Magdalena Biejat

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Magdalena Biejat
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Biejat in 2025
Deputy Marshal of the Senate
Incumbent
Assumed office
13 November 2023
Servingwith See list
Other political
affiliations
  • The Left (since 2019)
  • Common Tomorrow (since 2025)

Magdalena Agnieszka Biejat [a] (born 11 January 1982) is a Polish politician, social activist, and translator of Spanish-language literature. She has served as Deputy Marshal of the Senate and as a senator for the Western Warsaw constituency since 2023. Previously, she was a member of the Sejm from 2019 to 2023.

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Biejat is one of the leading figures in the Left political coalition [1] and ran as the coalition's candidate in the 2025 presidential election. She was a co-leader of Partia Razem from 2022 to 2024, leaving the party before it exited the coalition.

Background and work

Magdalena Agnieszka Biejat was born on 11 January 1982 in Warsaw, Poland. [2] [3] She attended the Polish-Spanish bilingual Cervantes High School in Warsaw. [4] In 2006, she graduated with a master's degree in sociology from the University of Granada in Spain. In 2007, she completed a postgraduate course in the management of non-governmental organisations, a joint programme of the Collegium Civitas and the Institute of Political Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences. [3] [5]

Professionally, Biejat has worked as a translator of Spanish-language literature. [6]

She has been involved in local activism, the study of civil society, and social advocacy, working with non-governmental organisations such as the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights, or the Stefan Batory Foundation. [6] Between 2012 and 2019, she headed research and counsulting at the Shipyard Foundation, an organisation that analyses and advocates for citizen participation and social innovation. [5]

Political career

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Biejat in 2023
Biejat at the Wielki Marsz Patriotow rally in support of the presidential candidate Rafal Trzaskowski in the second round of the presidential election. Warszawa 2025 Wielki Marsz Patriotow przemawia Magdalena Biejat.jpg
Biejat at the Wielki Marsz Patriotów rally in support of the presidential candidate Rafał Trzaskowski in the second round of the presidential election.

In 2015, she joined Left Together and sat on the council of the Warsaw district.

In 2019, she became deputy chairperson of The Left political alliance. [3]

She has participated in multiple strikes against the tightening of the Polish abortion law and in Polish Pride Parades. On 19 November 2020, during one of the protests, she was attacked with tear gas by a policeman, despite not posing any threat and despite showing her MP ID. The worrying situation raised concerns about the brutality of the Polish police during street protests. [7]

In 2022, she became a co-leader of Left Together alongside Adrian Zandberg. [8] In the 2023 election she successfully ran for one of the Warsaw seats (45th district) in the Senate. [9] Biejat was endorsed by the Senate Pact. [10]

In early 2024 she was announced as The Left's candidate for the mayor of Warsaw in the upcoming local elections. The campaign has also been endorsed by her native Left Together, New Left, The City Is Ours, Labour Union and Polish Socialist Party. [11] Biejat received 12.86% of overall votes placing her third after Trzaskowski (KO) and Bocheński (PiS). [12] [13]

In October 2024, Left Together split from The Left in disagreement of the latter's support for the incumbent Tusk government. In response, Biejat and a number of other MPs departed from Left Together. [14] In January of the following year, she and other former Together MPs founded a non-partisan organization Common Tomorow (Wspólne Jutro). [15]

Personal life

Biejat lives in the Praga district of Warsaw. She is married and has two children. [16] [17] She declared being vegetarian. [4]

Electoral history

Local elections

YearAssembly/OfficeElectoral listVotes receivedResultRef
Total%+/−
2018 District council of Praga-Północ Voters' Electoral Committiee of Jan Śpiewak – "Warsaw will win"1471.49—Not elected [18]
2024 Mayor of Warsaw The Left 99,44212.86—#3 [19]

European Parliament

YearElectoral listConstituencyVotes receivedResultRef
Total%+/−
2019 Lewica Razem No. 4 (Warsaw) 6160.04—Not elected [20]

Sejm

YearElectoral listConstituencyVotes receivedResultRef
Total%+/−
2019 The Left [b] No. 19 (Warsaw I) 19,5011.41—Elected [21]

Senate

YearElectoral listConstituencyVotes receivedResultRef
Total%+/−
2023 The Left [c] No. 45 (Western Warsaw) 204,93472.4—Elected [2]

Presidential

YearAffiliationFirst roundSecond roundRef
Total%PositionTotal%Position
2025 The Left 829,3614.23#7Did not advance [22]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Polish pronunciation: [mag.da.ˈlɛ.naˈbjɛ.jat] ⓘ
  2. ↑ Officially registered as Democratic Left Alliance party list, which also included other The Left coalition parties.
  3. ↑ Officially registered as New Left party list, which also included other The Left coalition parties and belonged to the wider Senate Pact 2023.

