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| {{Infobox officeholder | | {{Infobox political party |
| |honorific-prefix = {{wp|Her Excellency}}
| | |name = Workers Party |
| |name = Aleksandra Wojdyla | | |native_name = Partia Robotnicza |
| |image = Premier_RP_Beata_Szydło_w_Parlamencie_UE.jpg | | |logo = [[File:PartiaRobotniczaMierska.png|200px]] |
| |imagesize = 250px
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| |caption = Aleksandra Wojdyla at a parliamentary debate, 2016 | | |leader1_title = |
| |office = 22nd [[Minister-President of West Miersa]]
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| |term_start = 23 June, 2013 | | |founded = 1936 |
| |term_end = 3 October, 2016 | | |banned = 1955 |
| |president = [[Gerard Wojdyla]]
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| |premier = | | |headquarters = [[West Żobrodź]], [[West Miersa]] |
| |predecessor = Gerard Wojdyla
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| |successor = [[Adrian Rozak]] | | |youth_wing = |
| |office2 = MNA for [[Gdawiec (constituency)|Gdawiec]] | | |ideology = {{wp|Democratic socialism}}<br>[[Miersa|Miersan nationalism]] |
| |term_start2 = 3 October, 1991 | | |position = {{wpl|Left-wing politics|Left}} |
| |term_end2 = 3 October, 2016 | | |national = |
| |predecessor2 = [[Zbigniew Wojdyla]]
| | |colors = {{colorbox|#DD0000}} Red |
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| |birthname = Aleksandra Tomasz Wojdyla
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| |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1963|4|15|df=y}}
| | |country = West Miersa |
| |birth_place = [[West Żobrodź]], [[Żobrodź voivodeship|Żobrodź]], [[West Miersa]]
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| |alma_mater = [[University of Krada]] | |
| |nationality = [[West Miersa|West Miersan]]
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| |profession = {{wp|Lawyer}}, {{wp|politician}}
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| |party = [[Miersan National Party]]
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| |spouse = [[Pafnucy Chojnowski]] | |
| |children = 3
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| | relatives = ''See [[Wojdyla family]]''
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| | allegiance = {{flagicon|West Miersa}} [[Miersan National Army]] | |
| | branch = Medical Corps | |
| | serviceyears = 1979-1982 | |
| | rank = {{wp|Nurse}}
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| '''Aleksandra Tomasz Wojdyla''', also known as '''Aleksandra Tomasz Chojnowska''', is a [[West Miersa|West Miersan]] {{wp|politician}}, who is the current leader of the [[Miersan National Party]], and who previously served as the twenty-second [[Minister-President of West Miersa]] from 2013 to 2016. | | The '''Workers Party''' ({{wp|Polish language|Miersan}}: ''Partia Robotnicza'') was a political party in [[West Miersa]] that operated from West Miersa's independence from [[Soravia]] in 1936 until it got banned in 1955. During the time that it was allowed to operate legally in West Miersa, the Workers Party was, along with the [[Agrarian Party (West Miersa)|Agrarian Party]] one of the two opposition parties to the governing [[Miersan National Party]]. |
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| ==Early life== | | ==History== |
| Aleksandra Wojdyla was born on 15 April, 1963 to [[Zbigniew Wojdyla]] and Halina Wojdyla, as the youngest of four daughters, in [[West Zobrodz]], [[West Miersa]].
| | ==Ideology== |
| | | ==Structure== |
| As her father was a member of the [[National Assembly (Kylaris)|National Assembly]], she would spend her childhood alternating between West Zobrodz and [[Gdawiec]], in her father's constituency. Thus, when she began her schooling in 1969, she attended prestigious schools in Gdawiec, where she was described as a mediocre student in "feminine subjects," but an excellent student when it came to "masculine subjects."
| | ==Election results== |
| | | ===Presidential=== |
| In 1973, she was able to move on to a prestigious high school, where she became interested in politics. Despite her father discouraging her from entering politics, she became more determined to enter the political world. She became eligible to attend {{wp|lycée|college}} in 1979, only for the [[Miersan War]] to force her to drop out from her studies.
