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The Senate (Polish: Senat) is the upper house of the Polish parliament the lower house being the ‘Sejm’. The history of the Polish Senate is rich in tradition and stretches back over 500 years it was one of the first constituent bodies of a bicameral parliament in Europe and existed without hiatus until the dismemberment of the Polish state in 1795.

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last election date
2011-10-09
leader
Bogdan Borusewicz
location
Warsaw, Śródmieście Warsaw
number of members
100
political party in legislature
Civic Platform, Law and Justice, Cabinet of Donald Tusk, Polish People's Party
political party of leader
Civic Platform
type
Upper house

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