Urszula Augustyn | |
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| Member of the Sejm | |
| Assumed office 25 September 2005 | |
| Constituency | 15 Tarnów |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1964 |
| Nationality | Polish |
| Political party | Civic Platform |
Urszula Danuta Augustyn (born 1 September 1964 in Tarnów) is a Polish politician. A member of the Polish parliament of the 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th term. Since 2019, deputy-chairman of Commission for Petitions and a member of Commission for Culture and Media in Sejm.[1]
Biography
In 1990, she completed her master's studies at the Pedagogical University of Cracow, the Faculty of Polish Philology. For 15 years she worked as a teacher in primary schools. As a journalist, she collaborated with Gość Niedzielny, Radio Plus Tarnów and with the Catholic portal Opoka , where she edited information based on the service of the Polish section of Radio Vatican. She wrote for the Polish-American monthly Nasze Słowa in Hanover. She was a member of the board of the Catholic Youth Education Center "Kana" in Tarnów.
In 2005 , from the Civic Platform list, she was elected MP of the 5th term in the Tarnów constituency. In the parliamentary elections in 2007, she won a parliamentary seat for the second time, receiving 10,480 votes. In the 2011 elections, she successfully ran for re-election with 9,724 votes.[2] In 2014, the weekly Polityka, based on a ranking conducted among Polish parliamentary journalists, listed Urszula Augustyn among the top 10 MPs, emphasizing in particular her contribution to the issue of education.[3]
See also
References
- ↑ "Urszula Augustyn". sejm.gov.pl. 2020.
- ↑ "Wybory 2011". wybory2011.pkw.gov.pl. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
- ↑ "Biedroń, Kamiński, Olejniczak... Kogo jeszcze wyróżniliśmy za dobre posłowanie?". www.polityka.pl (in Polish). 11 September 2014. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
External links
- Urszula Augustyn - parliamentary page - includes declarations of interest, voting record, and transcripts of speeches.