Bożenna Hołownia

Bożenna Hołownia
Hołownia in 2024.
Member of Sejm of Poland
Incumbent
Assumed office 26 June 2024
Constituency	No. 19
Personal details
Born	(1953-07-27) 27 July 1953 Warsaw, Poland
Political party	Poland 2050
Education	University of Warsaw
Occupation	Politician geographer hydrologist computer scientists

Bożenna Urszula Hołownia (born 27 July 1953) is a geographer, hydrologist, computer scientist, and politician. Since 2024, she is a member of the Sejm of Poland, representing the constituency of Warsaw.

Biography

Bożenna Hołownia was born on 27 July 1953 in Warsaw, Poland.

In 1977 she graduated from the University of Warsaw witha degree in geography. She was specialised in the hydrology and worked in the Institute of Meteorology and Water Management and the Warsaw Regional Water Management Office. Later, until her retirement, she was a director in an internet provider company. For over 20 years Hołownia was active in the scouting and guiding structures, being a group commander, and district deputy commander.

Hołownia is a member of the Poland 2050 political party. She unsuccessfully run for office of member of the Sejm of Poland during the 2023 parliamentary elections. She was a candidate of the Third Way party in the constituenct no. 19, consisting of the city of Warsaw, and received 22,593 votes (1.32%). In 2024 she unsucefully run for the office of a councillor in Mokotów, ine of the districts of Warsaw, as well as, for the office of the Member of the European Parliament from the Warsaw constituency.

On 26 June 2024, she became a member of the Sejm of Poland, replacing Michał Kobosko, who became a Member of the European Parliament. She joined the Poland 2050 parliamentary group, and became a memeber of the Commission of Social and Family Politics.

Private life

Since the age of four, Hołownia has tetraplegia which developed due to polio infection. She walked with crutches, and later begun using a wheelchair.