Małgorzata Omilanowska (born 10 April 1960 in

Warsaw Warsaw, officially the Capital City of Warsaw, is the capital and List of cities and towns in Poland, largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the Vistula, River Vistula in east-central Poland. Its population is officially estimated at ...

) is a Polish art historian and politician. She served as Poland's Minister of Culture and National Heritage from July 2014 to November 2015.

Education and academic career

Omilanowska completed her undergraduate and postgraduate studies at the

University of Warsaw The University of Warsaw (, ) is a public university, public research university in Warsaw, Poland. Established on November 19, 1816, it is the largest institution of higher learning in the country, offering 37 different fields of study as well ...

before moving to

Technische Universität Berlin (TU Berlin; also known as Berlin Institute of Technology and Technical University of Berlin, although officially the name should not be translated) is a public university, public research university located in Berlin, Germany. It was the first ...

, where she concluded her

doctorate A doctorate (from Latin ''doctor'', meaning "teacher") or doctoral degree is a postgraduate academic degree awarded by universities and some other educational institutions, derived from the ancient formalism '' licentia docendi'' ("licence to teach ...

in architecture in 1994. She taught at the Institute of Art within the

Polish Academy of Sciences The Polish Academy of Sciences (, PAN) is a Polish state-sponsored institution of higher learning. Headquartered in Warsaw, it is responsible for spearheading the development of science across the country by a society of distinguished scholars a ...

from 1995 to 2007, serving as a deputy director of the institute from 1999. From 2006 she has been a professor at the University of Gdansk's department of art history.

Political career

Omilanowska was named as a Deputy Culture Minister in 2012. She was promoted to Minister of Culture and National Heritage on 17 June 2014 after her predecessor, Bogdan Zdrojewski, stood down following his election to the

European Parliament The European Parliament (EP) is one of the two legislative bodies of the European Union and one of its seven institutions. Together with the Council of the European Union (known as the Council and informally as the Council of Ministers), it ...

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1960 births Living people Politicians from Warsaw Culture ministers of Poland Polish art historians University of Warsaw alumni Technische Universität Berlin alumni Academic staff of the University of Gdańsk Women government ministers of Poland Polish women academics Polish women art historians {{Poland-politician-stub