Anna Maria Żukowska

Anna Maria Żukowska was born on 11 June 1983, in Warsaw, Poland.[1] She is of Polish–Jewish descent.[2] 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.[3] 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.[1] Żukowska co-ran the family business and worked as the translator.[4][5] She was a member of the National Jewish Youth Organization of Poland,[2] and a member of the organisation committee of the Warsaw Equality Parade.[6]

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.[7] In 2016, she became the party spokesperson.[4] In 2018, she unsuccessfully run for the office of the member of the Warsaw City Council.[8]

On 19 July 2019, the Democratic Left Alliance became a part of The Left political alliance.[9] 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.[10] 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.[1]

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.[11][12]

On 9 October 2021, the Democratic Left Alliance united with the Spring, forming the New Left party.[13]

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%).[14]

She has a daughter, Amelia (born 2005).[15] She is bisexual, and came out publicly in 2018.[16]