Małgorzata Sekuła-Szmajdzińska

Małgorzata Helena Sekuła-Szmajdzińska (born 19 April 1956) is a Polish lawyer and politician.[1]

Małgorzata Sekuła-Szmajdzińska
Member of the Sejm
Assumed office
2011–2015
2019–
Personal details
Born19 April 1956
Warsaw, Poland
Political partyDemocratic Left Alliance

Biography

Born in Warsaw, she moved to Wrocław at a young age. She studied at University of Wrocław, and as a lawyer she worked at the Ministry of Justice.

Electoral history

She ran unsuccessfully to the Warsaw city council in 2006, but in 2010 she was elected to the council. In 2011 she was elected to the Sejm. In 2015, despite getting individual votes, she was not elected as the Democratic Left Alliance did not pass the electoral threshold as a list. In May 2019 she ran for MeP, but was not elected.[2] She was elected to the Sejm again in October 2019.[3]

Sejm
Election Party Votes % Constituency Elected?
2011 Democratic Left Alliance 15,883[4] 4.61 Legnica Yes
2015 United Left 17,800[5] 4.99 Legnica No
2019 Democratic Left Alliance 41,480[6] 9.59 Legnica Yes

Private life

She is the widow of Jerzy Szmajdziński, who died in Smolensk air disaster. The couple has two children, Agnieszka and Andrzej.[7]

References
  1. "Małgorzata Sekuła-Szmajdzińska". Sejm. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  2. "Małgorzata Sekuła-Szmajdzińska". Onet Wiadomości. 24 September 2019.
  3. "Rozpoczęła się nowa kadencja Sejmu. Elżbieta Witek marszałkiem". tuLegnica.pl. 12 November 2019.
  4. "Wybory do Sejmu 2011. Sekuła-Szmajdzińska Małgorzata Helena". Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  5. "Wyniki wyborów do Sejmu RP". Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  6. "Wyniki wyborów 2019 do Sejmu RP". Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  7. "AUTOBIOGRAFIA JERZEGO SZMAJDZIŃSKIEGO". Fundacja Jerzego Szmajdzińskiego. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
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