Joanna Kluzik-Rostkowska
| Joanna Kluzik-Rostkowska | |
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| Minister of National Education | |
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In office 27 November 2013 – 16 November 2015 |
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| President | Bronisław Komorowski |
| Prime Minister |
Donald Tusk Ewa Kopacz |
| Preceded by | Krystyna Szumilas |
| Succeeded by | Anna Zalewska |
| Minister of Labour and Social Policy | |
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In office 13 August 2007 – 16 November 2007 |
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| President | Lech Kaczyński |
| Prime Minister | Jarosław Kaczyński |
| Preceded by | Anna Kalata |
| Succeeded by | Jolanta Fedak |
| Member of the Sejm | |
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Assumed office 21 October 2007 |
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| Constituency |
9 – Łódź (2007-11) 30 - Rybnik (2011-) |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
December 14, 1963 Katowice, Poland |
| Political party | Civic Platform |
| Other political affiliations |
Law and Justice (2007–10) Poland Comes First (2010–11) |
| Alma mater | University of Warsaw |
| Profession | Journalist |
Joanna Kluzik-Rostkowska (born December 14, 1963) is a Polish politician and member of the Sejm for Civic Platform. She was elected for Law and Justice in 2007, but led a breakaway group in 2010 to form the more liberal Poland Comes First, of which she was leader. She resigned from the party in June 2011, joining Civic Platform following rumors. In November 2013, following a cabinet reshuffle by Prime Minister Donald Tusk, Kluzik-Rostkowska was appointed to head the Ministry of National Education.
Joanna Kluzik-Rostkowska was born on 14 December 1963 in Katowice, Poland. She graduated from the University of Warsaw with an M.A. in Journalism and Political Science. In 1989, she joined Tygodnik Solidarność, becoming a member of the paper's political section before moving on to Express Wieczorny, becoming editor of the newspaper and garnering the attention of Lech Kaczyński, who was then chief of the Presidential Chancellery. In 1996, Kluzik-Rostkowska joined the ranks of Wprost, becoming a political correspondent. She would later join the journal Nowe Państwo in 2000, followed by the ladies weekly Przyjaciółka between 2001 and 2004.
In 2004, Kluzik-Rostkowska entered Warsaw's municipal bureaucracy, becoming chief specialist of the mayor's press office. Kaczyński, now elected as Mayor of Warsaw, later appointed Kluzik-Rostkowska as head of the mayor's outreach department for women and families. As a member of Law and Justice, Kluzik-Rostkowska ran for a seat in the Sejm during the 2005 parliamentary election, but failed to be elected. Nevertheless, she joined the government of incoming Prime Minister Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz, who made Kluzik-Rostkowska deputy head of the Minister of Labour and Social Policy. Before joining the ministry, Kluzik-Rostkowska voiced support for in vitro fertilisation during a media interview, prompting one of the government's junior coalition partners, the League of Polish Families, to threaten the coalition of withdrawing its support. 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.
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