Aleksandra Gajewska
Aleksandra Gajewska | |
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Member of the Sejm of Poland | |
Assumed office 12 November 2019 | |
Secretary of state of the Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy | |
Assumed office 28 December 2023 | |
Member of the Warsaw City Council | |
In office 2014–2019 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Warsaw, Poland | 22 August 1989
Political party | Civic Platform |
Spouse | Maciej Cnota |
Children | 1 |
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Aleksandra Małgorzata Gajewska (born 22 August 1989) is a Polish politician and businessperson. She is a member of the Sejm of Poland since 2019, and the secretary of state of the Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy since 2023. She is a member of the Civic Platform.
Biography
[edit]Aleksandra Gajewska was born on 22 August 1989 in Warsaw, Poland.[1] As a child, she was a member of the SKS 12 Warszawa basketball team, and represented Poland at the 2005 International School Basketball Championship Tournament in Wrocław.[2] In 2013, she graduated from the Collegium Civitas in Warsaw, with a Master's Degree in diplomacy and international relations. In 2021, she graduated from Collegium Humanum in Warsaw, a private university and suspected diploma mill, with a Master of Business Administration.[1] She owns an advertisement and personnel training company.[3]
Gajewska is a member of the Civic Platform, and the chairperson of its Warsaw division, and also a member of the Association Young Democrats. In 2010, she was elected to the office of a member of the Warsaw City Council. At the time she was 21 years old, becoming the youngest councillor in the city's history. Gajewska was subsequently reelected in 2014 and 2018. From 13 June 2019, she became the deputy chairperson of the council. She was a councillor until 14 November 2019.[4]
In the 2019 she was elected to the office of a member of the Sejm of Poland, from the constituency no. 19 consisting of Warsaw. She became a member of the Commission of the Protection of the Environment, Natural Resources and Forestry, and the Commission of the Social and Family Politics. She was so a founder and leader of the Parliamentary Team of the Matters of the Capital City of Warsaw.[1][4] She was reelected in 2023, and became the deputy chairperson of the Commission of the International Matters and a member of the Commission of Social and Family Politics.[1] On 28 December 2023, she became the secretary of state of the Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy.[5]
Private life
[edit]Gajewska is married to journalist Maciej Cnota, with whom she has a son.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Aleksandra Gajewska". sejm.gov.pl (in Polish).
- ^ "Aleksandra Gajewska. Radna m.st. Warszawy". um.warszawa.pl (in Polish).
- ^ Piotr Halicli (14 October 2019). "Aleksandra Gajewska z KO wchodzi do Sejmu z ostatniego miejsca na liście". wiadomosci.onet.pl (in Polish).
- ^ a b c "Kim jest Aleksandra Gajewska? Posłanka PO była najmłodszą radną Warszawy". natemat.pl (in Polish). 22 March 2022.
- ^ Anna Banasik. "Znamy nazwiska wiceministrów w nowym rządzie". samorzad.pap.pl (in Polish).
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