Anna Maria Żukowska (born 11 June 1983) is a Polish politician and jurist. Since 2019, she has been a member of the Sejm of Poland, representing Constituency no. 19, which consists of the city of Warsaw. She is a member of the New Left party and leader of The Left's parliamentary club.[1]
Anna Maria Żukowska | |
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.jpg) Żukowska in 2023 | |
| Leader of The Left Parliamentary Club | |
| Assumed office 12 December 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Krzysztof Gawkowski |
| Member of the Sejm of Poland | |
| Assumed office 12 November 2019 | |
| Constituency | 19-Warsaw |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 11 June 1983 Warsaw, Poland |
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| Education | University of Warsaw |
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Biography edit
Anna Maria Żukowska was born on 11 June 1983, in Warsaw, Poland.[2] She is of Polish–Jewish descent.[3] She attended the Author High School no. 42 in Warsaw, where she was classmates with the film actress Hanna Konarowska and writer and businessperson Sylwia Stano.[4] Later Żukowska attended the University of Warsaw, where she graduated in 2013 with the bachelor's degree in English studies, and in 2015 with the magister degree in law.[2] Żukowska co-ran the family business and worked as the translator.[5][6] She was a member of the National Jewish Youth Organization of Poland,[3] and a member of the organisation committee of the Warsaw Equality Parade.[7]
She joined the Democratic Left Alliance party, where she became deputy chairperskn of the party division of the Masovian Voivodeship. In 2010, she unsuccessfully run for the office of the member of the District Council of Mokotów, a city district in Warsaw.[8] In 2016, she became the party spokesperson.[5] In 2018, she unsuccessfully run for the office of the member of the Warsaw City Council.[9]
On 19 July 2019, the Democratic Left Alliance became a part of The Left political alliance.[10] Żukowska was elected in the 2019 parliamentary election to be a member of the Sejm, representing the constituency no. 19, which consists of the city of Warsaw. She got 18,864 votes in the election, which was 1,37% in the constituency.[11] She became deputy chairperson of the Justice and Human Rights Committee, and a member of the Constitutional Accountability Committee, and the spokesperson of The Left parliamentary group.[2]
In January 2021, she resigned from being the party spokesperson, following the decision in the party, to forbid active members of the Sejm to hold said office.[12][13]
On 9 October 2021, the Democratic Left Alliance united with the Spring, forming the New Left party.[14]
She was reelected in the 2023 parliamentary election, to continue being the member of the Sejm from her constituency. She received 38,426 votes (2,24%).[15] On 14 November 2023 she was elected to the National Council of the Judiciary by the Sejm.[16]
Personal life edit
She has a daughter, Amelia (born 2005).[17] She is bisexual, and came out publicly in 2018.[18]
References edit
- ^ "Prezydium Klubu Parlamentarnego Lewicy". klub-lewica.org.pl (in Polish). 13 December 2023.
- ^ a b c "Anna Maria Żukowska". sejm.gov.pl (in Polish).
- ^ a b "Żukowska: W Polsce może być mniej Żydów niż muzułmanów". jewish.pl (in Polish). 25 July 2017.
- ^ "Absolwenci 2002". nowa.alon42.waw.pl (in Polish). Autorskie Liceum Ogólnokształcące nr 42 w Warszawie.
- ^ a b "Anna Maria Żukowska nową rzeczniczką SLD!". se.pl (in Polish). 3 February 2016.
- ^ "Anna Żukowska". mamprawowiedziec.pl (in Polish).
- ^ "Anna Maria Żukowska. Kim jest posłanka Lewicy?". onet.pl (in Polish). 23 January 2020.
- ^ "Wybory samorządowe 2010". pkw.gov.pl.
- ^ "Wybory samorządowe 2018". pkw.gov.pl (in Polish).
- ^ "Kolejna partia przystąpiła do lewicowej koalicji". fakty.interia.pl (in Polish). 20 July 2019.
- ^ "Wybory do Sejmu i Senatu Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej 2019". pkw.gov.pl.
- ^ "Anna Maria Żukowska nie będzie już rzeczniczką SLD". rp.pl (in Polish). 13 January 2021.
- ^ Piotr Białczyk (13 January 2021). "SLD zdecydowało. Anna Maria Żukowska żegna się ze stanowiskiem". wp.pl (in Polish).
- ^ "Nowa Lewica, nowe władze. Wybrano 14 wiceprzewodniczących". polsatnews.pl (in Polish). 9 October 2021.
- ^ "Wybory do Sejmu i Senatu Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej 2023". pkw.gov.pl (in Polish).
- ^ "Głosowanie nr 13 na 1. posiedzeniu Sejmu - Sejm Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej". www.sejm.gov.pl. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
- ^ "Anna-Maria Żukowska". lewica2019.pl (in Polish). Archived from the original on 9 June 2020.
- ^ "Biseksualny coming out. Twarz SLD ujawnia swoją orientację!". www.se.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 3 December 2020.