Barbara Oliwiecka
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Barbara Oliwiecka | |
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 Oliwiecka in 2024. | |
| Member of the Sejm of Poland | |
| Assumed office 13 November 2023 | |
| Constituency | No. 36 |
| Member of the Kalisz City Council | |
| In office 2018–2023 | |
| Constituency | No. 3 |
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| Born | Barbara Anna Paprzycka 7 January 1977 Warsaw, Poland |
| Party | Centre (since 2026) |
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Barbara Anna Oliwiecka[a] (née Paprzycka;[b] born 7 January 1977) is a Polish politician, businessperson, manager, and facilitator. Since 2023, she is a member of the Sejm of Poland. Oliwiecka belongs to the Centre parliamentary group, and previously, was a member of Modern, Civic Coalition, and Poland 2050.
Barbara Oliwiecka (née Paprzycka) was born on 7 January 1977 in Kalisz, Poland. In 2000, she graduated from the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, with a master's degree in the spatial management of the local economy. In 2008, she also received a postgraduate degree in business training from the Higher School of Banking in Wrocław.[1] Oliwiecka foudned her company in a school and consulting sector, and became a director in a Kalisz-based production company.[2]
In 2015, Oliwiecka run for office of a member of the Sejm of Poland from the constituency no. 36, centered around Kalisz and Leszno. She was a candidate of the Modern party.[3][4] In 2018, as a member of the Civic Coalition, she was elected as a councilor in Kalisz.[5] She later joined the Poland 2050 party, becoming a member of its regional administration of Greater Poland Voivodeship.[2][6] In 2023, Oliwiecka was elected as a member of the Sejm from the constituency no. 36. She run on mandate of the Third Way political alliance, and received 12,214 votes, which constituted 2.25% of the votes.[6] In 2024, Oliwiecka unsuccessfully run of office as a member of the European Parliament from the constituency of Greater Poland.[7] In 2026, together with several other members of the parliament, she left the Poland 2050 party, creating the Centre parliamentary group.[8]