Daria Iwona Gosek-Popiołek (born 1985) is a Polish politician, activist and manager of arts. She is a member of The Left parliamentary group and has served as a member of the Sejm since 2019.

Biography Gosek-Popiołek was born in Sosnowiec, where she attended a general education liceum before moving to Kraków for university. In 2009 she graduated from the Jagiellonian University with a degree in theatre studies, and also studied philosophy. At the time, Gosek-Popiołek helped run an academic radio station and worked as a radio host and journalist. Her focus was popular science and culture.

For over five years she was the head of Nowa Huta community center. She also wrote about culture for .

In 2014 Gosek-Popiołek strongly advocated against a new zoning plan in Kraków and helped raise social awareness about its issues. She also worked in the Urban Innovation Bureau under mayor Jacek Majchrowski.

Gosek-Popiołek is married and has two daughters. She identifies as Catholic.

Political career

Gosek-Popiołek joined Left Together in 2016. She ran a pro-choice campaign against drastic imagery on anti-abortion posters in public and advocated against hospital visiting fees in the Ministry of Health.

In the 2018 local election Gosek-Popiołek ran for the office of Mayor of Kraków and, simultaneously, for a seat in the city council. She did not succeed in either, but in 2019 was elected to Sejm from the Kraków constituency and re-elected in 2023.

In 2024, together with 4 other Left Together MPs, she left the party over disagreements, with the decision to leave The Left coalition. In January of the following year, former members of Left Together who remained with The Left founded a non-partisan organization Common Tomorrow (). Gosek-Popiołek became its chairwoman.

Election resultsElectionBodyCommitteeVotes (%)ConstituencyElected?2018Mayor of KrakówTogether for Kraków (Razem dla Krakowa)4,659 (1.38%)KrakówKraków City Council1,303 (2.66%)districts IV and V (no. 2)2019SejmThe Left17,488 (2.69%)Kraków (no. 13)2023SejmThe Left39,054 (5.16%) Kraków (no. 13)

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