Gabriela Morawska-Stanecka | |
Office: | Deputy Marshal of the Senate |
Term Start: | 12 November 2019 |
Term End: | 12 November 2023 |
Order2: | Member of Senate |
Term Start2: | 12 November 2019 |
Constituency2: | 74-Chorzów |
Predecessor2: | Czesław Ryszka |
Party: | Spring (2019-2021) Polish Socialist Party (2021-2023) Independent (2023-) |
Otherparty: | The Left (2019-2023) Civic Coalition (2023-present) |
Residence: | Gostyń, Silesian Voivodeship |
Alma Mater: | Jagiellonian University |
Profession: | Lawyer, manager, and politician |
Birth Date: | 17 March 1968 |
Birth Place: | Szczyrk, Silesia, Poland |
Children: | 2 |
Gabriela Anna Morawska-Stanecka (born 17 March 1968) is a Polish lawyer, manager and left-wing politician.
She graduated from the Faculty of Law and Administration of the Jagiellonian University. Morawska-Stanecka worked as a civil law notary and later as a barrister. In 1994–2006, she participated in heavy industry restructuring processes in Poland. She was also on the supervisory committee of an energy corporation.
Morawska-Stanecka was the Democratic Left Alliance candidate for the Polish Senate in District 74 Silesia (Tychy and Mysłowice as well as Bieruń-Lędziny County) in 2019. She defeated Czesław Ryszka, of the Law and Justice party, with Morawska-Stanecka receiving 50.93% of the votes. After taking office as a member of the Senate, Morawska-Stanecka was elected to the position of deputy marshal, assuming that role on 12 November 2019. Morawska-Stanecka is the deputy leader of the centre-left Spring (Polish: Wiosna) party, where she is responsible for legal and legislative matters.[1] In the 2023 elections she was reelected as a senator receiving 47.75% of the votes.[2]