Sylwia Spurek

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Sylwia Spurek
Spurek in 2019
Member of the European Parliament for Poland
In office 2 July 2019 – 15 July 2024
Parliamentary group	Non-inscrit (2024) Greens/EFA (2020–2024) S&D (2019–2020)
Constituency	Greater Poland
Personal details
Born	(1976-01-29) 29 January 1976 (age 49) Skarżysko-Kamienna, Poland
Political party	Independent (2019–present) Spring (2019)
Spouse	Marcin Anaszewicz ​ ​ (m. 2020, partner since 2001)​
Alma mater	University of Łódź
Occupation	Lecturer politician
Profession	Lawyer
Website	sylwiaspurek.pl

Sylwia Iwona Spurek (born 29 January 1976^[1]) is a Polish lawyer, as well as a social and political activist. A doctor of law, lecturer, solicitor, and legislator,^[2] she specialises in criminal law.^[3] Spurek is a member of the Polish Society of Anti-Discrimination Law and the Polish Legislative Society. From 2019 to 2024 she served as a Member of the European Parliament.^[1]

From 2015 to 2019, she was Deputy Polish Ombudsman (serving Polish Ombudsman at the time was Adam Bodnar). She was a Spring (part of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats group) Member of the European Parliament (MEP) elected in the 2019 European parliamentary election. She left Spring on 28 October 2019, and subsequently joined the Greens-EFA group in the European Parliament. She left the Group in June 2024 and became an Independent MEP.^[1]

From September 2024 at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, DC.^[4]