Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska
Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska | |
|---|---|
Kidawa-Błońska in 2025 | |
| Marshal of the Senate | |
| Assumed office 13 November 2023 | |
| President | Andrzej Duda |
| Deputy | |
| Preceded by | Tomasz Grodzki |
| Marshal of the Sejm | |
| In office 25 June 2015 – 11 November 2015 | |
| President | Bronisław Komorowski Andrzej Duda |
| Deputy | |
| Preceded by | Radosław Sikorski |
| Succeeded by | Marek Kuchciński |
| Deputy Marshal of the Sejm | |
| In office 12 November 2015 – 12 November 2023 | |
| Marshal | Marek Kuchciński Elżbieta Witek |
| Government Spokeswoman | |
| In office 3 February 2015 – 25 June 2015 | |
| Prime Minister | Ewa Kopacz |
| Preceded by | Iwona Sulik |
| Succeeded by | Cezary Tomczyk |
| In office 7 January 2014 – 22 September 2014 | |
| Prime Minister | Donald Tusk |
| Preceded by | Paweł Graś |
| Succeeded by | Iwona Sulik |
| Member of the Senate | |
| Assumed office 13 November 2023 | |
| Constituency | 43 - Warsaw |
| Member of the Sejm | |
| In office 19 October 2005 – 12 November 2023 | |
| Constituency | 19 – Warsaw I |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Małgorzata Maria Grabska 5 May 1957 Ursus, Warsaw, Poland |
| Political party | Civic Platform (since 2001) |
| Other political affiliations | Civic Coalition (since 2018) |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 1 |
| Relatives | Władysław Grabski (great-grandfather) Stanisław Wojciechowski (great-grandfather) Maria Wojciechowska (great-grandmother) Władysław Jan Grabski (paternal grandfather) Zofia Wojciechowska-Grabska (paternal grandmother) |
| Education | University of Warsaw |
| Signature | |
| Website | Official website |
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Małgorzata Maria Kidawa-Błońska (née Grabska; Polish: [mawɡɔˈʐata kiˈdava ˈbwɔɲska]; born 5 May 1957) is a Polish politician, film producer, and sociologist currently serving as Marshal of the Senate. She was Marshal of the Sejm from 25 June 2015 to 11 November 2015 at the end of the Seventh term's composition of the lower house, after which being voted a Deputy Marshal of the Eighth and Ninth term, each time nominated by the opposition party Civic Platform, under the marshalcy of Marek Kuchciński and Elżbieta Witek, respectively. She is first to serve as the chairperson of both houses of the Polish Parliament.
Kidawa-Błońska served ministerial functions, such as Secretary of State in the Second Cabinet of Donald Tusk (2012–2014) and the Cabinet of Ewa Kopacz (2014–2015) and Press Spokeswoman for both cabinets in 2014 and 2015. She was the Civic Platform nominee for Prime Minister in the 2019 Polish parliamentary election, losing to Law and Justice incumbent Mateusz Morawiecki. In 2019, she was elected the Civic Platform's candidate for Presidency of Poland to stand in the 2020 Polish presidential election. Kidawa-Błońska resigned from her candidacy on 15 May 2020.