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Płażyński was born in Młynary.

He began his political career in 1980 / 1981 as one of the leaders of the Students ' Solidarity ; he was governor of the Gdańsk Voivodship from August 1990 to July 1996, and was elected to the Sejm ( the lower house of the Polish parliament ) in September 1997.

To date he is longest serving Marshal of the Sejm of the Third Republic of Poland