Agnieszka Ewa Dziemianowicz-Bąk (born 20 January 1984) is a Polish

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social activist and politician who has served as the Minister of Family, Labour and Social Policy since 2023. She has been a member of the

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since 2019.

Early life and career

After

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in 2003 of Adam Mickiewicz High School No. III in

Wrocław Wrocław is a city in southwestern Poland, and the capital of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship. It is the largest city and historical capital of the region of Silesia. It lies on the banks of the Oder River in the Silesian Lowlands of Central Eu ...

, she completed her studies in pedagogy at the Faculty of Historical and Pedagogical Sciences (2008) and philosophy at the Faculty of Social Sciences (2009) at the

University of Wrocław The University of Wrocław (, UWr; ) is a public research university in Wrocław, Poland. It is the largest institution of higher learning in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship, with over 100,000 graduates since 1945, including some 1,900 researcher ...

. In 2009, she began her doctoral studies at the Institute of Philosophy at the University of Wrocław. In 2018, she obtained a Ph.D. in the humanities, specializing in philosophy, based on her dissertation titled Reproduction – Resistance – Empowerment. Radical Critique of Education in Contemporary Western Social Thought, supervised by Professor Adam Chmielewski. She is the author of articles and academic publications. In May 2010, she began a permanent collaboration with the Ferdinand Lassalle Center for Social Thought in Wrocław. Between 2010 and 2016, she worked as a research assistant at the Educational Research Institute in Warsaw, focusing on studying and analyzing educational policy. Her research encompassed the educational activities of local governments, collaborations with organizations empowering youth from small towns, and initiatives establishing preschools in rural areas.

Political career

Between December 2015 and February 2019, Dziemianowicz-Bąk was a member of the National Board of the

Razem (, meaning 'Together Party') is a left-wing political party in Poland. It was founded in 2015, and from 2019 to 2024 the party's official name was (, 'Left Together'). The party was one of the eight nationwide committees standing in the 201 ...

(''Together'') party. She represented Razem in the

Democracy in Europe Movement 2025 The Democracy in Europe Movement 2025, or DiEM25, is a left-wing European political alliance founded in 2016. It operates as a pan-European umbrella for subsidiary parties sharing the same name and branding (e.g. MeRA25, MERA25), and runs el ...

(DiEM25) pan-European organisation. In 2016,

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magazine included Dziemianowicz-Bąk, together with Barbara Nowacka, on its annual list of the 100 most influential global thinkers for their role in organising the "

black protest Abortion in Poland is legal in cases where the pregnancy is a result of a criminal act or when the Maternal health, woman's life or health is in danger. The last change in the Act on Pregnancy Planning of the Republic of Poland took place on 27 J ...

" against a total ban on

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. In February 2019, she left the Razem party due to disagreements over party strategy in then-upcoming elections to the

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. In August 2019, she was elected to the Coordinating Collective of DiEM25. Dziemianowicz-Bąk was elected to the

on 13 October 2019, receiving 14,257 votes in the Wrocław district, campaigning from The Left list. Aside from protesting abortion laws, Dziemianowicz-Bąk has also been active in protests for LGBT rights. In September 2020, she won the Equality Crowns award for politics from

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. She said that she wished such an award was not necessary. On 13 December 2023, she was appointed as the Minister of Family, Labour and Social Policy by

Donald Tusk Donald Franciszek Tusk (born 22 April 1957) is a Polish politician and historian who has served as the prime minister of Poland since 2023, previously holding the office from 2007 to 2014. Tusk served as the president of the European Council (20 ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dziemianowicz-Bąk, Agnieszka 1984 births Living people Left Together politicians Politicians from Wrocław Members of the Polish Sejm 2019–2023 Polish socialist feminists Women members of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland 21st-century Polish women politicians Polish abortion-rights activists Polish LGBTQ rights activists Members of the Polish Sejm 2023–2027