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| During the Miersan War, she served as a {{wp|nurse}} in the [[Miersan National Army]], despite having no medical experience, as she wanted to "help my country." She served until the end of the end of the Miersan War, when she was honourably discharged.
| | !rowspan=2|Election year |
| | | !rowspan=2|Candidate |
| The following year, she married her husband, [[Pafnucy Chojnowski]], who she met during the war when she treated him in the aftermath of the [[Battle of Krada]]. Despite her marriage, she still remained determined to enter politics.
| | !colspan=2|Voting |
| | | !rowspan=2|Victory? |
| ==Political career==
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| ===Early political career=== | | !No. of votes |
| Her opportunity came in 1986. With [[Zbigniew Wojdyla]] having served continuously from 1961 as a Member of the [[National Assembly (West Miersa)|National Assembly]], it was unclear that he would be able to secure another term, particularly due to the decreasing popularity of the [[Miersan National Party]] who had governed the [[West Miersa|Miersan Sotirian Republic]] since its independence from [[Soravia]].
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| Aleksandra Wojdyla thus participated in her father's re-election campaign. During the campaign, she helped articulate her father's message and ensure his re-election to the National Assembly, with Aleksandra helping her father distance himself from [[Tadeusz Wojdyla]]'s administration. While this would strain their relationships with much of the broader [[Wojdyla family]], Aleksandra was able to help her father be re-elected against [[Naprzód]] candidate [[Mieczysław Lorbiecki]], making him the only member of the National Assembly to be re-elected from the Miersan National Party, with the other 92 MNAs being previous appointees.
| | |align="center"|'''1936''' |
| | | |{{nowrap|'''[[Witold Kogutowicz]]'''}} |
| She would serve as her father's secretary until 1991, when Zbigniew announced his retirement from politics. Due to her interest in politics, the Miersan National Party nominated her to take over her father's seat, leading her to face off against Lorbiecki. During her election campaign, she pledged to represent the party as a "viable option for the new decade," and to "represent the people of [[Gdawiec]] well." Her strategy, combined with Lorbiecki being accused of not properly reporting his donors led to her victory.
| | |2,803,550 |
| | | |27.8% |
| ===Parliamentary career=== | | |{{na}} |
| [[File:Beata_Szydło1.jpg|250px|thumb|left|Aleksandra Wojdyla in 2009]]
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| On 3 October, 1991, she was sworn as [[National Assembly (West Miersa)|Member of the National Assembly]] for the [[Gdawiec (constituency)|constituency of Gdawiec]]. Like her cousin, [[Gerard Wojdyla]], she was a marginal figure in the National Assembly, due to her membership in the opposition [[Miersan National Party]] (as opposed to the governing [[Naprzód (West Miersa)|Naprzód]]), and the presence of more senior members in the [[Wojdyla family]] in the National Assembly. However, her familial relations to [[Zbigniew Wojdyla]] helped benefit her career within the Miersan National Party, with some in the party seeing her as a potential cabinet minister.
| | |align="center"|'''1941''' |
| | | |{{nowrap|'''[[Witold Kogutowicz]]'''}} |
| She defended her seat in the [[Elections in West Miersa#1996|1996 general elections]] against Naprzód challenger [[Kazimierz Wielgus]], defeating Wielgus with 62% of the vote in her constituency of Gdawiec. In her second term in the National Assembly, Aleksandra Wojdyla was appointed to the Committee on Women's Rights, giving Aleksandra Wojdyla her first exposure to the wider public eye outside of her constituency in Gdawiec. She advocated a "balanced approach" between "promoting the advancement of women in society" and "traditional Miersan culture."
| | |2,155,688 |
| | | |21.3% |
| In [[Elections in West Miersa#2001|2001]], she secured a third term as Member of the National Assembly. Aleksandra Wojdyla won with 64% of the vote against Naprzód candidate [[Maurycjusz Sierakowski]]. Maintaining her role on the committee, Aleksandra Wojdyla would gain additional prominence in 2003 when her cousin, [[Gerard Wojdyla]] became the {{wp|parliamentary leader}} of the Miersan National Party. Although at the time, she was, at best, expected to become [[Ministry of Education (West Miersa)|Minister of Education]] in a future Miersan National Party government, Aleksandra Wojdyla was seen as a potential beneficiary of Gerard Wojdyla's leadership.
