Izabella Sierakowska

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Izabella Sierakowska
Sejm Member from 6th District
In office 28 June 1989 – 18 October 2005
Constituency	Lublin (6th district)
Sejm Member from 6th District
In office 5 November 2007 – 7 November 2011
Personal details
Born	(1946-09-22)22 September 1946 PUWP (1970–1990) SdRP (1990–1999) SLD (1999–2004) SdPl (from 2004)
Spouse	Edward Sierakowski

Izabella Antonina Sierakowska, née Kruszyńska (Polish pronunciation: [izaˈbɛlla ɕɛraˈkɔfska]; 22 September 1946 – 31 March 2021)^[1] was a Polish politician and one of the leading and the most popular persons of the Polish left.

Life

She was born in Góra Śląska. Her parents, Krystyna and Zbigniew Kruszyńskis were refugees from Vilnius. Zbigniew was a soldier, who fought in the Polish resistance during occupation and later continued his career. Sierakowska lived with her family in various places such as Siedlce, Łódź.

She graduated from college in Rzeszów in Russian philology. She worked as a teacher since 1972 in prestige high school (liceum) named after Stanisław Staszic.

In 1970 she joined then-ruling communist Polish United Workers' Party and was a delegate to the 10th PUWP convention in 1987.

In 1989 she was elected to the Contract Sejm as PUWP member. After dissolution of the party she joined, as most former members did, newly formed Social Democracy of Poland (SdPl) and later Democratic Left Alliance (SLD).

Sierakowska remained a Sejm Member until 2005 elections, when she lost her seat.

She was an outspoken supporter of

Sierakowska was also a critic of the Leszek Miller government and his role as SLD Leader. She urged a replacement of Miller with former Prime Minister Józef Oleksy.

During her last term as MP, she served as Vice Chair of the National Defense Committee. Previously she was notable as one of the co-authors of the new constitution, which was adopted in 1997.

Sierakowska left SLD with group of other members led by

External links

• Official site (Polish)