Urszula Gacek
Urszula Józefa Gacek was a Polish member of the European Parliament, representing Civic Platform. She studied at Oxford University and had worked as a financial analyst and an author of chemical and energy publications before entering politics.Political life
Gacek served as a member of the Polish Senate for the Civic Platform party between 2005 and 2007. In 2007 she became a Member of the European Parliament and sat with her colleagues in the EPP-ED group, serving, amongst others, on the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs and the Delegation for Relations with the USA. From 3 February 2011 to 30 November 2014 she was the Permanent Representative of the Republic of Poland to the Council of Europe. Between 2014 and 2016 she has been Consul General at the Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in New York City.
