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Hanna Gill-Piątek
Gill-Piątek in 2019
Member of the Łódź Voivodeship Sejmik
Incumbent
Assumed office
7 May 2024
ConstituencyNo. 1
Member of the Sejm of Poland
In office
12 November 2019 – 12 November 2023
ConstituencyNo. 9
Personal details
Born
Hanna Beata Stachowiak

(1974-04-13) 13 April 1974 (age 50)
Łódź, Poland
Political party
Education
Occupation
  • Politician
  • social activis
  • civil servant
  • columnist
  • graphic designer

Hanna Beata Gill-Piątek (née Stachowiak; born 13 April 1974) is a Polish politician, social activist, civil sevant, and columnist. Since 2024, she is a member of the Łódź Voivodeship Sejmik, and from 2019 to 2023, was a member of the Sejm of Poland. She belongs to Civic Platform party, and in the past, was also a member of the Greens, Spring, and Poland 2050.

Education and career

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Hanna Gill-Piątek (née Stachowiak) was born on 12 April 1974 in Łódź, Poland, where she also attended the Nicholas Copernicus 1st General Education High School.[1][2] Her parents were scientists.[1][3] She has studied graphic design and painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Łodź and Szczecin Art Academy, from which she had graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2017, after previously halting her education in 2000.[4][5][6] In 2023, she received a master's degree from the Faculty of Law and Administration of the Łazarski University in Warsaw.[7] She also attended courses at the School for Leaders in Warsaw.[4] Between 2000 and 2006, she worked as graphic designer in Warsaw advertising agencies.[6]

Gill-Piątek worked as a regular columnist for newspapers Gazeta Wyborcza, Przekrój, Dziennik Łódzki, and Dziennik Opinii Krytyki Politycznej. She wrote about women's rights, local democracy, and tenant issues.[6] From 2014 to 2016, she worked in the revitalizaton office of the Łódź City Hall, where she managed local pilot experiments of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Development.[4][8] One of results of her work was creation of thr first in Poland centre of knowlage about the revitalizaton.[9][10] From 2016 to 2017, she was an acting director of the Social Issues Department of the city hall in Gorzów Wielkopolski.[11] She was also an expert of government revitalizaton programmes, and an advisor of the Association of Polish Cities.[12]

Politics and social activism

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Hanna Gill-Piątek with politicians of the Poland 2050 in Sejm of Poland in 2022.

In 2005, she became one of the leaders of the Chomiczówka Against Degradation Association (Stowarzyszenie „Chomiczówka Przeciw Degradacji”), and co-founder of the All-Poland Movement for the City Bypass "Not Through the City!" (Ogólnowarszawski Ruch na Rzecz Obwodnicy Pozamiejskiej „Nie Przez Miasto!”).[13]

She is a member of the Women's Congress, Municipal City Movements, and council of the Metropolitan Revitalization Congress.[4][8][14] She organised performance art events, such as Backwards March for Tolerance in 2010, co-hosted with Joanna Rajkowska.[15] In 2017, she lived in a shipping container for 3 days in Szczecin, to highlight the situation of evicted tenants.[16] From 2011 to 2014, she organized political debates for Krytyka Polityczna.[6]

In 2010 was published a book titled Bieda. Przewodnik dla dzieci (Poverty. A guidebook for children), which she wrote together with Henryka Krzywonos. All of Poland Reads to Kids, a social campaign promoting reading among yough, have called it "the book of the decade".[17] It was also nominated to the Equality Glasses award (Okulary Równości) by Izabela Jaruga-Nowacka Foundation.[18]

From 2006 to 2018, she belonged to the Greens political party, in which she was national management secretary and member of its national council.[6][19][20] In 2006 and 2010, she unsuccessfully run for office of a councilor in Warsaw.[21][22] In 2015, she candidated to be a member of the Sejm of Poland, on the list of United Left, representing the Greens.[23] In 2018, she co-founded association Yes for Łódź, and became its management secretary.[24] The same year, she run as its member for an office of a councilor in Łódź.[25] In 2019, she became a coordinator of newly formed party of the Spring, in the constituency no. 10, and also unsuccessfully run in the elections to the European Parliament.[26][27]