References

  1. ↑ "Politolog ocenia kandydaturę Biejat. Jakie ma mocne strony?". pap.pl (in Polish). Polish Press Agency. 15 December 2024. Retrieved 14 December 2025.
  2. 1 2 "BIEJAT Magdalena Agnieszka, candidate in Parliament election 2023". sejmsenat2023.pkw.gov.pl. National Electoral Commission . Retrieved 20 May 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 "Magdalena Biejat - Sejm Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej". sejm.gov.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 14 December 2025.
  4. 1 2 Chełmiński, Jakub (14 October 2019). "Adrian Zandberg i dwie posłanki Lewicy z Warszawy" . Wyborcza.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 15 December 2025.
  5. 1 2 "Magdalena Biejat / Senatorowie / Sylwetki / Senat Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej". senat.gov.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 15 December 2025.
  6. 1 2 "Magdalena Biejat". Onet (in Polish). 29 May 2020. Retrieved 15 December 2025.
  7. ↑ "Policja użyła gazu wobec posłanki Biejat i demonstrujących". partiarazem.pl. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  8. ↑ "Magdalena Biejat i Adrian Zandberg nowymi współprzewodniczącymi Partii Razem". wydarzenia.interia.pl (in Polish). 27 November 2022. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  9. ↑ "Okręg wyborczy numer 45 w wyborach do Senatu w 2023 r." wybory.gov.pl (in Polish). Państwowa Komisja Wyborcza. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
  10. ↑ "Zaskakujący ruch Razem. Znana posłanka nie wystartuje w wyborach do Sejmu!" (in Polish). naTemat.pl. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  11. ↑ "Magdalena Biejat kandydatką Lewicy i stowarzyszenia Miasto Jest Nasze w Warszawie" (in Polish). Rzeczpospolita. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
  12. ↑ "Rafał Trzaskowski zwyciężył w Warszawie. Oficjalne wyniki wyborów". TVN24.pl . TVN. 8 April 2024. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
  13. ↑ "Wyniki w wyborach Prezydenta m. st. Warszawy". wybory.gov.pl. National Electoral Commission . Retrieved 8 April 2024.
  14. ↑ Waluś, Monika (24 October 2024). "Wielki rozłam w partii Razem. Grupa polityczek opuszcza szeregi" [A major split in the Left Together party. A group of female politicians are leaving the ranks]. Onet.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 29 October 2024.
  15. ↑ "'Wspólne Jutro' nazwą nowego stowarzyszenia politycznego. "Chcemy wspólnie działać na wielu płaszczyznach"". www.pap.pl. Retrieved 29 September 2025.
  16. ↑ Aleksandra Pawlicka (8 December 2019). "Magdalena Biejat. "Serce po lewej stronie mam po pradziadku"" (in Polish). newsweek.pl. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
  17. ↑ Anna Sobańda (23 September 2022). "Magdalena Biejat o byciu mamą i posłanką: W domu bawimy się w Sejm, syn jest marszałkiem i uwala wszystkie moje poprawki" (in Polish). TOK FM. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
  18. ↑ "Wybory samorządowe 2018". wybory2018.pkw.gov.pl. National Electoral Commission . Retrieved 20 May 2025.
  19. ↑ "Results in elections for Prezydent m. st. Warszawy". samorzad2024.pkw.gov.pl. National Electoral Commission . Retrieved 20 May 2025.
  20. ↑ "Results of European Parliament Election 2019 | BIEJAT Magdalena Agnieszka | Constituency no. 4 [Warszawa]". pe2019.pkw.gov.pl. National Electoral Commission . Retrieved 20 May 2025.
  21. ↑ "Sejm voting results | KOMITET WYBORCZY SOJUSZ LEWICY DEMOKRATYCZNEJ | Sejm Constituency no. 19 [Warszawa]". sejmsenat2019.pkw.gov.pl. National Electoral Commission . Retrieved 20 May 2025.
  22. ↑ "The Election of the President of the Republic of Poland 2025". wybory.gov.pl. National Electoral Commission . Retrieved 20 May 2025.
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