Renata Beger gained some media attention, as well as became an object of ridicule, mostly due to her relatively low education for a member of Parliament and lack of experience with affairs of state, as well as devout support for her party's leader, Andrzej Lepper.
13 Facts About Renata Beger
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Renata Beger's gained more notoriety when she was delegated by her party to serve in a special committee set up to investigate a major corruption scandal that marred the fourth term of the Polish parliament, the Rywin affair.
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Renata Beger became notorious for her unique style of conducting those and very unusual questions, and her alleged lack of knowledge or experience in many areas the committee was dealing with.
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In November 2003, as the issue became pursued by a prosecutor, Renata Beger renounced her legal immunity as a member of the Sejm, as well as was expelled from the special committee in October.
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Renata Beger was formally convicted of counterfeit on 30 June 2006 and sentence of 2 years of incarceration suspended for 5 years.
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On 26 September 2006 the TVN television channel broadcast, as a part of the "Teraz My" show, footage recorded by Renata Beger using a hidden camera, of her in an informal conversation with government minister Adam Lipinski, discussing possible nomination Renata Beger could receive for defecting from Samoobrona to support and remain in the government coalition.
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The talks, initiated by Renata Beger, involved the possibility of acquiring a government post.
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Therefore, along with her party colleagues, Renata Beger is no longer a member of the Polish parliament.
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Renata Beger is one of the most known, as well as controversial, politicians in Poland, not only for her political activity, but for her personality traits.
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Renata Beger famously skipped a sitting of her special parliamentary committee in order to attend a recording of a popular talk show as a celebrity guest.
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Over time, Renata Beger became a popular celebrity, appearing in TV programmes and displaying a more cultivated image, including her participation in a charity fashion show as a model or in a TV dance show.
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Renata Beger formally has only basic secondary education, and did not even have the matura upon being elected for the first time.
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Renata Beger then went on to become an extramural student of the faculty of political science at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan.