Urszula Augustyn
{{Short description|Polish politician (born 1964)}}
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Urszula Danuta Augustyn (born 1 September 1964 in Tarnów) is a Polish politician. A member of the Polish parliament 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.{{cite news|title = Urszula Augustyn|url = https://www.sejm.gov.pl/Sejm9.nsf/posel.xsp?id=011|date = 2020|website= sejm.gov.pl}}
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. She was a member of the board of the Catholic Youth Education Center "Kana" in Tarnów.
In 2005 , from the Civic Platform 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.{{Cite web |title=Wybory 2011 |url=https://wybory2011.pkw.gov.pl/wsw/pl/000000.html |access-date=2023-06-15 |website=wybory2011.pkw.gov.pl}} 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.{{Cite web |date=2014-09-11 |title=Biedroń, Kamiński, Olejniczak... Kogo jeszcze wyróżniliśmy za dobre posłowanie? |url=https://www.polityka.pl/tygodnikpolityka/kraj/1592275,1,biedron-kaminski-olejniczak-kogo-jeszcze-wyroznilismy-za-dobre-poslowanie.read |access-date=2023-06-15 |website=www.polityka.pl |language=pl}}
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.sejm.gov.pl/poslowie/posel5/008.htm Urszula Augustyn - parliamentary page] - includes declarations of interest, voting record, and transcripts of speeches.
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Category:Women members of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland
Category:Civic Platform politicians
Category:Politicians from Tarnów
Category:21st-century Polish women politicians
Category:Members of the Polish Sejm 2005–2007
Category:Members of the Polish Sejm 2007–2011
Category:Members of the Polish Sejm 2011–2015
Category:Members of the Polish Sejm 2015–2019
Category:Members of the Polish Sejm 2019–2023
Category:Members of the Polish Sejm 2023–2027
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