In 2019, she was elected to the Sejm of Poland from the constituency no. 9, centred around Łódź, receiving 14,422 votes. She represented the Sping on the list of the Democratic Left Alliance.[28][29] In the parliament, she became the chairperson of the City Parliamentary Team, the deputy chairperson of the Łódź Parliamentary Team, as well as the member of the Infrastructure Committee, Local Government and Regionalal Politics Committee, Construction and Land and Housing Management Permanent Subcommittee, Publice Finance Committee, Taxiation System Oversight Permanent Subcommittee, LGBT+ Community Equality Parliamentary Team, and Transit Exclusion Counteraction Parliamentary Team.[7]

In September 2020, she resigned from the Spring party and the Left parliamentary group, and joined the Poland 2050 movement, becoming the deputy chairperson of its political party in November.[30][31][32] In February 2021, together with Joanna Mucha and Paulina Hennig-Kloska, she formed the Poland 2050 parliamentary group, becoming its chairperson.[33][34] On 8 February 2023, she resigned from the party, and in September 2023, she had joined the Civic Coalition parliamentary group.[35][36] That year, she unsuccessfully run for the relection.[37] In 2024, she later joined the Civic Platform, and was elected as a member of the Łódź Voivodeship Sejmik in 2024, and also joined the afterwards. The same year, she unsuccessfully run in the elections to the European Parliament.[38][39]

In 2023, the Supreme Council of Ukraine awarded her the White Cross "Honor et Gloria", for her activism and help regarding the Russo-Ukrainian War.[40]

Private life

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She was married twice, including to writer Tomasz Piątek.[6][41] She has a son, Martyn Gill, who is a painter responsible for several murals in Łódź.[42] She identifies as bisexual.[43]

Bibliography

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  • Bieda. Przewodnik dla dzieci (together with Henryka Krzywonos; Wydawnictwo Krytyki Politycznej, Warsaw, 2010)
  • "Powrót do Norwegii, w której nigdy nie byłam" in Norwegia. Przewodnik nieturystyczny (2011, Wydawnictwo Krytyki Politycznej, Warsaw, pp. 6–10)
  • "Seriale. Przewodnik Krytyki Politycznej" in Autostopem przez Chomiczówkę (collaborative work; Wydawnictwo Krytyki Politycznej, Warsaw, 2011)
  • "Autostopem przez Chomiczówkę" in Tiry na tory. Poradnik walczących społeczności (together with B. Martela; Federacja Zielonych – Grupa Krakowska, Instytut Spraw Obywatelskich, Łódź-Kraków, 2012, pp. 44–61)
  • Rewolucja 1905. Przewodnik Krytyki Politycznej (collaborative work; Wydawnictwo Krytyki Politycznej, Łódź, 2013)
  • "Obywatele decydują: poradnik działaczy obywatelskich" (collaborative work; Fundacja Rozwoju Turystyki i Kultury and Instytut Spraw Obywatelskich, Łódź, 2014)
  • Analiza dalszych, możliwych działań legislacyjnych Rządu po ewentualnym wejściu w życie ustawy o rewitalizacji, z uwzględnieniem wniosków z dyskusji toczącej się w trakcie konsultacji projektu (collaborative work; Ministry of Infrastructure and Development, Warsaw, 2015)
  • "Kontenery. Instrukcja obsługi dla artystów" in Mieszkanie i dom jako nieoczywistość kulturowo-społeczna (LangeL – Łucja Lange, Łódź, 2017, pp. 13–50)
  • "Krótkie historie rewitalizacyjne" in Miasto na plus. Eseje o polskich przestrzeniach miejskich (together with Jacek Grunt-Mejer; Wysoki Zamek, Kraków, 2018)

