List of LGBTQ politicians in Poland
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National parliament
| Portrait | Name | Office | Years in office | Sexual orientation/ gender identity |
Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Jerzy Andrzejewski (1909–1983) |
Member of the Sejm | 1952–1956 | Gay or bisexual | One of two first queer elected officials (both entered office in 1952). Publicly outed posthumously. | [1][2] |
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Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz (1894–1980) |
Member of the Sejm | 1952–1980 | Gay or bisexual | One of two first queer elected officials (both elected in 1952). Publicly outed posthumously. He self-identified as gay, however by modern standards is viewed as bisexual. | [3][4] |
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Jerzy Zawieyski (1902–1969) |
Member of the Sejm | 1956–1969 | Gay | Publicly outed posthumously | [5] |
| Member of the State Council | 1956–1968 | |||||
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Anna Grodzka (born 1954) |
Member of the Sejm | 2011–2015 | Transgender | First transgender person in elected office. | [6][7] |
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Robert Biedroń (born 1976) |
Member of the Sejm | 2011–2014 | Gay | First openly gay male member of the Sejm | [8][9] |
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Hanna Gill-Piątek (born 1974) |
Member of the Sejm | 2019–2023 | Bisexual | One of two first bisexual women in the Sejm (both entered office in 2019) | [10][11] |
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Krzysztof Śmiszek (born 1979) |
Member of the Sejm | 2019–present | Gay | First gay secretary of state | [12][13][14] |
| Secretary of state of the Ministry of Justice | 2023–present | |||||
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Anna Maria Żukowska (born 1983) |
Member of the Sejm | 2019–present | Bisexual | One of two first bisexual women in the Sejm (both entered office in 2019) | [15][16] |
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Marcin Józefaciuk
(born 1982) |
Member of the Sejm | 2023–present | Gay | [17][18] | |
European Parliament
| Portrait | Name | Office | Years in office | Sexual orientation/ gender identity |
Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Robert Biedroń (born 1976) |
Member of the European Parliament representing Poland | 2019–present | Gay | First gay member of the European Parliament representing Poland | [9][19] |
Sub-national level
Regional assemblies
| Portrait | Name | Office | Years in office | Sexual orientation/ gender identity |
Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Hanna Gill-Piątek (born 1974) |
Member of the Łódź Voivodeship Sejmik | 2023–present | Bisexual | First bisexual member of a regional assembly (sejmik) | [11][20] |
Municipal mayors
| Portrait | Name | Office | Years in office | Sexual orientation/ gender identity |
Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Robert Biedroń (born 1976) |
Mayor of Słupsk | 2014–2018 | Gay | First gay mayor | [9] |
| Łukasz Włodarczyk (born 1985 or 1986) |
Sołtys of Bobrowniki | 2017–2019 | Gay | First gay sołtys (mayor of a village) | [21] | |
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Paweł Rabiej (born 1971) |
Deputy mayor of Warsaw | 2018–2020 | Gay | First gay deputy mayor | [22] |
Municipal councils
| Portrait | Name | Office | Years in office | Sexual orientation/ gender identity |
Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Krystian Legierski (born 1978) |
Member of the Warsaw City Council | 2010–2014 | Gay | First openly gay elected official in Poland; first gay councillor | [23] |
| Zuzanna Bartel (born 1989 or 1990) |
Member of the Poznań City Council | 2024–present | Lesbian | One of two first lesbian elected officials in Poland and one of two first lesbian councillor (both entered office in 2024) | [24] | |
| Jakub Janas (born 2000 or 2001) |
Member of the Wrocław City Council | 2024–present | Gay | [25] | ||
| Marta Magott (born 1990) |
Member of the Gdańsk City Council | 2024–present | Lesbian | One of two first lesbian elected officials in Poland and one of two first lesbian councillor (both entered office in 2024) | [26][27][28] | |
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Aleksandra Owca (born 1992) |
Member of the Kraków City Council | 2024–present | Bisexual | First bisexual councillor | [29][30] |