Monika Anna Jaruzelska (born 11 August 1963,
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 ...
) is a Polish journalist, stylist and fashion designer. She is the daughter of former Polish President
Wojciech Jaruzelski
Wojciech Witold Jaruzelski (; 6 July 1923 – 25 May 2014) was a Polish military officer, politician and ''de facto'' leader of the Polish People's Republic from 1981 until 1989. He was the First Secretary of the Polish United Workers' Party be ...
and his wife
Barbara Jaruzelska
Halina Barbara Jaruzelska ( née Ryfa; 23 January 1931 – 29 May 2017) was a Polish academic, philologist, and professor of German studies and language. Jaruzelska was the First Lady of Poland from 1985 to 1990 during the government of her husb ...
.
Biography
Jaruzelska was born in 1963 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 ...
. She graduated in
Polish Studies Polish studies, or Polonistics ( pl, filologia polska, or ''polonistyka'') is the field of humanities that researches, documents and disseminates the Polish language and Polish literature in both historic and present-day forms.
In the United State ...
from the
University of Warsaw
The University of Warsaw ( pl, Uniwersytet Warszawski, la, Universitas Varsoviensis) is a public university in Warsaw, Poland. Established in 1816, it is the largest institution of higher learning in the country offering 37 different fields of ...
, and she also studied
psychology
Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior. Psychology includes the study of conscious and unconscious phenomena, including feelings and thoughts. It is an academic discipline of immense scope, crossing the boundaries betwe ...
. Jaruzelska founded the School of Style and was the author of "Monika Jaruzelska invites" (which broadcast for two years on Fridays on Radio Chilli Zet) and "Without Masks".
In the early 1990s, she co-founded the monthly magazine "
Twój Styl" ("Your Style"), and for 8 years directed fashion and styling department. Jaruzelska also served as creative director and board member of the group, which was composed of, among other things the company Kruk i Deni Cler and Deni Cler. She also published in the magazine "Existence" She also worked with the magazine "Place for Dance".
Jaruzelska wrote her autobiography, ''Comrade Lady'', published in April 2013, and its sequels, "Family" (April 2014) and "Breath" (May 2015).
Jaruzelska hosts a program on her YouTube channel called "Towarzyszka Panienka" (Comrade Lady) to which she regularly invites representatives of the far-right circles, and people promoting antisemitism, homophobia and conspiracy theories. As a consequence of that Jaruzelska's name appeared in the 2020 and 2021 issues of the "Brown Book", a publication tracing acts of violence and hate speech by the Never Again Association.
References
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1963 births
Living people
20th-century Polish journalists
21st-century Polish journalists
Fashion stylists
Polish fashion designers
Polish women journalists
University of Warsaw alumni
Councillors in Warsaw
Children of national leaders
Polish women fashion designers