Andrzej Szewiński


Andrzej Szewiński is a former professional volleyball player, sport activist and politician. He is the son of a retired sprinter Irena Szewińska.

Career as sportsmen

From 1989/90 to 2004/05 he played for AZS Częstochowa, Bipop Brescia, Maccabi Tel Aviv, Beşiktaş İstanbul and Galatasaray İstanbul.

Political activity

From 2006 to 2007 he was a councilor of the Silesian Regional Assembly from PO. In the parliamentary election in 2007 he was elected to a Senate in Częstochowa district, receiving 81,777 votes. Later he joined Civic Platform. In the parliamentary election in 2011, he won 37,471 votes and again won a seat to Senate from Częstochowa district. In 2014, he ran for the presidency of Częstochowa, taking 4th place out of 7 candidates. In 2015 he did not receive a senatorial reelection, because Artur Warzocha defeated him. On December 30, 2015, he replaced Krzysztof Łoziński as the vice-president of Częstochowa. In 2018 he ran unsuccessfully to the regional assembly. In the parliamentary election in 2019 he was elected to Sejm in Częstochowa district.