Urszula Gacek
Urszula Gacek (born 17 March 1963 in Urmston, Lancashire, England) 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. Since 3 February 2011 she has been the Permanent Representative of the Republic of Poland to the Council of Europe. [1]