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Polish geographer and politician (born 1953)
Bożenna Hołownia
Hołownia in 2024.
Member of Sejm of Poland
Incumbent
Assumed office
26 June 2024
ConstituencyNo. 19
Personal details
Born (1953-07-27) 27 July 1953 (age 71)
Warsaw, Poland
Political partyPoland 2050
EducationUniversity of Warsaw
Occupation

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.

Biography

Bożenna Hołownia was born on 27 July 1953 in Warsaw, Poland.

In 1977 she graduated from the University of Warsaw with a degree in geography. 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.

Hołownia is a member of the Poland 2050 political party. 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%). 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.

On 26 June 2024, she became a member of the Sejm of Poland, replacing Michał Kobosko, who became a member of the European Parliament. She joined the Poland 2050 parliamentary group, and became a member of the Commission of Social and Family Politics.

Private life

Since the age of four, Hołownia has tetraplegia which developed due to polio infection. She walked with crutches, and later begun using a wheelchair.

References

  1. ^ "Posłowie X kadencji: Bożenna Hołownia". sejm.gov.pl (in Polish).
  2. ^ "Trochę o mnie". bholownia.egonet.pl (in Polish).
  3. "Wybory do Sejmu i Senatu Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej 2023". sejmsenat2023.pkw.gov.pl (in Polish). 2023.
  4. "Wybory samorządowe 2024". samorzad2024.pkw.gov.pl (in Polish).
  5. "Wybory do Parlamentu Europejskiego 2024". wybory.gov.pl (in Polish).
  6. "Ślubowanie poselskie nowych parlamentarzystów". sejm.gov.pl (in Polish). 26 June 2024.
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