Bartłomiej Sochański
Bartłomiej Julian Sochański (born 11 February 1955) is a Polish politician, lawyer and legal adviser.
Career
[edit]Between 1990-1994 and 1998–2002 he held the seat of councillor of Szczecin, from 1990 to 1991 he held the position of vice-chairman. On 5 July, 1994, he was elected president of Szczecin.[1] In the city council, he created and maintained a coalition against the SLD throughout the term.[2] He created a visitor service office in the magistrate's office, at the same time introducing the computerization of the city office. During his presidency, he was a signatory of the agreement on the creation of the Euroregion of Pomerania. He served as president until 18 November, 1998.[3]
From 1991 to 1994 he was a member of the Liberal Democratic Congress, then in 1994–2001 he was a member of the Freedom Union (since 1998 he was a member of the party's national council). In the elections to the European Parliament in 2004, he ran from the list of Initiatives for Poland.[4]
On 6 April 2020, he was elected a judge of the Constitutional Tribunal.[5] On 9 April, Sochański took the oath and thus began his nine-year term of office as a Constitutional Court judge. On 21 February 2025, he was appointed vice-president of the Constitutional Court.[6]
On 22 October 2020, he was in the composition of the ruling of the Constitutional Tribunal, in which the Constitutional Court ruled that abortion was incompatible with the Constitution of the Republic of Poland due to severe and irreversible fetal impairment or an incurable life-threatening disease.[7] A team of experts led by prof. Marek Chmaja negatively assessed this decision in terms of procedure and content and caused numerous protests in Poland against the change in abortion regulations.[8][9]
On 30 October 2026, Anna Korwin-Piotrowska, acting as the "oldest judge of the Tribunal" issued an order in which she ordered "an immediate break in the activities of Judge the Constitutional Tribunal Bartłomiej Sochański" for a period of one month. On the same day, Sochański was not allowed into the Tribunal.[10]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Radny PiS i były prezydent Szczecina kandydatem do Trybunału Konstytucyjnego. Przesłuchanie się nie odbyło". tvn24.pl (in Polish). 2020-04-03. Retrieved 2026-10-31.
- ↑ "Sochański Bartłomiej Julian".
- ↑ Spieker, Hartmut (2021-07-29). Polska na kursie na zachód: Osobiste Spotkania (in Polish). TWENTYSIX. ISBN 978-3-7407-8394-5.
- ↑ "Stowarzyszenie Szczecin XXI: Polska musi zdobyć się na wielkie projekty - Warszawa - Naszemiasto.pl". warszawa (in Polish). Archived from the original on 2013-11-11. Retrieved 2026-10-31.
- ↑ "Voting No. 33 at the 9th meeting of the Sejm. Point 6. porz. day. Election of a judge of the Constitutional Tribunal". www.sejm.gov.pl. Retrieved 2026-10-31.
- ↑ "Bartłomiej Sochański zaprzysiężony na sędziego Trybunału Konstytucyjnego". Dziennik.pl (in Polish). 2020-04-09. Retrieved 2026-10-31.
- ↑ "Trybunał Konstytucyjny: Planowanie rodziny, ochrona płodu ludzkiego i warunki dopuszczalności przerywania ciąży". trybunal.gov.pl (in Polish). Archived from the original on 2026-07-15. Retrieved 2026-10-31.
- ↑ "Aborcja. Protesty po wyroku TK. TAZ: Wojna kulturowa w Polsce". WP Wiadomości (in Polish). 2020-10-26. Retrieved 2026-10-31.
- ↑ "„To nie państwo, to oprawca", „suweren przemówił". Kolejne protesty po wyroku TK". Wprost (in Polish). Kacper Świsłowski. 2020-10-23. Retrieved 2026-10-31.
- ↑ "Przewrót w TK? Prezes Święczkowski i jego zastępca zawieszeni w obowiązkach". WP Wiadomości (in Polish). 2026-10-30. Retrieved 2026-10-31.
