Joanna Kluzik-Rostkowska | |
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 Official portrait, 2015 | |
| Minister of National Education | |
| In office 27 November 2013 – 16 November 2015 | |
| President | Bronisław Komorowski Andrzej Duda |
| Prime Minister | Donald Tusk Ewa Kopacz |
| Preceded by | Krystyna Szumilas |
| Succeeded by | Anna Zalewska |
| Minister of Labour and Social Policy | |
| In office 13 August 2007 – 16 November 2007 | |
| President | Lech Kaczyński |
| Prime Minister | Jarosław Kaczyński |
| Preceded by | Anna Kalata |
| Succeeded by | Jolanta Fedak |
| Member of the Sejm | |
| Assumed office 21 October 2007 | |
| Constituency | 9 – Łódź (2007-11) 30 - Rybnik (2011-) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1963-12-14)14 December 1963 (age 62) |
| Party | Civic Platform |
| Other political affiliations | Law and Justice (2007–10) Poland Comes First (2010–11) |
| Alma mater | University of Warsaw |
| Profession | Journalist |
Joanna Grażyna Kluzik-Rostkowska (born 14 December 1963) is aPolishpolitician and member of theSejm forCivic Platform.[1][2] She was elected forLaw and Justicein 2007, but led a breakaway group in 2010 to form the more liberalPoland Comes First, of which she was leader.[1] She resigned from the party in June 2011, joining Civic Platform following rumors.[3] In November 2013, following a cabinet reshuffle byPrime MinisterDonald Tusk, Kluzik-Rostkowska was appointed to head theMinistry of National Education.[4]
Joanna Kluzik-Rostkowska was born on 14 December 1963 inKatowice,Poland.[2] She graduated from theUniversity of Warsaw with anM.A. in Journalism and Political Science.[2] In 1989, she joinedTygodnik Solidarność, becoming a member of the paper's political section before moving on toExpress Wieczorny, becoming editor of the newspaper and garnering the attention ofLech Kaczyński, who was then chief of thePresidential Chancellery.[5] In 1996, Kluzik-Rostkowska joined the ranks ofWprost, becoming a political correspondent.[5] Later, in 2000, she began working for the magazine Nowe Państwo. From 2001 to 2004, she was employed by the women's monthly Przyjacióka.[5]
In 2004, Kluzik-Rostkowska entered Warsaw's municipal bureaucracy, becoming chief specialist of the mayor's press office.[5] Kaczyński, now elected asMayor of Warsaw, later appointed Kluzik-Rostkowska as head of the mayor's outreach department for women and families.[5] As a member ofLaw and Justice, Kluzik-Rostkowska ran for a seat in theSejm during the2005 parliamentary election, but failed to be elected.[5] Nevertheless, Kluzik-Rostkowska joined the government of incoming Prime MinisterKazimierz Marcinkiewicz, who made her deputy head of theMinister of Labour and Social Policy.[5] Before joining the ministry, Kluzik-Rostkowska voiced support forin vitro fertilisation during a media interview, prompting one of the government's junior coalition partners, theLeague of Polish Families, to threaten the coalition of withdrawing its support.[5] However, the League failed to block Kluzik-Rostkowska's nomination, who later became head of the ministry's commission on the equal status of men and women.[5]
From August to November 2007, Kluzik-Rostkowska served as theMinister of Labour and Social Policy under the government of Prime MinisterJarosław Kaczyński.[5] Kluzik-Rostkowska replaced MinisterAnna Kalata ofSelf-Defence during a cabinet reshuffle following Self-Defence's exit from theLaw and Justice-led government.[6] Despite the Kaczyński government's defeat in the2007 parliamentary election, Kluzik-Rostkowska was elected to a seat in theSejm.[5]
In 2010, Kluzik-Rostkowska presided overJarosław Kaczyński's campaign during the2010 presidential election, called 'Poland Comes First'.[1] A leading party moderate, she was ejected fromLaw and Justice after hinting of her candidacy for the party's leadership "if need be".[7] Having left, she establishedPoland Comes First, a new political grouping with other Law and Justice dissidents including Sejm representativesElżbieta Jakubiak andPaweł Poncyljusz, andMEPsAdam Bielan andMichał Kamiński.[1][8]
She resigned from the party leadership on 5 June 2011,[9] prompting rumors of her leaving the party altogether to joinCivic Platform.[10] Following her defection to Civic Platform's ranks, Kluzik-Rostkowska described her decision as to "do everything [to ensure] that Law and Justice do not return to power."[5] She was reelected to theSejm as a member of Civic Platform in the2011 parliamentary election, representingRybnik.[5]
In November 2013, Kluzik-Rostkowska was appointed by Prime MinisterDonald Tusk as the nextMinister of National Education, replacingKrystyna Szumilas.[4]
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