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Dorota Niedziela

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Dorota Niedziela
Official portrait, 2016
Deputy Marshal of the Sejm
Assumed office
13 November 2023
Serving with See List
MarshalSzymon Hołownia
Member of the Sejm
Assumed office
9 November 2011
Constituency12–Chrzanów
Secretary of State in the Ministry of the Environment
In office
16 June 2015 – 11 November 2015
Personal details
Born
Dorota Siwiec

(1964-08-20) 20 August 1964 (age 60)
Oświęcim, Poland
Political partyCivic Platform (since 2001)
Other political
affiliations
Civic Coalition (2018–present)


Dorota Niedziela, née Siwiec (born August 20, 1964, in Oświęcim) is a Polish politician and veterinarian. She has been a member of the Sejm (Polish Parliament) for the 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th terms (since 2011). She served as Secretary of State in the Ministry of the Environment in 2015 and has been the Deputy Marshal of the Sejm for the 10th term since 2023.

Biography

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In 1991, she graduated from the Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences. She also completed postgraduate studies in veterinary surgery and radiology at the same university. She began her professional career as a veterinarian and became a co-owner of veterinary clinics in Kęty and Bielsko-Biała. She was appointed to the board of the Silesian Veterinary Polyclinic in 2006 and became the Secretary of the Polish Association of Veterinarians in 2010[1].

In 2001, she took part in organizing the local structures of the Civic Platform in Kęty. She unsuccessfully ran for the council of the Oświęcim County in 2006[2] and for the Lesser Poland Voivodeship Sejmik in 2010[3]. In the 2011 parliamentary elections, she won a seat in the Sejm on the Civic Platform list, receiving 6,166 votes in the Chrzanów constituency[4]. On June 16, 2015, she was appointed Secretary of State in the Ministry of the Environment[5]. She held this position until November 11, 2015.

In the 2015 elections, she was re-elected to the Sejm, receiving 7,967 votes. In the 8th term of the Sejm, she became the Deputy Chairwoman of the Agriculture and Rural Development Committee and a member of the Environment, Natural Resources, and Forestry Committee[6]. She unsuccessfully ran in the 2019 European Parliament elections[7]. However, in the same year, she was re-elected to the Sejm, running as a candidate of the Civic Coalition and receiving 22,013 votes[8]. In December 2021, she was elected Vice-Chairwoman of the Civic Platform. In 2023, she retained her parliamentary seat for another term, receiving 28,783 votes[9]. On November 13, 2023, she was elected Deputy Marshal of the Sejm of the 10th term[10].

Results in National Elections

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Election Electoral Committee Office District Result
2011 Civic Platform Sejm (7th term) no. 12 6,166 (2.58%)Green tickY[4]
2015 Sejm (8th term) 7,967 (2.93%)Green tickY[6]
2019 European Coalition European Parliament (9th term) no. 10 11,814 (0.68%)Red XN[7]
2019 Civic Coalition Sejm (9th term) no. 12 22,013 (6.96%)Green tickY[8]
2023 Sejm (10th term) 28,783 (7.89%)Green tickY[9]

Personal life

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Her husband was Marcin Niedziela, the Oświęcim county mayor and a politician from the Civic Platform, who passed away in 2021[11]. She has two daughters[12].

References

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  1. ^ "O mnie - Dorota Niedziela - Poseł na Sejm RP". web.archive.org. 9 February 2016. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
  2. ^ "Geografia wyborcza - Wybory samorządowe - Państwowa Komisja Wyborcza". wybory2006.pkw.gov.pl. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
  3. ^ "Wybory Samorządowe 2010 - Geografia wyborcza - Rzeczpospolita Polska - województwo małopolskie - - Okręg/Komitet". wybory2010.pkw.gov.pl. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
  4. ^ a b "Wybory 2011". wybory2011.pkw.gov.pl. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
  5. ^ "Ministerstwo Środowiska". archive.is. 17 June 2015. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
  6. ^ a b "PKW | Wybory do Sejmu RP i Senatu RP". parlament2015.pkw.gov.pl. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
  7. ^ a b "Wybory do Parlamentu Europejskiego 2019". pe2019.pkw.gov.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 20 November 2024.
  8. ^ a b "Wybory do Sejmu i Senatu Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej 2019 r." sejmsenat2019.pkw.gov.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 20 November 2024.
  9. ^ a b "Wybory do Sejmu i Senatu Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej w 2023 r." sejmsenat2023.pkw.gov.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 20 November 2024.
  10. ^ News, Polsat (13 November 2023). "Sejm wybrał wicemarszałków. Jeden klub bez reprezentanta". PolsatNews.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 21 November 2024. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  11. ^ samorzad.pap.pl https://samorzad.pap.pl/kategoria/aktualnosci/zmarl-starosta-oswiecimski-marcin-niedziela. Retrieved 21 November 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  12. ^ "Dorota Niedziela: kim jest wicemarszałek z PO? Mąż, wykształcenie, psy w Sejmie - Wiadomości Radio ZET". wiadomosci.radiozet.pl (in Polish). 15 November 2023. Retrieved 21 November 2024.