Elżbieta Renata Jakubiak (born 17 March 1966) is a Polish

politician A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land and by an extension of its people. Broadly speaking ...

, sports and tourism minister in the government of Jaroslaw Kaczynski, was head of the Polish President's Cabinet with the rank of secretary of state, and deputy to the Sejm sixth term of office.

Biography

Jakubiak was born in 1966 in Zatory, Poland, the daughter of Bronislaw Dabrowski and Krystyna. She graduated from the School of Special Education in

Warsaw Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officia ...

in 1991. In 1990-1992, she worked in educational and Social Society in Warsaw, then to 1998 in the Chancellery of the

Sejm The Sejm (English: , Polish: ), officially known as the Sejm of the Republic of Poland ( Polish: ''Sejm Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej''), is the lower house of the bicameral parliament of Poland. The Sejm has been the highest governing body of ...

, where she was the Vice-Marshals secretary Jack Kurczewski, Olga Krzyżanowska and John King. In 1998-2002 she served as Director of the Office of the Director-General of the Office for War Veterans and Repressed Persons. Since 2002, she has worked as director of the Office of the President of Warsaw. Between 23 December 2005 to 23 July 2007 she occupied the position of secretary of state and head of the Polish President's Cabinet. In the period from 23 July 2007 to 16 November 2007 she was the minister of sport and tourism in the government of Jaroslaw Kaczynski. In the parliamentary elections in 2007, Jakubiak was elected to the Sejm VI mandate from the list of Law and Justice in Siedlce district. She received 33,509 votes, which was the best individual result in this constituency. Later, she unsuccessfully stood for the PiS and the European Parliament elections in 2009 in Warsaw. She was suspended in the rights of a member by the President of the Law and Justice party Jaroslaw Kaczynski on 8 September 2010.PiS zawiesza Elżbietę Jakubiak. Za postawę
/ref> The decision of the Political Law and Justice party has been to exclude her from the party along with Joanna Kluzik-Rostkowska as "a detriment to the party". On 16 November 2010, MPs

Joanna Kluzik-Rostkowska Joanna Grażyna Kluzik-Rostkowska (born 14 December 1963) is a Polish people, Polish politician and member of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland, Sejm for Civic Platform. She was elected for Law and Justice 2007 Polish parliamentary election, in 2 ...

, Jakubiak and Pawel Poncyljusz, and

MEPs A Member of the European Parliament (MEP) is a person who has been elected to serve as a popular representative in the European Parliament. When the European Parliament (then known as the Common Assembly of the ECSC) first met in 1952, its ...

Adam Bielan and

Michał Kamiński Michał Tomasz Kamiński (born 28 March 1972) is a Polish politician and a member of the Senate with the Union of European Democrats. He was chairman of the European Conservatives and Reformists in the European Parliament from July 2009 until Ma ...

formed a new political group,

Poland Comes First Poland Comes First ( pl, Polska jest Najważniejsza), also rendered as Poland is the Most Important, shortened to Poland First, and abbreviated to PJN, was a centre-right, conservative liberal, political party in Poland. It was formed as a more ...

(''Polska jest Najważniejsza'').

Personal life

Jakubiak is married and has three children: twins, Joan and Thomas and daughter, Susanna.

Honours

Portuguese Grand Cross of the Order of Merit: 2008Chancelaria das Ordens Honoríficas Portuguesas
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jakubiak, Elzbieta 1966 births Living people Poland Comes First politicians Law and Justice politicians Government ministers of Poland Women government ministers of Poland Recipients of the Silver Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis Members of the Polish Sejm 2007–2011 21st-century Polish women politicians People from Pułtusk County