Anna Maria Żukowska (born 11 June 1983) is a Polish politician and

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. Since 2019, she has been a member of the

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. She is a member of the

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party and leader of The Left parliamentary group.

Biography

Anna Maria Żukowska was born on 11 June 1983, in

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. She is of Polish–Jewish descent. She attended the General Education High School of Acting no. 42 in Warsaw, where she was classmates with the film actress and writer and businessperson . Later Żukowska attended the

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, which she graduated in 2013 with the

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, and in 2015 with the

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in law. Żukowska co-ran the family business and worked there as a translator. She was a member of the National Jewish Youth Organization of Poland, and a member of the organisation committee of the Warsaw Equality Parade. She joined the

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party, where she became deputy chairperson of the party division for the

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. In

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, she unsuccessfully ran for office in the District Council of

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, Warsaw. In 2016, she became the party

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. In

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, she unsuccessfully ran for the office of the member of the

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. On 19 July 2019, the Democratic Left Alliance became part of The Left political alliance. Żukowska was elected in the 2019 parliamentary election to be a member of the

, representing the constituency no. 19, which consists of the city of Warsaw. She got 18,864 votes in the election, 1,37% of total votes in the constituency. She became deputy chairperson of the Justice and Human Rights Committee, and a member of the Constitutional Accountability Committee, and the spokesperson of The Left

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. In January 2021, she resigned from being the party spokesperson, following the decision in the party, to forbid active members of the Sejm to hold said office. On 9 October 2021, the Democratic Left Alliance united with the

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, forming the

party. She was reelected in the 2023 parliamentary election, to continue being the member of the Sejm from her constituency. She received 38,426 votes (2,24% of total votes). On 14 November 2023 she was elected to the

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by the Sejm.

Personal life

Żukowska publicly came out as

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in 2018. She has a daughter, Amelia.

References

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