Julia Pitera
{{Short description|Polish politician (born 1953)}}
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| office = Member of the European Parliament
| term_start = 2014
| term_end = 2019
| office1 = Member of the Sejm
| term_start1 = 5 November 2007
| term_end1 = 2014
|party = {{flag|Poland|name=Polish}}:
Civic Platform
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European People's Party (EPP)
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Julia Teresa Pitera ({{IPA|pol|ˈjulʲa tɛˈrɛsa pʲiˈtɛra}}), née Zakrzewska ({{IPA|[zakˈʂɛfska]}}), (born 26 May 1953 in Warsaw) is a Polish politician of the Civic Platform.
Political career
Pitera was elected to the Sejm on 21 October 2007, getting 42,669 votes in 19 Płock district as a candidate from the Civic Platform list. She later served as Secretary of State at the Chancellery of Prime Minister Donald Tusk from 2007 to 2011, where she was in charge of the Central Anticorruption Bureau. Between 2012 and 2014, she chaired the Committee on Administration and Digitisation. She resigned from her parliamentary seat in 2014.
Pitera was a Member of the European Parliament from 2014 until 2019. During her time in parliament, she served on the Committee on Petitions. In addition, she was a member of the European Parliament Intergroup on Integrity (Transparency, Anti-Corruption and Organized Crime);[http://www.europarl.europa.eu/pdf/intergroupes/VIII_LEG_13_Integrity_20151112.pdf Members of the European Parliament on Integrity (Transparency, Anti-Corruption and Organized Crime)] European Parliament. the European Parliament Intergroup on Sports;[http://www.europarl.europa.eu/pdf/intergroupes/VIII_LEG_21_Sports.pdf Members of the European Parliament on Sports] European Parliament. and of the MEP Heart Group (sponsored by the European Heart Network (EHN) and the European Society of Cardiology (ESC)), a group of parliamentarians who have an interest in promoting measures that will help reduce the burden of cardiovascular diseases (CVD).[http://www.mepheartgroup.eu/index.php/supporters Supporters] MEP Heart Group.
Other activities
- Transparency International Poland, Chair of the Board, 2001-2005)
- Press Freedom Monitoring Centre, Member (2001-2005)
Political positions
In November 2017, Pitera joined a parliamentary majority by voting in favor of a resolution invoking Article 7 of the Treaty on European Union, thereby potentially stripping Poland of voting rights in the EU for violating the common values of the bloc, including the rule of law.Joanna Berendt (November 27, 2017), [https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/27/world/europe/poland-protest-europe-tensions.html Protest Targeting Opposition Lawmakers Stirs Outrage in Poland] New York Times. Shortly after, her political opponents had pictures of Pitera and five other Polish politicians strung from a makeshift gallows in a public square in Katowice.Joanna Berendt (November 27, 2017), [https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/27/world/europe/poland-protest-europe-tensions.html Protest Targeting Opposition Lawmakers Stirs Outrage in Poland] New York Times.
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.sejm.gov.pl/poslowie/posel6/294.htm Julia Pitera - parliamentary page] - includes declarations of interest, voting record, and transcripts of speeches.
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Category:Civic Platform politicians
Category:Politicians from Warsaw
Category:Members of the Polish Sejm 2005–2007
Category:Members of the Polish Sejm 2007–2011
Category:Councillors in Warsaw
Category:MEPs for Poland 2014–2019
Category:Women MEPs for Poland
Category:Women members of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland