Agnieszka Dziemianowicz-Bąk

Agnieszka Dziemianowicz-Bąk
Dziemianowicz-Bąk in 2023
Minister of Family, Labour and Social Policy
Incumbent
Assumed office 13 December 2023
Prime Minister	Donald Tusk
Preceded by	Dorota Bojemska
Member of the Sejm
Incumbent
Assumed office 12 November 2019
Constituency	Słupsk (2023–present) Wrocław (2019–2023)
Personal details
Born	(1984-01-20) 20 January 1984 (age 40) Wrocław, Poland
Political party	New Left (Since 2021) Left Together (2015–2019)
Other political affiliations	The Left (Since 2019)
Education	University of Wrocław
Occupation	Politician
Known for	Black protest

Agnieszka Ewa Dziemianowicz-Bąk^[1] [aɡˈɲɛʂka d͡ʑɛmjaˈnɔvit͡ʂ bɔŋk] ^ⓘ (born 20 January 1984) is a Polish left-wing social activist and politician who has served as the Minister of Family, Labour and Social Policy since 2023. She has been a member of the Sejm since 2019.^[2]

Early life and career

After graduation in 2003 of Adam Mickiewicz High School No. III in Wrocław, she completed her studies in pedagogy at the Faculty of Historical and Pedagogical Sciences (2008) and philosophy at the Faculty of Social Sciences (2009) at the University of Wrocław. In 2009, she began her doctoral studies at the Institute of Philosophy at the University of Wrocław. In 2018, she obtained a Ph.D. in the humanities, specializing in philosophy, based on her dissertation titled Reproduction – Resistance – Empowerment. Radical Critique of Education in Contemporary Western Social Thought, supervised by Professor Adam Chmielewski. She is the author of articles and academic publications.^[3]

In May 2010, she began a permanent collaboration with the Ferdinand Lassalle Center for Social Thought in Wrocław. Between 2010 and 2016, she worked as a research assistant at the Educational Research Institute in Warsaw, focusing on studying and analyzing educational policy. Her research encompassed the educational activities of local governments, collaborations with organizations empowering youth from small towns, and initiatives establishing preschools in rural areas.^{[citation needed]}

Political career

Between December 2015 and February 2019, Dziemianowicz-Bąk was a member of the National Board of the Razem (Together) party.^[4] She represented Razem in the Democracy in Europe Movement 2025 (DiEM25) pan-European organisation.^[5]

In 2016, Foreign Policy magazine included Dziemianowicz-Bąk, together with Barbara Nowacka, on its annual list of the 100 most influential global thinkers for their role in organising the "black protest" against a total ban on abortion in Poland.^[6]

In February 2019, she left the Razem party due to disagreements over party strategy in then-upcoming elections to the European Parliament.^[7] In August 2019, she was elected to the Coordinating Collective of DiEM25.^[8]

Dziemianowicz-Bąk was elected to the Sejm on 13 October 2019, receiving 14,257 votes in the Wrocław district, campaigning from The Left list.^[2]

Aside from protesting abortion laws, Dziemianowicz-Bąk has also been active in protests for LGBT rights.^[9] In September 2020, she won the Equality Crowns award for politics from Campaign Against Homophobia. She said that she wished such an award was not necessary.^[10]

On 13 December 2023, she was appointed as the Minister of Family, Labour and Social Policy by Donald Tusk.^[11]

References

1. "Informacje o kandydacie DZIEMIANOWICZ-BĄK Agnieszka Ewa". wybory2018.pkw.gov.pl (in Polish). 2018. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
2. "Wyniki wyborów 2019 do Sejmu RP". Państwowa Komisja Wyborcza. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
3. https://dziemianowiczbak.pl/o-mnie
4. Agnieszka Dziemianowicz-Bąk Archived 13 December 2016 at the Wayback Machine. OKO.press. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
5. DiEM25: Next stop 2019? on YouTube. 25 May 2017. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
6. "Foreign Policy's Annual List of the 100 Top Global Thinkers". Foreign Policy. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
7. Michał Sutowski (27 February 2019). "Dziemianowicz-Bąk: Gdybym została, mogłabym pożałować". Krytyka Polityczna. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
8. "The results are in: here's who was elected to lead our movement". DiEM25. 29 August 2019. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
9. Ciobanu, Claudia (13 August 2020). "Mass Arrest of LGBT People Marks Turning Point for Poland". Balkan Insight. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
10. Chrzczonowicz, Magdalena; Szczęśniak, Agata (27 September 2020). "OKO.press z Koroną Równości! Nagrodzono też Wandę Traczyk-Stawską, Agnieszkę Dziemianowicz-Bąk, Atlas Nienawiści". oko.press. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
11. "Agnieszka Dziemianowicz-Bąk - The Chancellery of the Prime Minister - Gov.pl website". The Chancellery of the Prime Minister. Retrieved 15 December 2023.