11 Facts About Joanna Kluzik-Rostkowska

Joanna Grazyna Kluzik-Rostkowska was born on 14 December 1963 and is a Polish politician and member of the Sejm for Civic Platform.

Joanna Kluzik-Rostkowska 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.

Joanna Kluzik-Rostkowska resigned from the party in June 2011, joining Civic Platform following rumors.

In November 2013, following a cabinet reshuffle by Prime Minister Donald Tusk, Kluzik-Rostkowska was appointed to head the Ministry of National Education.

Joanna Kluzik-Rostkowska was born on 14 December 1963 in Katowice, Poland.

In 1996, Joanna Kluzik-Rostkowska joined the ranks of Wprost, becoming a political correspondent.

In 2004, Joanna Kluzik-Rostkowska entered Warsaw's municipal bureaucracy, becoming chief specialist of the mayor's press office.

Nevertheless, Joanna Kluzik-Rostkowska joined the government of incoming Prime Minister Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz, who made her deputy head of the Minister of Labour and Social Policy.

Joanna Kluzik-Rostkowska replaced Minister Anna Kalata of Self-Defence during a cabinet reshuffle following Self-Defence's exit from the Law and Justice-led government.

Joanna Kluzik-Rostkowska resigned from the party leadership on 5 June 2011, prompting rumors of her leaving the party altogether to join Civic Platform.

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