Andrzej Gąsienica-Makowski
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Andrzej Gąsienica-Mąkowski (born February 15, 1952 in Zakopane) is a Polish politician who led the Nonpartisan Bloc for Support of Reforms in 1993. He led the party in the Polish parliamentary election, 1993 where the party won 16 seats. He also served as mayor of Tatra.
He graduated from the Cracow University of Technology Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, he went on to work as a teacher. He was a member of parliament of a term from the list of the Polish Highlanders and the second term from the list BBWR. He was reelection in the parliamentary elections in 1997 (received 12 918 votes). Since 1998, he has continued as a councilor, and later governor of the Tatra County, re-elected to both of these offices in 2006 and 2010. In 1996–2002 he headed the Union of the Highlanders. He is the leader of a local group Unity of Tatra. He joined the Christian Movement for Self-Government, he served as deputy chief of the council.