Ewa Kopacz

Ewa Kopacz Bozena ( born December 3, 1956 in Skaryszew ) is a Polish doctor and politician. 2007 to 2011 she was Minister of Health under Donald Tusk, since November 8, 2011, she is Marshal of the Sejm.

Life

Ewa Kopacz graduated from the Medical Academy of Lublin, which she completed in 1981. She has a specialist as a family doctor. Until 2001, it launched an Independent Public Health Centre ( Samodzielny publiczny zakład Opieki Zdrowotnej - medical center). At the same time from 1998 to 2001 as a consultant in the Province Parliament ( Sejmik województwa ) Mazovia active. Ewa Kopacz 2001 left the Unia Wolności ( Freedom Union ) and stepped ( Platforma Obywatelska, PO) in the Civic Platform a. Thus, it was also MP for the party in the Sejm. In the following Sejm ( 2005 election ), it was represented in the Sejm and became head of the Health Commission. As of 2006, she led the PO in Mazovia. In the parliamentary elections in Poland in 2007, she received 39 155 votes in her district of Radom and was selected by Donald Tusk to the Minister of Health. In November 2007, she brought the support for in vitro fertilization from this week. , What her sharp criticism from the Polish Church brought on 8 November 2011, she became the first female Marshal of the Sejm.