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Daria Gosek-Popiołek
Polish politician and activist From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Daria Iwona Gosek-Popiołek (born 16 April 1985) is a Polish politician, activist and manager of arts. She is a member of The Left parliamentary group and has served as Member of Sejm since 2019.
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Biography
Gosek-Popiołek was born in Sosnowiec, where she attended high school before moving to Kraków for university. In 2009 she graduated from the Jagiellonian University with a degree in Theatre arts, and also studied philosophy. Back then Gosek-Popiołek helped run academic radio station and worked as a radio host and journalist. Her focus were popular science and culture.[1]
For over five years she was the head of Nowa Huta community center. She also wrote about culture for "Nowe Perypetie".[2]
In 2014 Gosek-Popiołek strongly advocated against a new zoning plan in Kraków and helped raise social awareness about its issues. She also worked in the Urban Innovation Bureau under mayor Jacek Majchrowski.[1]
Gosek-Popiołek is married and has two daughters. She identifies as Catholic.[3]
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Political career
Gosek-Popiołek joined Left Together in 2016. She ran a pro-choice campaign against drastic imagery on anti-abortion posters in public and advocated against hospital visiting fees in the Ministry of Health.
In the 2018 local election she ran for the office of Mayor of Kraków and, simultaneously, for a seat in city council. She did not succeed in either, but in 2019 was elected to Sejm from the Kraków constituency and re-elected in 2023.
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