Electoral results

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Electoral history of Hanna Gill-Piątek
Year Office Party District Votes Result Ref.
Total % P.
2006 Warsaw City Council 5th The Greens No. 5 656 0.86% 24th Lost [21]
2010 Warsaw City Council 5th Democratic Left Alliance No. 5 339 0.49% 18th Lost [22]
2015 Sejm of Poland 8th United Left No. 9 3,256 0.91% 21st Lost [23]
2018 Łódź City Council 8th Yes for Łódź No. 5 427 1.51% 14th Lost [25]
2019 European Parliament 9th Spring No. 6 3,614 0.40% 27th Lost [27]
2019 Sejm of Poland 9th Democratic Left Alliance No. 9 14,422 3.47% 2nd Won [28]
2023 Sejm of Poland 10th Civic Coalition No. 9 5,508 1.21% 18th Lost [37]
2024 Łódź Voivodeship Sejmik 7th Civic Coalition No. 1 24,735 10.22% 3rd Won [38]
2024 European Parliament 10th Civic Coalition No. 6 10,740 1.42% 13th Lost [39]

Decorations

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  • White Cross "Honor et Gloria" (2023)[40]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Hanna Gill-Piątek. Dane osoby pełniącej funkcje publiczne". katalog.bip.ipn.gov.pl (in Polish).
  2. ^ Henryk Władysław Skorek (editor): Nasz wiek. Gimnazjum i Liceum imienia Mikołaja Kopernika w Łodzi 1906–2006. Zarys historyczny. Wspomnienia. Łódź: Nicholas Copernicus 1st General Education High School and Association of the Nicholas Copernicus 1st General Education High School in Łódź Alumni, 2006, p. 535, ISBN 83-908655-0-5. (in Polish)
  3. ^ "O mnie". gillpiatek.pl (in Polish).
  4. ^ a b c d Szymon Bujalski (24 March 2016). "Gill-Piątek: 'Największe poczucie winy mam wobec mieszkańców'". lodz.wyborcza.pl (in Polish).
  5. ^ "Kontener. Instrukcja obsługi dla artystów" (PDF). indeks.akademiasztuki.eu (in Polish). 2017.
  6. ^ a b c d e f Wioleta Wasylów (5 October 2022). "Kim jest Hanna Gill-Piątek z Polski 2050? Kariera polityczna jednej z najaktywniejszych posłanek". natemat.pl (in Polish).
  7. ^ a b "Hanna Gill-Piątek". sejm.gov.pl (in Polish).
  8. ^ a b "Od założeń polityki do społecznej zmiany. Rewitalizacja w działaniu, czyli Metropolitalny Kongres Rewitalizacji". ikm.gda.pl (in Polish). 18 August 2017.
  9. ^ "Centrum Łodzi ma zachwycać, a nie przerażać. 4 mln zł na początek rewitalizacji". tvn24.pl (in Polish). 1 August 2014.
  10. ^ Hanna Gill-Piątek. "O mnie: Aktywistka, społeczniczka, kandydatka". gillpiatek.pl (in Polish).
  11. ^ Dariusz Wieczorek (31 May 2017). "Eliza Rudnicka p.o. dyrektora Wydziału Spraw Społecznych". gorzow.pl (in Polish).
  12. ^ "Hanna Beata Gill-Piątek". wnp.pl (in Polish).
  13. ^ Hanna Gill-Piątek (29 May 2010). "Zieloni Warszawa: Warszawa przyjazna ludziom? List do Marcina Wojdata [online]". zielonawarszawa.blogspot.com (in Polish).
  14. ^ "Rada Programowa Kongresu Kobiet". kongreskobiet.pl (in Polish). Archived from the original on 2019-03-24.
  15. ^ Karolina Koziolek (29 June 2010). "Poznań: Pójdą tyłem od katedry do starej synagogi". gloswielkopolski.pl (in Polish).
  16. ^ Karolina Rogaska (26 September 2017). "'To śmietnik na ludzi'. Zamieszkała w kontenerze, bo tak żyje część Polaków". wiadomosci.wp.pl (in Polish).
