, (born 1974), Lech Wałęsa's third son, a border guard, who lived in the Morena district in Gdańsk, on 8 January 2017.[6]

Wałęsa became the new head of the Civic Institute, said to be the think tank of Civic Platform, a Polish political party, on 16 June 2015.[7]

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