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Ewa Bożena Kopacz (IPA: [ˈɛva ˈkɔpat͡ʂ] ⓘ; née Lis; born 3 December 1956) is a Polish politician who has served as a Vice-President of the European Parliament since 2019. She previously was Marshal of the Sejm from 2011 to 2014, the first woman to hold the office, as well as Prime Minister of Poland from 2014 to 2015.
Ewa Kopacz (born December 3, 1956, Skaryszew, Poland) Polish physician and politician who was the second woman to serve as prime minister of Poland (2014–15). A longtime protégée of two-time prime minister Donald Tusk of the Civic Platform (CO) party, she was his handpicked successor when he resigned to become president of the European Council.
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Ewa Bożena Kopacz is a Polish politician who has served as a Vice-President of the European Parliament since 2019. She previously was Marshal of the Sejm from 2011 to 2014, the first woman to hold the office, as well as Prime Minister of Poland from 2014 to 2015. In addition, Kopacz was Minister of Health from 2007 until 2011. Since 2001, she has been a member of Civic Platform, which she ...
Responsibilities as vice-president: Available languages. EN. European Parliament Coordinator on children’s rights. Health. High-level Group on Gender Equality and Diversity, Vice-Chair. WG on Information and Communication Policy, Member. Chancellery of the European Citizen’s Prize, Member. Replacing the President on Neighbourhood Policy ...
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT. After the 2019 elections, I was elected Vice-Chairwoman of the European People’s Party (EPP), then appointed Vice-President of the European Parliament and European Parliament Coordinator for Children’s Rights. In the European Parliament, I am an active member of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food ...
In the years 2014-2015, she served as leader of the Civic Platform. On 22 September 2014, Ewa Kopacz was sworn in as Prime Minister of Poland and remained in office until 16 November 2015. Since her election to the European Parliament, Ewa Kopacz has been become one of its Vice-Presidents.