Anna Zalewska | |
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| Minister of National Education | |
| In office 16 November 2015 – 4 June 2019 | |
| Prime Minister | Beata Szydło Mateusz Morawiecki |
| Preceded by | Joanna Kluzik-Rostkowska |
| Succeeded by | Dariusz Piontkowski |
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| Born | (1965-07-06)6 July 1965 (age 60) |
| Political party | Law and Justice |
| Alma mater | University of Wrocław |
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Anna Elżbieta Zalewska (néeGąsior; born 6 July 1965) is a Polish politician, and formerMinister of National Education, serving 2015 to 2019. Since 2007, Zalewska has been a Member of theSejm and she has worked there until a transition to the minister.
Zalewska graduated from the Polish Philology Department of theUniversity of Wrocław in 1989. She first worked as teacher and deputy director of theŚwiebodzice High School.[1]
She joined liberal, democratic political partyFreedom Union and subsequently moved toLaw and Justice founded byLech andJarosław Kaczyński in 2001. From 2002 to 2007, Zalewska sat on the provincial council of theŚwidnica County, and since 2006, served a second function of deputystarosta in the same office.[2] She ran for Parliament first in 2005, but unsuccessfully. In2007 Polish parliamentary election, she was electedMember of Sejm from a list of the Law and Justice Party. She ran in theWałbrzychelectoral district and won with 10,584 votes. In 2011, she was re-elected to Parliament in the same electoral district with 14,999 votes.[3] In 2009 and 2014, she unsuccessfully ran for theEuropean Parliament.[4] In 2015, she was re-elected to Polish ParliamentSejm, winning 22,402 votes.[5] On 16 November 2015, she was appointed Minister of Education in the acting government ofBeata Szydło.[6]
During her term of office as Minister of Education, in April 2019 there was a nationwide strike which lasted for 19 days in 78% of schools which had conducted the strike ballot.[7] The strike ended with the agreement of the parties.[8]
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