Urszula Danuta Augustyn (born 1 September 1964 in
Tarnów
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) is a Polish politician. A member of the
Polish parliament
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of the 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th term. Since 2019, deputy-chairman of Commission for Petitions and a member of Commission for Culture and Media in Sejm.
Biography
In 1990, she completed her master's studies at the
Pedagogical University of Cracow, the Faculty of Polish Philology. For 15 years she worked as a teacher in primary schools. As a journalist, she collaborated with ''
Gość Niedzielny'', Radio Plus Tarnów and with the Catholic portal Opoka, where she edited information based on the service of the Polish section of Radio Vatican. She wrote for the Polish-American monthly Nasze Słowa in
Hanover
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. She was a member of the board of the Catholic Youth Education Center "Kana" in Tarnów.
In 2005 , from the
Civic Platform
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list, she was elected MP of the 5th term in the
Tarnów constituency. In the
parliamentary elections in 2007, she won a parliamentary seat for the second time, receiving 10,480 votes. In the
2011 elections, she successfully ran for re-election with 9,724 votes. In 2014, the weekly ''
Polityka'', based on a ranking conducted among Polish parliamentary journalists, listed Urszula Augustyn among the top 10 MPs, emphasizing in particular her contribution to the issue of education.
See also
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Members of Polish Sejm 2005-2007
References
External links
Urszula Augustyn - parliamentary page- includes declarations of interest, voting record, and transcripts of speeches.
Women members of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland
Civic Platform politicians
Politicians from Tarnów
1964 births
Living people
21st-century Polish women politicians
Members of the Polish Sejm 2005–2007
Members of the Polish Sejm 2007–2011
Members of the Polish Sejm 2011–2015
Members of the Polish Sejm 2015–2019
Members of the Polish Sejm 2019–2023
Members of the Polish Sejm 2023–2027
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