Joanna Wicha | |
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![]() Wicha in 2025 | |
Member of the Sejm | |
Assumed office 13 November 2023 | |
Parliamentary group | The Left |
Constituency | 20 (Warsaw II) |
Personal details | |
Born | Joanna Beata Wicha 9 October 1966 Biała Podlaska,Poland |
Political party | Left Together (2015–2024) |
Alma mater | University of Warsaw |
Profession | Nurse |
Joanna Beata Wicha (born 9 October 1966) is a Polish nurse,labor activist and politician,elected member of the Sejm in 2023.
Wicha assumed her seat on 13 November 2023 and currently is a member of the standing committees for health,elder care policy and national defense. She is affiliated with The Left parliamentary group. [1]
Wicha was born in Biała Podlaska on 9 October 1966. [1] She has graduated from a medical school in 1986,specializing in nursing,and went on to achieve a master's degree in sociology at the University of Warsaw. [1] She has been a nurse for over 37 years and has recently worked in children hospital in Warsaw. [2] Since 1996 she is an active trade unionist. [2] She is a member of the Polish National Trade Union of Nurses and Midwives. [3] [4]
In 2015 she joined newly established Left Together party, [2] and was a member of party's national council. [3] In October 2024,she left Left Together,while remaining in The Left as an MP. [5]
Election | Body | Committee | Votes (%) | Constituency | Elected? | Ref. |
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2018 | Warsaw City Council | KWW Jan Śpiewak –Wygra Warszawa | 247 (0.26%) | Śródmieście and Ochota | No | [6] |
2019 | European Parliament | Left Together | 482 (0.03%) | Warsaw | No | [7] |
2019 | Sejm | The Left | 2,919 (0.21%) | Warsaw I | No | [8] |
2023 | Sejm | The Left | 15,324 (2.10%) | Warsaw II | Yes | [9] |
Wicha advocates for women's right for abortion until twelfth week of pregnancy [3] and speaks unfavorably about the Constitutional Tribunal ruling from October 2020 that tightened abortion law in Poland. [2]
She also stands for public funding of in-vitro fertilisation [3] and spoke in favor of the idea at the Sejm meeting on 22 November 2023 during the first reading of a citizens' amendment proposal of the Act on publicly funded healthcare treatments,which would include IVF refunding. [10]
Wicha is an outspoken supporter for increased healthcare services and education public spending. [2]