Robert Biedroń
Robert Biedroń | |
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Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Co-leader of New Left | |
| Assumed office 9 October 2021 | |
| Preceded by | office established |
| Member of the European Parliament | |
| Assumed office 1 July 2019 | |
| Constituency | Warsaw |
| Leader of Spring | |
| In office 3 February 2019 – 11 June 2021 | |
| Preceded by | office established |
| Succeeded by | party dissolved |
| Mayor of Słupsk | |
| In office 6 December 2014 – 21 November 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Maciej Kobyliński |
| Succeeded by | Krystyna Danilecka-Wojewódzka |
| Member of the Sejm | |
| In office 9 October 2011 – 6 December 2014 | |
| Constituency | 26-Słupsk |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 13 April 1976 Rymanów, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Poland |
| Political party | New Left (Since 2021) Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (Since 2019) |
| Other political affiliations | Democratic Left Alliance (1998–2005) Your Movement (2011–2019) Spring (2019–2021) |
| Spouse | Krzysztof Śmiszek (2002–present) |
| Alma mater | University of Warmia |
| Website | www |
Robert Biedroń (Polish pronunciation: [ˈrɔbɛrd ˈbjɛdrɔj̃]; born 13 April 1976) is a Polish politician, former mayor of Słupsk, and LGBT activist who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament since 2019. He is the Chair of the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM) in the European Parliament.
Biedroń was a member of the Sejm during its 7th session (2011–2014). He's also a former member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe. He was the mayor of Słupsk from 2014 to 2018.
Biedroń launched a new political party called Spring in February 2019, and was elected as the Member of the European Parliament on his party's list on 26 May 2019. He is one of the three leaders of The Left (Lewica), a political alliance founded to contest the 2019 parliamentary election composed of the Democratic Left Alliance (SLD), Spring and the Left Together (Lewica Razem).
He ran as a candidate for president of Poland in the 2020 election and received 2.21 percent of all votes, making him the sixth most popular candidate.