Joanna Kluzik

Joanna Grażyna Kluzik-Rostkowska (born 14 December 1963) is a Polish politician and member of the Sejm for Civic Platform. She was elected for Law and Justice in 2007, but led a breakaway group in 2010 to form the more liberal Poland Comes First, of which she was leader. In November 2013, following a cabinet reshuffle by Prime Minister Donald Tusk, Kluzik-Rostkowska was appointed to head the Ministry of National Education.

Early life Joanna Kluzik-Rostkowska was born on 14 December 1963 in Katowice, Poland. In 1996, Kluzik-Rostkowska joined the ranks of Wprost, becoming a political correspondent. Despite the Kaczyński government's defeat in the 2007 parliamentary election, Kluzik-Rostkowska was elected to a seat in the Sejm. Having left, she established Poland Comes First, a new political grouping with other Law and Justice dissidents including Sejm representatives Elżbieta Jakubiak and Paweł Poncyljusz, and MEPs Adam Bielan and Michał Kamiński.

She resigned from the party leadership on 5 June 2011, prompting rumors of her leaving the party altogether to join Civic Platform. Following her defection to Civic Platform's ranks, Kluzik-Rostkowska described her decision as to "do everything [to ensure] that Law and Justice do not return to power." She was reelected to the Sejm as a member of Civic Platform in the 2011 parliamentary election, representing Rybnik.

In November 2013, Kluzik-Rostkowska was appointed by Prime Minister Donald Tusk as the next Minister of National Education, replacing Krystyna Szumilas.

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