Barbara Okuła Explained

Barbara Okuła
Birth Date:4 December 1973
Birth Place:Siemiatycze, Polish People's Republic
Party:Poland 2050
Otherparty:Third Way
Nationality:Polish
Citizenship:Poland
Alma Mater:Higher School of Finance and Management
Occupation:Politician
Office:Member of the Sejm
Termstart:12 November 2023

Barbara Okuła née Trusiak (born 4 December 1973 in Siemiatycze) is a Polish politician and entrepreneur, member of the Sejm of the 10th term.[1]

Biography

Daughter of Stanisław and Teresa.[2] She graduated in finance and accounting from the Higher School of Finance and Management in Białystok (she obtained her master's degree in 2002).[3] She started running her own business as part of the commercial law company "Farbud", as well as a chain of toy stores. She became a member of the board of the "Białostocka Akademia Musicalowa" Foundation.

She was involved in Szymon Hołownia's presidential campaign in 2020.[4] She joined the party Poland 2050,[5] initiated by him. In the 2023 parliamentary elections, she ran for the Sejm from the third place on the Third Way list in the Białystok electoral district; she obtained the mandate of a member of parliament of the 10th term, receiving 3,482 votes. In 2024, on behalf of this coalition, she ran unsuccessfully in the elections to the European Parliament from district no. 3 (she received 5,785 votes).[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Barbara Okuła. sejm.gov.pl . https://web.archive.org/web/20231121175216/https://www.sejm.gov.pl/Sejm10.nsf/posel.xsp?id=271. 2023-11-21.
  2. Web site: Dane osoby pełniącej funkcje publiczne . katalog.bip.ipn.gov.pl. 2023-11-27.
  3. Web site: Barbara Okuła. https://web.archive.org/web/20231101171643/https://mamprawowiedziec.pl/polityk/75544. mamprawowiedziec.pl. 2023-11-01.
  4. Web site: Monika Zysk . Nie chcę biernie patrzeć na to, co się dzieje. 2023-09-26 . 2023-10-21 . bialystokonline.pl .
  5. Web site: Wybory do Sejmu i Senatu Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej 2023. 2023-10-18 . pl. pkw.gov.pl .
  6. Web site: Wybory do Parlamentu Europejskiego 2024 . pkw.gov.pl. 2024-06-11.