Background
Putra was born in Józefowo, Suwałki County. He was a grandson of Aleksander Putra, who served as Sejm Member before World World War II from Polish People"s Party.
Putra was born in Józefowo, Suwałki County. He was a grandson of Aleksander Putra, who served as Sejm Member before World World War II from Polish People"s Party.
He served as a Deputy of the Senate Marshal from October 27, 2005 until November 4, 2007. He later became a Sejm member (from November 5) and PiS candidate for Sejm Marshal. He was also a Sejm Member (Contract Sejm) from Solidarity (1989–1991).
He is known as one of the Party leader, in addition to serve as party leader in his home Podlaskie Voivodeship.
As one of the Deputies of the Senate Marshal he was regarded as a de facto leader of the upper house. He was picked by the Law and Justice and their candidate for Sejm Marshal.
His candidature was viewed as a political demonstration. However, a day later he was elected one of the Vice-Marshals.
He was listed on the flight manifest of the Tupolev Tu-154 of the 36th Special Aviation Regiment carrying the President of Poland Lech Kaczyński which crashed near Smolensk-North airport near Pechersk near Smolensk, Russia, on 10 April 2010, killing all aboard.
However, he lost soundly to Civic Platform"s majority nominee Bronisław Komorowski.
A member of Solidarity during Communist rule, he was a worker in Białystok from 1975 to 1994.