List of LGBTQ politicians in Poland

The following is a list of individuals who have been elected to a political office in Poland, who fall under the umbrella of LGBT identities, including gay, lesbian, bisexual and/or transgender individuals.

National parliament

Portrait Name Office Years in office Sexual orientation/
gender identity 		Notes Ref.
Jerzy Andrzejewski
(1909–1983) 		Member of the Sejm 1952–1956 Gay or bisexual One of two first queer elected officials (both entered office in 1952). Publicly outed posthumously. [1][2]
Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz
(1894–1980) 		Member of the Sejm 1952–1980 Gay or bisexual One of two first queer elected officials (both elected in 1952). Publicly outed posthumously. He self-identified as gay, however by modern standards is viewed as bisexual. [3][4]
Jerzy Zawieyski
(1902–1969) 		Member of the Sejm 1956–1969 Gay Publicly outed posthumously [5]
Member of the State Council 1956–1968
Anna Grodzka
(born 1954) 		Member of the Sejm 2011–2015 Transgender First transgender person in elected office. [6][7]
Robert Biedroń
(born 1976) 		Member of the Sejm 2011–2014 Gay First openly gay male member of the Sejm [8][9]
Hanna Gill-Piątek
(born 1974) 		Member of the Sejm 2019–2023 Bisexual One of two first bisexual women in the Sejm (both entered office in 2019) [10][11]
Krzysztof Śmiszek
(born 1979) 		Member of the Sejm 2019–present Gay First gay secretary of state [12][13][14]
Secretary of state of the Ministry of Justice 2023–present
Anna Maria Żukowska
(born 1983) 		Member of the Sejm 2019–present Bisexual One of two first bisexual women in the Sejm (both entered office in 2019) [15][16]

European Parliament

Portrait Name Office Years in office Sexual orientation/
gender identity 		Notes Ref.
Robert Biedroń
(born 1976) 		Member of the European Parliament representing Poland 2019–present Gay First gay mayor of the European Parliament representing Poland [9][17]

Sub-national level

Regional assemblies

Portrait Name Office Years in office Sexual orientation/
gender identity 		Notes Ref.
Hanna Gill-Piątek
(born 1974) 		Member of the Łódź Voivodeship Sejmik 2023–present Bisexual First bisexual member of a regional assembly (sejmik) [11][18]

Municipal mayors

Portrait Name Office Years in office Sexual orientation/
gender identity 		Notes Ref.
Robert Biedroń
(born 1976) 		Mayor of Słupsk 2014–2018 Gay First gay mayor [9]
Łukasz Włodarczyk
(born 1985 or 1986) 		Sołtys of Bobrowniki 2017–2019 Gay First gay sołtys (mayor of a village) [19]
Paweł Rabiej
(born 1971) 		Deputy mayor of Warsaw 2018–2020 Gay First gay deputy mayor [20]

Municipal councils

Portrait Name Office Years in office Sexual orientation/
gender identity 		Notes Ref.
Krystian Legierski
(born 1978) 		Member of the Warsaw City Council 2010–2014 Gay First openly gay elected official in Poland; first gay councillor [21]
Zuzanna Bartel
(born 1989 or 1990) 		Member of the Poznań City Council 2024–present Lesbian One of two first lesbian elected officials in Poland and one of two first lesbian councillor (both entered office in 2024) [22]
Jakub Janas
(born 2000 or 2001) 		Member of the Wrocław City Council 2024–present Gay [23]
Marta Magott
(born 1990) 		Member of the Gdańsk City Council 2024–present Lesbian One of two first lesbian elected officials in Poland and one of two first lesbian councillor (both entered office in 2024) [24][25][26]
Aleksandra Owca
(born 1992) 		Member of the Kraków City Council 2024–present Bisexual First bisexual councillor [27][28][29]

See also

References

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