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Bohdan Paszkowski was born on 31st of January 1965 in Białystok, Poland.

In the year 1989 he graduated from the Faculty of Law of the University of Warsaw in Białystok.

In 1992 he completed judicial apprenticeship and passed judicial and legal adviser examinations. He is a member of the Regional Chamber of Legal Advisers in Białystok. In the years 1993-94 he was a legal advisor to the Regional Management Board in Białystok of the “Solidarność” Independent and Self-Governing Trade Union. On December 1996, he became the secretary of the Municipal Office in Białystok. In 2007 he was elected the Voivode of Podlasie.

In the parliamentary elections of 2007, Bohdan Paszkowski was elected Senator. During the 7th term of the Senate he was a Deputy Chairman of the Legislative Commission as well as a member of the Local Government and State Administration Committee and subcommittee for constitutional changes. During the 8th term of the Senate he was a Deputy Chairman of the Legislative Commission, member of the Commission on Human Rights, Rule of Law and Petitions. Elected Senator for the 9th term in constituency No. 59.

On December 9th 2015, Bohdan Paszkowski was appointed as The Voivode of Podlasie by the Prime Minister Beata Szydło. He belongs to the Law and Justice party and is a member of its Political Council and the district's board of directors.

He is married, a father of two.