Marta Cienkowska
Marta Cienkowska is a Polish politician serving as Ministry of Culture and [National Heritage (Poland)|Minister of Culture and National Heritage] since July 2025, she also previously served as a Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage from 2023 to 2025.
Early life
Cienkowska was born in Ciechanów on 14 November 1987. She attended the University of Warsaw, where she studied political science and graduated in 2011 with a specialisation in European management.Following her graduation from the University of Warsaw she received a diploma in 2014 from the Polish Academy of Sciences in the field of cultural management in the structures of the European Union. Later she also received a High Performance Leadership certificate from the Institute of Business Development.
Political career
In the 2023 parliamentary election she ran on the Third Way ticket from the Poland 2050 party in the Płock constituency where she obtained 6528 votes. Though she has not managed to gain a seat in the Sejm due to only obtaining 1,48% of the vote in the constituency. She was appointed in December 2023 the Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage a position which she held until 23 July 2025On 23 July 2025 Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced the changes in the cabinet as a result of the cabinet reshuffle in which he announced that Marta Cienkowska would become the new Minister of Culture and National Heritage. She was officially inaugurated the next day by President Andrzej Duda.