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]
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]