Magdalena Adamowicz ( Abramska; born 10 April 1973) is a Polish politician and the widow of

Paweł Adamowicz Paweł Bogdan Adamowicz (; 2 November 1965 – 14 January 2019) was a Polish politician and lawyer who served as the List of city mayors of Gdańsk, city mayor of Gdańsk from 1998 until Assassination of Paweł Adamowicz, his assassination in 20 ...

. She was elected to the

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in the 2019 election as part of the center-left

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opposition. She has since been serving on the

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. In addition to her committee assignments, Adamowicz is part of the Parliament's delegation for relations to

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. She is also a member of the European Parliament Intergroup on Seas, Rivers, Islands and Coastal Areas and the URBAN Intergroup.

Education

Magdalena Adamowicz studied in Primary School number 14 named after

Janusz Korczak Janusz Korczak, the pen name of Henryk Goldszmit (22 July 1878 or 1879 – 7 August 1942), was a Polish Jewish pediatrician, educator, children's author and pedagogue known as ''Pan Doktor'' ("Mr. Doctor") or ''Stary Doktor'' ("Old Doctor"). He ...

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and 1st High School named after

Bolesław III Wrymouth Bolesław III Wrymouth (; 20 August 1086 – 28 October 1138), also known as Boleslaus the Wry-mouthed, was the duke of Lesser Poland, Silesia and Sandomierz between 1102 and 1107 and over the whole of Poland between 1107 and 1138. He was the onl ...

in Słupsk. Then she graduated from the faculty of law at the

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and completed Legal Counsel application. In 2003 she was awarded a Gdańsk

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at the faculty of law for her dissertation: ''The role of the mutual insurance companies in the business insurance system'', which was supervised by

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Janina Ciechanowicz-McLean. In the same year she was appointed as an

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at the faculty of

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. She is a graduate of the English and European school of law organised by the

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and the School of German law organised by the

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. In 2013 she completed her

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postgraduate studies organised in collaboration with the

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and the Higher Banking School in Gdańsk. She trained also in

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, Monachium,

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and

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Career

She started in the

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from the second place on the

candidates list in the ward number 1 as a candidate recommended by the

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. Adamowicz received 199,591 votes (24.12% of votes in the ward) and hence was elected to the EP with the higher result in the ward. As an MEP she joined

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. She became a member of Transportation and Tourism Committee as well as a part of the Parliament's delegation for relations to

and also a substitute member of the Law Committee and the Committee of Civil Freedom, Justice and Internal Affairs.

Legal issues

In August 2020, the Polish National Prosecutors office brought charges of tax evasion against Magdalena Adamowicz, accusing her of concealment of tax returns for 2011–2012. The prosecutor's office accuses her of non-disclosure of nearly 300,000 PLN and 100 thousand. PLN of income in tax returns for 2011 and 2012.

Private life

Between 1999 and 2019, Adamowicz was married to

who served as mayor of the city of Gdańsk until he was murdered by a mentally unstable ex-convict. From this marriage, she has two daughters: Antonina (born 2003) and Teresa (born 2010). Her sister Beata is married to the mayor of

Grudziądz Grudziądz (, ) is a city in northern Poland, with 92,552 inhabitants (2021). Located on the Vistula River, it lies within the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship and is the fourth-largest city in its province. Grudziądz is one of the oldest citie ...

, Maciej Glamowski.

Books

* Magdalena Adamowicz, Justyna Nawrot (red.), ''Europeizacja prawa morskiego'', Gdańsk: Arche Publishing House, 2016, isbn 978-83-88445-62-0, (in Polish)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Adamwowicz, Magdalena MEPs for Poland 2019–2024 MEPs for Poland 2024–2029 Women MEPs for Poland Politicians from Gdańsk 1973 births Living people University of Gdańsk alumni