Izabela Leszczyna

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Izabela Dorota Leszczyna
Izabela Leszczyna in 2023
Minister of Health
Assumed office
13 December 2023
Prime MinisterDonald Tusk
Preceded byEwa Krajewska
Member of Sejm
Assumed office
16 November 2007
Constituency28-Częstochowa
Personal details
Born (1962-09-03) 3 September 1962 (age 61)
Częstochowa, Poland
Political partyCivic Platform (2006–present)
Other political
affiliations
Civic Coalition (2018–present)

Izabela Dorota Leszczyna (born 3 September 1962) is a Polish politician, teacher, local official, Member of the Polish Parliament (since 2007). She currently serves as Minister of Health.

Biography[edit]

Leszczyna graduated in Polish philology at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków. In 2006 she was elected to Częstochowa City Council from the Civic Platform. Leszczyna was elected from the Civic Platform to the Sejm in: 2007, 2011, 2015 and 2019.[1]

In 2010, in the elections for the office of President of Częstochowa, she obtained the second result (21.99%). In the second round of elections, she obtained 29.11% of votes and was defeated by Krzysztof Matyjaszczyk.[2]

In December 2023, she was appointed as the Minister of Health in Donald Tusk's third cabinet.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Wybory do Sejmu i Senatu Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej 2019 r." wybory.gov.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2019-10-18.
  2. ^ "Wybory Samorządowe 2010 - Geografia wyborcza - Województwo śląskie - - m. Częstochowa". wybory2010.pkw.gov.pl. Retrieved 2019-01-19.
  3. ^ Paweł Żurek (12 December 2023). "Zajmowała się finansami, została ministrem zdrowia. Kim jest Izabela Leszczyna?". radiozet.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 15 December 2023.

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