Barbara Labuda

Barbara Lidia Labuda (née Ciesielska; born 1946) is a Polish politician, activist, diplomat and philologist. She was elected to the Contract Sejm, and was a member of the Sejm until 1996, when she became a minister in the Chancellery of President Aleksander Kwaśniewski. From 2005 to 2010, she was the Polish ambassador to Luxembourg.

Life and work In 1970, Labuda graduated from the Institute of Romance Philology at the University of Wrocław. From 1970 to 1973, Labuda studied the history of literature, political science and sociology at the University of Paris.

In 2019, Labuda headed the support committee for the Polish political party Spring. In 2020, Labuda was a member of the Consultative Council.

In 2004, Labuda was named a Chevalier of the Legion of Honour from the Government of France. In 2011, she was awarded the Officer's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta.

In 2005, Labuda published the book Poszukiwania (Searches).

Awards Knight's Cross, Order of the Legion of Honour (2004) Officer's Cross, Order of Polonia Restituta (2011)