Paulina Matysiak (born 2 October 1984) is a Polish local government official and political activist, serving on the national board of the democratic socialist Lewica Razem party and member of

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 t ...

since 2019.

Biography

She completed her MA in Polish philology at the

Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń or NCU ( pl, Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu, UMK) is located in Toruń, Poland. It is named after Nicolaus Copernicus, who was born in Toruń in 1473.Collegium Civitas Collegium Civitas is a private university for the social sciences located in Warsaw, the capital of Poland. It is open to new inventions in higher education: interdisciplinary approaches, closer lecturer-student relations, study abroad programs, i ...

in Warsaw (2011) and ethics at the Nicolaus Copernicus University (2015). She runs a blog dedicated to literature, ''I fold corners'' (Polish: ''Zaginam Rogi''), became a writer for the ''Wszystko Co Najważniejsze'' magazine, and co-authored several scientific publications, reviews, and bibliographic studies. She is a member of the Association of Polish Librarians.

Politics

In March 2019, she became a member of the national board of Lewica Razem. In the 2019 parliamentary election she was elected to the 9th term Sejm. She was the leading candidate on the

Democratic Left Alliance The Democratic Left Alliance () was a social-democratic political party in Poland. It was formed in 9 July 1991 as an electoral alliance of centre-left parties, and became a single party on 15 April 1999. It was the major coalition party in Po ...

list in district 11 (

Sieradz Sieradz ( la, Siradia, yi, שעראַדז, שערעדז, שעריץ, german: 1941-45 Schieratz) is a city on the Warta river in central Poland with 40,891 inhabitants (2021). It is the seat of the Sieradz County, situated in the Łódź Voivode ...

). Her focus is on improving healthcare standards, wealth redistribution, gender equality and public transport. Matysiak was subsequently re-elected in the 2023 parliamentary election.

References

1984 births Living people Left Together politicians Polish socialist feminists Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń alumni Women members of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland 21st-century Polish women politicians People from Kutno Members of the Polish Sejm 2019–2023 Members of the Polish Sejm 2023–2027 {{Poland-politician-stub