Krystyna Łybacka

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Krystyna Maria Łybacka (Polish pronunciation:

A native of the small, west-central town of

During the years 1978–89, she was a member of Polish United Workers' Party, the name used by the communist party ruling Poland between 1948 and 1989 and, in 1993, joined its successor party, the Social Democracy of the Republic of Poland, becoming, in 1996, its leader in Poznań. In 1999, she rose to the head of Poznań voivodeship sejmik [council] and, in December, to the deputy leader of the Democratic Left Alliance's national leadership council. Starting with modern Poland's first entirely free election, in 1991, she was re-elected to the Sejm in each subsequent poll, 1993, 1997, 2001, 2005, and 2007, serving on various committees, including the National Defense Committee and the Special Services Committee. In her 3rd term, she was deputy head of the Committee for Education, Study, and Youth, a position she also held in the 5th term.

In the aftermath of the

In 2014 she was elected as Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the Democratic Left Alliance party. In 2019, Łybacka received the Education, Culture and Media Award at The Parliament Magazine's annual MEP Awards.^[2]

See also

• Members of Polish Sejm 2005-2007

References

External links

• Krystyna Łybacka's official website
• Krystyna Łybacka at the Sejm website (includes a photograph, declarations of interest, voting record, and transcripts of speeches)