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| She would go on to win a fourth term in the [[Elections in West Miersa#2006|2006 general elections]], defeating Naprzód challenger [[Bazyli Rybarski]] with 47% of the vote, with the decline in her results being attributable a spoiler result from the [[Green Party (West Miersa)|Green]] candidate [[Brygida Barylska]], who gained 16% of the vote. Although pundits at the time of the 2006 election expected that if the Miersan National Party formed government, she would become Education Minister, the Naprzód majority meant that she was unable to become Minister of Education. However, Aleksandra Wojdyla participated in committees relating to [[Education in West Miersa|West Miersan education]], where she advocated for a preservation of the traditional Miersan education system, and opposing West Miersa joining the [[Concordance eucléenne]], saying that it would "dumb our students down."
| | |align="center"|'''1946''' |
| | | |{{nowrap|'''[[Tadeusz Lukaszewski]]'''}} |
| In [[Elections in West Miersa#2011|2011]], she won with 53% of the vote against Naprzód candidate [[Budzisław Machon]], allowing her to maintain her seat in Gdawiec. Although nationwide, the Miersan National Party won less votes than Naprzód, as they secured more seats in the National Assembly, it enabled her cousin to form government. Thus, on 3 October, 2011, she was appointed by [[Gerard Wojdyla]] as being Education Minister in Gerard's cabinet.
| | |1,850,944 |
| | | |19.4% |
| During her tenure as Education Minister, Aleksandra Wojdyla halted efforts at higher education reform by the preceding government, although she sought to improve "early childhood education," saying in 2012 that "our country's children would benefit more from investing in programs that will make their education better, than on education reform that makes our students more prone to eastern influences."
| | |{{na}} |
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| By 2013, as a {{wp|constitutional crisis}} developed due to the {{cohabitation (government)|cohabitation}} between the Miersan National Party, who controlled the legislature, and Naprzód, who controlled the [[President of West Miersa|Presidency]], she was one of the earliest supporters of Gerard Wojdyla, saying that [[Tomisław Sobolewski]] had "proven time and time again that he wants to only let his cronies exercise power." When Gerard Wojdyla was asked to resign that May, he refused, with Aleksandra Wojdyla backing him.
| | |align="center"|'''1951''' |
| | | |{{nowrap|'''[[Tadeusz Lukaszewski]]'''}} |
| ===Minister-President===
| | |1,619,825 |
| After [[Tomisław Sobolewski]] resigned on 23 June, [[Gerard Wojdyla]] as the then-[[Minister-President of West Miersa|Minister-President]] automatically became [[President of West Miersa]], per the procedures outlined in the [[Constitution of West Miersa]]. On that day, he appointed Aleksandra Wojdyla to be Minister-President, making her the first woman to ever be the {{wp|head of government}} in [[West Miersa|West Miersan]] history.
| | |14.5% |
| | | |{{na}} |
| While Gerard Wojdyla was initially popular, Aleksandra Wojdyla was not popular, given both her sex, and her appointment due to family connections, leading to concerns that the [[Wojdyla family]] was trying to recentralize power in their family.
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| | | ===National Assembly=== |
| (TBC)
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| ==Personal life== | | ! Election |
| In 1983, she married her husband, [[Pafnucy Chojnowski]]. Together, they have three children: two sons, Zygmunt Chojnowski, born in 1984, and Tomisław Chojnowski, born in 1986, and a daughter, Bożena Zaborska, born in 1988.
| | ! Parliamentary leader |
| | | ! Candidates |
| As of 2020, she has nine grandchildren: three from Zygmunt Chojnowski, two from Chojnowski, and four from Bożena Zaborska.
| | ! Seats |
| | | ! +/- |
| While for her professional career, she maintains the use of her {{wp|maiden name}} to emphasise her connections to the [[Wojdyla family]], she legally uses the Chojnowska surname, and uses it for her personal life.
| | ! Position |
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| | | [[Elections in West Miersa#1936|1936]] |
| | |[[Tadeusz Lukaszewski]] |
| | | 114/138 |
| | | {{Composition bar|9|138|hex=#DD0000}} |
| | | ''new'' |
| | |style="background:#FFDDDD; color:black"|Opposition party |
| | |- |
| | | [[Elections in West Miersa#1941|1941]] |
| | |[[Tadeusz Lukaszewski]] |
| | | 127/138 |
| | | {{Composition bar|13|230|hex=#DD0000}} |
| | | {{nowrap|{{increase}} 4}} |
| | |style="background:#FFDDDD; color:black"|Opposition party |
| | |- |
| | | [[Elections in West Miersa#1946|1946]] |
| | | [[Juliusz Derda]] |
| | | 135/138 |
| | | {{Composition bar|14|230|hex=#DD0000}} |
| | | {{nowrap|{{increase}} 1}} |
| | |style="background:#FFDDDD; color:black"|Opposition party |
| | |- |
| | | [[Elections in West Miersa#1951|1951]] |
| | | [[Juliusz Serbin]] |
| | | 138/138 |
| | | {{Composition bar|18|230|hex=#DD0000}} |
| | | {{nowrap|{{decrease}} 4}} |
| | |style="background:#FFDDDD; color:black"|Opposition party |
| | |} |
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