Bożenna Urszula Hołownia (born 27 July 1953) is a geographer, hydrologist, computer scientist, and politician. Since 2024, she is a member of the Sejm of Poland, representing the constituency of Warsaw.
Bożenna Hołownia | |
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 Hołownia in 2024. | |
| Member of Sejm of Poland | |
| Assumed office 26 June 2024 | |
| Constituency | No. 19 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 27 July 1953 Warsaw, Poland |
| Political party | Poland 2050 |
| Education | University of Warsaw |
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Biography
editBożenna Hołownia was born on 27 July 1953 in Warsaw, Poland.[1]
In 1977 she graduated from the University of Warsaw witha degree in geography.[1][2] She was specialised in the hydrology and worked in the Institute of Meteorology and Water Management and the Warsaw Regional Water Management Office. Later, until her retirement, she was a director in an internet provider company. For over 20 years Hołownia was active in the scouting and guiding structures, being a group commander, and district deputy commander.[2]
Hołownia is a member of the Poland 2050 political party.[2] She unsuccessfully run for office of member of the Sejm of Poland during the 2023 parliamentary elections. She was a candidate from the constituenct no. 19, which consists of the city of Warsaw, and received 22,593 votes (1.32%).[3] In 2024 she unsucefully run for the office of a councillor in Mokotów, o ne of the districts of Warsaw, as well as, for the office of the Member of the European Parliament from the Warsaw constituency.[4][5]
On 26 June 2024, she became a member of the Sejm of Poland, replacing Michał Kobosko, who became a member of the European Parliament.[6] She joined the Poland 2050 parliamentary group, and became a member of the Commission of Social and Family Politics.[1]
Private life
editSince the age of four, Hołownia has tetraplegia which developed due to polio infection. She walked with crutches, and later begun using a wheelchair.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Posłowie X kadencji: Bożenna Hołownia". sejm.gov.pl (in Polish).
- ^ a b c d "Trochę o mnie". bholownia.egonet.pl (in Polish).
- ^ "Wybory do Sejmu i Senatu Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej 2023". sejmsenat2023.pkw.gov.pl (in Polish). 2023.
- ^ "Wybory samorządowe 2024". samorzad2024.pkw.gov.pl (in Polish).
- ^ "Wybory do Parlamentu Europejskiego 2024". wybory.gov.pl (in Polish).
- ^ "Ślubowanie poselskie nowych parlamentarzystów". sejm.gov.pl (in Polish). 26 June 2024.