Anna Górska (née Lemańska; born 17 July 1980) is a Polish political activist, political scientist, journalist and politician. She is a senator of the 11th term.
Anna Górska | |
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| Member of the Senate | |
| Assumed office 13 November 2023 | |
| Constituency | 63-Chojnice |
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| Born | 17 July 1980 Elbląg, Poland |
| Political party | Left Together (2018-2024) |
Early life and career
editGórska was born as Anna Lemańska on 17 July 1980 in Elbląg, the daughter of Wiesław Lemański and Urszula Lemańska.[1][2]
In the 1998 local elections, Górska unsuccessfully ran for councilor of the Gmina Papowo Biskupie on behalf of the Młodość election committee.[3][4] She graduated from the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń with a degree in international relations.[3][5] She worked as a journalist and clerk, as well as in advertising agencies. She also started her own business in the interior decoration industry and worked in the non-governmental organization sector.[5][2] She is the co-author of the book Polka. Stan na 2022.[6]
Political career
editGórska later became a member of Together.[7] She sat on the board and national council of this party (renamed Left Together).[5][8] She unsuccessfully ran for a position as a councilor of the Pomeranian Voivodeship Assembly in 2018[9] and as an MEP in 2019.[10]
In the 2023 parliamentary elections, she was elected to the Senate of the 11th term. She ran as a candidate for the New Left (as part of the Senate pact) in district no. 63, receiving 89,216 votes and defeating, among others, the incumbent Pomeranian Voivode, Dariusz Drelich.[7][11]
Personal life
editGórska is married, has a daughter and a disabled son.[2][3] She resides in Straszyn.[3] After the judgment of the Constitutional Tribunal in October 2020, during the protests between 2020 and 2021, she announced that she had undergone an abortion due to the threat to her life.[12]
References
edit- ^ "Dane osoby pełniącej funkcje publiczne". katalog.bip.ipn.gov.pl. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
- ^ a b c Ignacy Dudkiewicz (21 October 2023). "Anna Górska, senatorka Partii Razem: Gdy słyszałam, że wysłano mnie na pożarcie, myślałam: „Potrzymajcie mi piwo"". onet.pl. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
- ^ a b c d Ryszarda Wojciechowska (17 August 2023). "Anna Górska z Lewicy na Kaszubach powalczy o mandat do Senatu". zawszepomorze.pl. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
- ^ "Wybory samorządowe 1998". pkw.gov.pl. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
- ^ a b c "Anna Górska". MamPrawoWiedziec.pl. Archived from the original on 14 August 2019.
- ^ "Polka. Stan na 2022". lubimyczytac.pl. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
- ^ a b "Wybory do Sejmu i Senatu Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej 2023". pkw.gov.pl. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
- ^ "Struktura Partii". Lewica Razem. Archived from the original on 14 October 2023.
- ^ "Wybory samorządowe 2018". pkw.gov.pl. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
- ^ "Wybory do Parlamentu Europejskiego 2019". pkw.gov.pl. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
- ^ Maciej Sandecki (16 October 2023). "Zrobiła to! Anna Górska z Lewicy wygrała na Kaszubach wybory do Senatu, choć rywale nie dawali jej szans". wyborcza.pl. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
- ^ Katarzyna Pawlicka (2 November 2021). "12 lat temu trafiła do szpitala z bezwodziem. „Jestem kobietą, której aborcja uratowała życie"". wp.pl. Retrieved 29 October 2023.