Katarzyna Piekarska

Katarzyna Maria Piekarska
member of Sejm 2005-2007
In office
25 September 2005 – 2007
Personal details
Born 1967
Nationality Polish
Political party Democratic Left Alliance

Katarzyna Piekarska (pronounced [kataˈʐɨna piɛˈkarska]; born 23 September 1967 in Warsaw) is a Polish left-wing politician, member of the Democratic Left Alliance.

She is a graduate of the Uniwersytet Warszawski in law. She worked as a lawyer.

She was elected to Sejm on 25 September 2005, getting 26,511 votes in 19 Warsaw district, as a candidate from the Democratic Left Alliance list. However, she failed to be elected in the 2007 election.

She was also a member of Sejm 1993-1997, Sejm 1997-2001, and Sejm 2001-2005. During her third term she was a chairman of the Justice and Human Rights commission.

From 2004 to 2005 she was a Vice Chairman of the party and during 2005 Presidential elections a chairman of Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz campaign.

In 2008 she's been elected the vice-president of the Democratic Left Alliance despite not being member of the parliament.

She is a well-known advocate of ethical treatment of animals and a vegetarian. She also writes poems and plays.

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