Agnieszka Pomaska

Agnieszka Pomaska
Pomaska in 2025
Member of the Sejm
Incumbent
Assumed office
24 June 2009
ConstituencyGdańsk
Vice-President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
In office
22 January 2024 – 25 January 2026
Personal details
BornAgnieszka Dominika Pomaska
(1980-01-08) 8 January 1980
Gdynia, Poland
Party
Alma materUniversity of Gdańsk
Websitewww.pomaska.pl

Agnieszka Dominika Pomaska (Polish: [aɡˈniɛszka-pɔˈmaska]; born 8 January 1980) is a Polish politician and former competitive sailor who has served as a member of the Sejm since 2009. A member of Civic Coalition, she represents the Gdańsk constituency and has chaired the Sejm's European Union Affairs Committee since 2024. She was a vice-president of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) from 2024 to 2026.

Early life and education

Pomaska was born in Gdynia and grew up in the Tricity. She competed in sailing for YKP Gdynia and later for the Sopot Sailing Club. She won the Polish championship in the Optimist class in 1994, placed third at the junior world championship in the Mistral class in 1998, and won the Polish freestyle windsurfing championship in 2000.[1]

In 2005, she graduated from the University of Gdańsk with a master's degree in political science.[1]

Political career

Local government

In 2001, Pomaska joined the Gdańsk board of the Young Democrats Association, the youth organisation associated with Civic Platform. She was elected to the Gdańsk City Council in 2002 and re-elected in 2006. From 2006 until leaving the council in June 2009, she served as its vice-chair and chaired its Tourism and City Promotion Committee.[1][2]

Sejm

Pomaska contested the 2007 Polish parliamentary election in the Gdańsk constituency, receiving 9,495 votes but not initially winning a seat. On 24 June 2009, she entered the Sejm after Jarosław Wałęsa was elected to the European Parliament, and resigned from the Gdańsk City Council the previous day.[1][3]

In 2010, she became chair of Civic Platform's Gdańsk organisation, a position she held until 2021.[4] She was re-elected to the Sejm in the 2011 Polish parliamentary election with 16,117 votes and chaired the European Union Affairs Committee during the seventh term.[5][1]

In 2015, Pomaska became a vice-chair of Civic Platform in the Pomeranian Voivodeship. In May of that year, Russia included her on a list of European politicians and officials barred from entering the country.[1][6] She won re-election in the 2015 Polish parliamentary election with 22,196 votes and served as a vice-chair of the European Union Affairs Committee during the eighth term.[7][1] In December 2017, she joined Civic Platform's national board.[8]

Pomaska was re-elected on the Civic Coalition list in the 2019 Polish parliamentary election, receiving 39,103 votes.[9] During the ninth term, she again served as a vice-chair of the European Union Affairs Committee.[10] In 2021, she stood for chair of Civic Platform in the Pomeranian Voivodeship but lost to Mieczysław Struk.[4]

In 2022, she became chair of the citizens' legislative committee Tak dla In Vitro ("Yes for IVF"), which campaigned to restore public funding for in vitro fertilisation and collected nearly 500,000 signatures for its bill. The measure was enacted in December 2023.[1][11][12]

In the 2023 Polish parliamentary election, Pomaska won a fifth consecutive term, receiving 83,590 votes.[13][14] At the beginning of the tenth term, she served as a vice-chair of the European Union Affairs Committee and as a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee. In 2024, she became chair of the European Union Affairs Committee.[1][15][16]

European activities

Pomaska served as a Polish representative to PACE from January 2016 to January 2020.[17] In 2022, she was elected a vice-president of EPP Women, the women's organisation of the European People's Party. She was re-elected for the 2025–2028 term.[18][19]

She returned to PACE in January 2024 as chair of the Polish parliamentary delegation and served as a vice-president of the Assembly until January 2026. She became treasurer of the Assembly's Group of the European People's Party in October 2024 and second vice-chair of the Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media in January 2026.[17]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Śliwiński, Błażej (27 March 2026). "Pomaska Agnieszka Dominika, polityk" [Pomaska Agnieszka Dominika, politician]. Gedanopedia (in Polish). Gdańsk Foundation and Museum of Gdańsk. Retrieved 15 July 2026.
  2. ↑ "30 lat samorządu terytorialnego. Zobacz pełną listę radnych Gdańska, prezydentów i przewodniczących Rady Miasta" [30 years of local government: full list of Gdańsk councillors, mayors and city council chairs]. Gdańsk.pl (in Polish). 27 May 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2026.
  3. ↑ "Serwis PKW – Wybory 2007" [National Electoral Commission – 2007 election] (in Polish). National Electoral Commission. Retrieved 15 July 2026.
  4. 1 2 "Platforma wybrała władze w Gdańsku i na Pomorzu" [Civic Platform elected its authorities in Gdańsk and Pomerania]. Trojmiasto.pl (in Polish). 23 October 2021. Retrieved 15 July 2026.
  5. ↑ "Pomaska Agnieszka Dominika" (in Polish). National Electoral Commission. Retrieved 15 July 2026.
  6. ↑ Seymat, Thomas (2 June 2015). "The complete blacklist of EU officials banned from Russia". Euronews. Retrieved 15 July 2026.
  7. ↑ "Wyniki wyborów do Sejmu RP – okręg nr 25" [Sejm election results – constituency no. 25] (in Polish). National Electoral Commission. Retrieved 15 July 2026.
  8. ↑ "Poznaliśmy nowy Zarząd Krajowy Platformy Obywatelskiej" [The new national board of Civic Platform]. Civic Platform (in Polish). 16 December 2017. Retrieved 15 July 2026.
  9. ↑ "Agnieszka Pomaska". Sejm (in Polish). Retrieved 15 July 2026.
  10. ↑ "Komisja do Spraw Unii Europejskiej (SUE)" [European Union Affairs Committee]. Sejm (in Polish). Retrieved 15 July 2026.
  11. ↑ "Polish opposition submits bill to restore state funding for IVF". Polskie Radio. 23 March 2023. Retrieved 15 July 2026.
  12. ↑ "In vitro fertilization". European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies. World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe. Retrieved 15 July 2026.
  13. ↑ "Pomaska Agnieszka Dominika" (in Polish). National Electoral Commission. Retrieved 15 July 2026.
  14. ↑ "Agnieszka Pomaska". Sejm (in Polish). Retrieved 15 July 2026.
  15. ↑ "Komisja do Spraw Unii Europejskiej (SUE)" [European Union Affairs Committee]. Sejm (in Polish). Retrieved 15 July 2026.
  16. ↑ "Komisja Spraw Zagranicznych (SZA)" [Foreign Affairs Committee]. Sejm (in Polish). Retrieved 15 July 2026.
  17. 1 2 "Ms Agnieszka Pomaska (Poland, EPP/CD)". Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. Retrieved 15 July 2026.
  18. ↑ "Posłanka Agnieszka Pomaska na forum europejskim" [MP Agnieszka Pomaska at the European forum]. Gdańsk.pl (in Polish). 7 December 2025. Retrieved 15 July 2026.
  19. ↑ "Executive board". EPP Women. Retrieved 15 July 2026.
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