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Place of Birth: Żary, Lubusz Voivodeship, Poland
About Jolanta Fedak
- Jolanta Beata Fedak (born 21 September 1960) is a Polish politician who served as Minister of Labour and Social Policy from 2007 to 2011.
- Born in Zary, she graduated with a degree in political science from the University of Wroclaw.
- She joined the Polish People's Party (PSL) in the 1990s, and led the office out of the city of Zielona Góra.
- Fedak later became Deputy Marshal of Lubusz Voivodeship for the party with a focus on social issues, and has since become one of the four vice-chairmen of the party's Executive Committee.Fedak first ran for the Sejm in 2001, then ran for the Senate in 2005; both attempts were unsuccessful.
- She also ran for mayor of Zielona Góra in 2006 and the Polish Senate in 2007.
- In the latter race, she finished 9th out of 12 candidates with 45,719 votes.
- Despite losing the election, she was appointed as Minister of Labour and Social Policy under Donald Tusk as a result of a coalition between the PSL and Tusk's Civic Platform; she served in that position until 2011.After her term as Labour Minister ended, Fedak was an advisor to Deputy Prime Minister Waldemar Pawlak until his term ended in 2012.
- Shortly afterward, Fedak was appointed as a councilor of Zaklad Ubezpieczen Spolecznych.
- In 2014, she ran for a spot in the European parliament as a member of the PSL.
- While she finished first in her constituency out of 10 candidates with 6,906 votes, the party did not have enough votes as a whole; they received 4 seats for 13 constituencies.
- She was also unsuccessful in a bid for the Sejm during the 2015 parliamentary elections.
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