Barbara Halina Bartuś Gurbisz (born 3 July 1967 in

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) is a

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politician, a Member of

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from 4th to 10th

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Life and education

Bartuś graduated from Stanisław Wyspiański High School in

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. In 2000 she graduated from the University of Maria Curie-Skłodowska in

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from a faculty of Law and Administration (

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section) with a degree of Master of Administration and in 2003 from a Faculty of Law at

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with a degree of Master of Law. Until 1999 she belonged to

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. From 1999 she worked in

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(ZUS). She was a councillady of

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during its 2nd tenure. In January of 2005 she became a member of

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. In 2006 she was chosen to be a member of council of

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. In 2009, 2014 and 2019 she tried unsuccessfully to become a member of the

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. During the

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she became a Member of Parliament from the

electorial list. She stood for Sejm Constituency no. 14 and got 10,856 votes. in the

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she got 14,652 votes, which again made her an MP During the

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she became an MP for the third time. During the

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and

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she got also reelected, getting respectively 23,468 and 21,250 votes.

Personal life

She is married (to Adam Bartuś), and has 2 daughters.

References

Bibliography

* * ''Sejm Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej. VII kadencja. Przewodnik'', Wydawnictwo Sejmowe, Warszawa 2012, s. 33.

External links

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