  17. ^ Szymon Bujalski (24 March 2016). "Gill-Piątek: 'Największe poczucie winy mam wobec mieszkańców'". lodz.wyborcza.pl (in Polish).
  18. ^ "Okulary Równości przyznane!". kongreskobiet.pl (in Polish). 2 March 2012.
  19. ^ Hanna Gill-Piątek (29 May 2010). "Zieloni Warszawa: Warszawa przyjazna ludziom? List do Marcina Wojdata". zielonawarszawa.blogspot.com (in Polish).
  20. ^ "Zieloni Warszawa: Zieloni: nowe władze, nowy program". zielonawarszawa.blogspot.com (in Polish). 23 April 2010.
  21. ^ a b "Wybory samorządowe 2006". wybory2006.pkw.gov.pl (in Polish).
  22. ^ a b "Wybory samorządowe 2010". wybory2010.pkw.gov.pl (in Polish).
  23. ^ a b "Wybory do Sejmu i Senatu Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej 2015". parlament2015.pkw.gov.pl (in Polish).
  24. ^ Marcin Darda (26 March 2018). "Koalicja TAK! przedstawiła w Łodzi swój zarząd. A w nim była radna PO Urszula Niziołek-Janiak i były poseł SLD Dariusz Joński". dzienniklodzki.pl.
  25. ^ a b "Wybory samorządowe 2018". wybory2018.pkw.gov.pl (in Polish).
  26. ^ "Hanna Gill-Piątek". wiosnabiedronia.pl (in Polish).
  27. ^ a b "Wybory do Parlamentu Europejskiego 2019". pe2019.pkw.gov.pl (in Polish).
  28. ^ a b "Wybory do Sejmu i Senatu Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej 2019". sejmsenat2019.pkw.gov.pl (in Polish).
  29. ^ Agata Szczerbiak (14 October 2014). "Kto dziś świętuje, a kogo zabraknie w Sejmie i Senacie?". polityka.pl (in Polish).
  30. ^ Arkadiusz Jastrzębski (8 September 2020). "Hanna Gill-Piątek poza Wiosną. Rezygnuje też z klubu Lewicy". wiadomosci.wp.pl (in Polish).
  31. ^ Dorota Roman (8 September 2020). "Gill-Piątek odchodzi z Lewicy. Posłanka dołącza do ruchu Szymona Hołowni". wyborcza.pl (in Polish).
  32. ^ "Jacek Kozłowski członkiem założycielem partii Polska 2050 Szymona Hołowni". wnp.pl (in Polish). 6 November 2020.
  33. ^ "Koło Poselskie Polska 2050". sejm.gov.pl (in Polish).
  34. ^ "Polska 2050 zakłada koło poselskie. Hołownia wskazał 'naturalną kandydatkę' na przewodniczącą". wiadomosci.gazeta.pl. 16 February 2021.
  35. ^ "Posłanka Hanna Gill-Piątek opuszcza ugrupowanie Szymona Hołowni". wiadomosci.wp.pl (in Polish). 8 February 2023.
  36. ^ "Nowi parlamentarzyści w klubie Koalicji Obywatelskiej. Jest kolejne nazwisko". tvn24.pl (in Polish). 17 August 2023.
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  38. ^ a b "Wybory samorządowe 2024". wybory.gov.pl (in Polish).
  39. ^ a b "Wybory do Parlamentu Europejskiego 2024". wybory.gov.pl (in Polish).
  40. ^ a b "РЕЄСТР НАГОРОДЖЕНИХ Білим хрестом 'HONOR ET GLORIA'". vto-orden.com.ua (in Ukrainian).
  41. ^ Agnieszka Urazińska (28 September 2019). "Dla wielu pozostaje byłą żoną 'Piątka od książek', ale dla łodzian jest symbolem rewitalizacji z ludzką twarzą". wysokieobcasy.pl (in Polish).
  42. ^ "Hanna Gill-Piątek pęka z dumy. Jej syn to prawdziwy artysta. 'Zanim zaczął chodzić, malował po ścianach'". fakt.pl. 26 October 2021.
  43. ^ "Niech nas zobaczą w Sejmie". replika-online.pl (in Polish). 23 November 2019.
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