Magdalena Filiks (born 8 December 1978) is a Polish politician. She was elected to the

Sejm The Sejm (), officially known as the Sejm of the Republic of Poland (), is the lower house of the bicameralism, bicameral parliament of Poland. The Sejm has been the highest governing body of the Third Polish Republic since the Polish People' ...

( 9th term) representing the constituency of

Szczecin Szczecin ( , , ; ; ; or ) is the capital city, capital and largest city of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in northwestern Poland. Located near the Baltic Sea and the Poland-Germany border, German border, it is a major port, seaport, the la ...

in 2019.

Personal life and education

Filiks was born in

Barlinek Barlinek () is a town in Myślibórz County, in West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northwestern Poland. It is the administrative seat of Gmina Barlinek. As of December 2021, the town has a population of 13,491. It is situated on the shores of Barline ...

in 1978. She studied at the

University of Szczecin The University of Szczecin () is a public university in Szczecin, western Poland. It is the biggest university in West Pomeranian Voivodeship, West Pomerania, with 33,267 students and a staff of nearly 1,200. Faculties The university consists o ...

for a Bachelor of Arts (Management and Marketing), graduating in 2001, and for Masters of Arts (Management and Marketing), graduating in 2003.

Suicide of Mikolaj Filiks

Her son Mikolaj, aged 15,

committed suicide Suicide is the act of intentionally causing one's own death. Risk factors for suicide include mental disorders, physical disorders, and substance abuse. Some suicides are impulsive acts driven by stress (such as from financial or acad ...

in February 2023 after Radio Szczecin, part of the state-run broadcaster

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network, released a report that led to his identification as a victim of pedophile. In an ensuing controversy, the ruling

Law and Justice Party Law and Justice ( , PiS) is a right-wing populist and national-conservative political party in Poland. The party is a member of European Conservatives and Reformists Group. Its chairman has been Jarosław Kaczyński since 18 January 2003. ...

was accused by the opposition of releasing the report to obtain political gain as the convicted man was a former Civic Platform member, election candidate, and an LGBT activist. Law and Justice supporters in turn have responded with accusations that the Civic Platform deliberately covered up the conviction and that the suicide was being used by the opposition for political gain. Poland's

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launched an inquiry to examine if the broadcast endangered the child's welfare.

References

1978 births Living people Place of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Polish women politicians Members of the Polish Sejm 2019–2023 Women members of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland Civic Platform politicians Members of the Polish Sejm 2023–2027 {{Poland-Sejm-politician-stub