Barbara Okuła

Barbara Okuła
Member of the Sejm
Incumbent
Assumed office 12 November 2023
Constituency	24-Białystok
Personal details
Born	(1973-12-04) 4 December 1973 (age 51) Siemiatycze, Polish People's Republic
Citizenship	Poland
Nationality	Polish
Political party	Poland 2050
Other political affiliations	Third Way
Alma mater	Higher School of Finance and Management
Occupation	Politician

Barbara Okuła née Trusiak (born 4 December 1973 in Siemiatycze) is a Polish politician and entrepreneur, member of the Sejm of the 10th term.[1]

Biography

Daughter of Stanisław and Teresa.[2] She graduated in finance and accounting from the Higher School of Finance and Management in Białystok (she obtained her master's degree in 2002).[1][3] She started running her own business as part of the commercial law company "Farbud", as well as a chain of toy stores. She became a member of the board of the "Białostocka Akademia Musicalowa" Foundation.

She was involved in Szymon Hołownia's presidential campaign in 2020.[4] She joined the party Poland 2050,[5] initiated by him. In the 2023 parliamentary elections, she ran for the Sejm from the third place on the Third Way list in the Białystok electoral district; she obtained the mandate of a member of parliament of the 10th term, receiving 3,482 votes.[5] In 2024, on behalf of this coalition, she ran unsuccessfully in the elections to the European Parliament from district no. 3 (she received 5,785 votes).[6]

References

1. "Barbara Okuła". sejm.gov.pl. Archived from the original on 2023-11-21.
2. "Dane osoby pełniącej funkcje publiczne". katalog.bip.ipn.gov.pl. Retrieved 2023-11-27.
3. "Barbara Okuła". mamprawowiedziec.pl. Archived from the original on 2023-11-01.
4. Monika Zysk (2023-09-26). "Nie chcę biernie patrzeć na to, co się dzieje". bialystokonline.pl. Retrieved 2023-10-21.
5. "Wybory do Sejmu i Senatu Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej 2023" (in Polish). pkw.gov.pl. Retrieved 2023-10-18.
6. "Wybory do Parlamentu Europejskiego 2024". pkw.gov.pl. Retrieved 2024-06-11.