Ewa Barbara Sowińska (, born 5 March 1944 in
Bydgoszcz
Bydgoszcz is a city in northern Poland and the largest city in the historical region of Kuyavia. Straddling the confluence of the Vistula River and its bank (geography), left-bank tributary, the Brda (river), Brda, the strategic location of Byd ...
) is a Polish politician.
Political career
She was elected to the
Sejm
The Sejm (), officially known as the Sejm of the Republic of Poland (), is the lower house of the bicameralism, bicameral parliament of Poland.
The Sejm has been the highest governing body of the Third Polish Republic since the Polish People' ...
on 25 September 2005, getting 8536 votes in 9
Łódź
Łódź is a city in central Poland and a former industrial centre. It is the capital of Łódź Voivodeship, and is located south-west of Warsaw. Łódź has a population of 655,279, making it the country's List of cities and towns in Polan ...
district, on the
League of Polish Families
The League of Polish Families ( Polish: ''Liga Polskich Rodzin,'' , LPR) is a social conservative political party in Poland, with many far-right elements in the past. The party's original ideology was that of the National Democracy movement whic ...
party list.
She became
Ombudsman for Children in 2006. On 22 April 2008 she resigned from the position, effective 30 June 2008.
She was also a member of the
Sejm 2001–2005. She was trained in internal medicine at the
Medical University of Białystok.
Views
In the past, she has suggested that homosexuals should be banned from certain professions and forced to register with the government, that unmarried cohabiting couples be required to register with the state, and planned to order an investigation for supposed homosexuality in the British children's television series ''
Teletubbies
''Teletubbies'' is a British children's television series created by Anne Wood and Andrew Davenport for the BBC. The programme focuses on four differently coloured characters known as the Teletubbies, named after the television screens on t ...
''.
See also
*
Members of Polish Sejm 2005-2007
References
External links
Ewa Sowińska - parliamentary page- includes declarations of interest, voting record, and transcripts of speeches.
1944 births
Living people
Politicians from Bydgoszcz
Members of the Polish Sejm 2005–2007
Members of the Polish Sejm 2001–2005
Women members of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland
Ombudsmen in Poland
Children's Ombudsmen
League of Polish Families politicians
Polish United Workers' Party members
21st-century Polish women politicians
20th-century Polish women
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