Daria Gosek-Popiołek

Daria Iwona Gosek-Popiołek
Gosek-Popiołek in Sejm (2019)
Member of the Sejm
Serving
Assumed office
12 November 2019
ConstituencyKraków (no. 13)
Personal details
Born (1985-04-16) 16 April 1985 (age 39)
Sosnowiec, Poland
Political partyLeft Together (2015-2024)
Other political
affiliations		The Left (since 2019)
Alma materJagiellonian University
Occupationarts manager, journalist

Daria Iwona Gosek-Popiołek (born 16 April 1985) is a Polish politician, activist and manager of arts. She is a member of The Left parliamentary group and has served as Member of Sejm since 2019.

Biography

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Gosek-Popiołek was born in Sosnowiec, where she attended high school before moving to Kraków for university. In 2009 she graduated from the Jagiellonian University with a degree in Theatre arts, and also studied philosophy. Back then Gosek-Popiołek helped run academic radio station and worked as a radio host and journalist. Her focus were popular science and culture.[1]

For over five years she was the head of Nowa Huta community center. She also wrote about culture for "Nowe Perypetie".[2]

In 2014 Gosek-Popiołek strongly advocated against a new zoning plan in Kraków and helped raise social awareness about its issues. She also worked in the Urban Innovation Bureau under mayor Jacek Majchrowski.[1]

Gosek-Popiołek is married and has two daughters. She declares being Catholic.[3]

Political career

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Several protesters holding banners, Gosek-Popiołek speaking to a microphone, "Left Together" flag visible behind her
Gosek-Popiołek (with a microphone) protesting for teacher pay raises in 2021 during a union rally.

Gosek-Popiołek joined Left Together in 2016. She ran a pro-choice campaign against drastic imagery on anti-abortion posters in public and advocated against hospital visiting fees in the Ministry of Health.

In the 2018 local election she ran for the office of Mayor of Kraków and, simultaneously, for a seat in city council. She did not succeed in either, but in 2019 was elected to Sejm from the Kraków constituency and re-elected in 2023.

Election results
Election Body Committee Votes (%) Constituency Elected?
2018 Mayor of Kraków Together for Kraków (Razem dla Krakowa) 4,659 (1.38%)[4] Kraków No
Kraków City Council 1,303 (2.66%)[5] districts IV and V (no. 2) No
2019 Sejm The Left[a] 17,488 (2.69%)[6] Kraków (no. 13) Yes
2023 Sejm The Left[b] 39,054 (5.16%)[7] Kraków (no. 13) Yes

References

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  1. ^ a b "O mnie". Daria Gosek-Popiołek.
  2. ^ "Daria Gosek-Popiołek - wybory 2023: kandydat na posła - okręg nr 13 (Kraków)". wnp.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 12 December 2023.
  3. ^ Rębowski, Szymon; Rościszewska, Maria. "Gosek-Popiołek: Potrzebujemy zmiany – dlatego kandyduję!". Magazyn Kontakt (in Polish). Retrieved 12 December 2023.
  4. ^ "Miasto Kraków. Wyniki głosowania i wybór Prezydenta". Wybory samorządowe 2018. Państwowa Komisja Wyborcza.
  5. ^ "Okręg nr 2. Listy kandydatów". Wybory samorządowe 2018. Państwowa Komisja Wyborcza.
  6. ^ "Okręg nr 13. Wybory do Sejmu i Senatu Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej 2019 r." Sejm Senat 2019 (in Polish). Państwowa Komisja Wyborcza.
  7. ^ "Komitet Wyborczy Nowa Lewica w wyborach do Sejmu i Senatu w 2023 r." Sejm Senat 2023 (in Polish). Państwowa Komisja Wyborcza.

Notes

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  1. ^ Formally registered as SLD candidate.
  2. ^ Formally registered as NL candidate.
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