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'''Nelli Rokita''' ([[née]] '''Nelli Arnold''', June 26, 1957) is a [[Poland|Polish]] politician who was elected an MP as a [[Law and Justice]] candidate. Her husband [[Jan Rokita]] was a prominent activist of a [[Civic Platform]] who retreated in September 2007 when Rokita started her political career.<ref name="Szyller">{{cite web|url=http://wiadomosci.dziennik.pl/polityka/artykuly/59786,jan-rokita-rzucam-polityke-z-milosci-do-zony.html|title=Jan Rokita: Rzucam politykę z miłości do żony|last=Szyller|first=Donat|date=5 November 2007|work=dziennik.pl|language=Polish|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5uo4gA7yw|archivedate=7 December 2010}}</ref> She was born in the [[Soviet Union]] in an ethnic German family, lived in [[Germany]], where she obtained a university degree in [[Slavic studies]]. Rokita first visited Poland in the 1980s on a scholarship to the [[Jagiellonian University]] to study the language of political propaganda in the [[People's Republic of Poland]]. There she met Jan Rokita, whom she married on July 26, 1994. He is her second husband. Before their wedding, Rokita converted to [[Catholicism]], and her future husband became her [[godparent|godfather]]. She also has a daughter, Kasia, from her previous marriage. |
'''Nelli Rokita''' ([[née]] '''Nelli Arnold''', June 26, 1957) is a [[Poland|Polish]] politician who was elected an MP as a [[Law and Justice]] candidate. Her husband [[Jan Rokita]] was a prominent activist of a [[Civic Platform]] who retreated in September 2007 when Rokita started her political career.<ref name="Szyller">{{cite web|url=http://wiadomosci.dziennik.pl/polityka/artykuly/59786,jan-rokita-rzucam-polityke-z-milosci-do-zony.html|title=Jan Rokita: Rzucam politykę z miłości do żony|last=Szyller|first=Donat|date=5 November 2007|work=dziennik.pl|language=Polish|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5uo4gA7yw|archivedate=7 December 2010}}</ref> She was born in the [[Soviet Union]] in an ethnic German family, lived in [[Germany]], where she obtained a university degree in [[Slavic studies]]. Rokita first visited Poland in the 1980s on a scholarship to the [[Jagiellonian University]] to study the language of political propaganda in the [[People's Republic of Poland]]. There she met Jan Rokita, whom she married on July 26, 1994. He is her second husband. Before their wedding, Rokita converted to [[Catholicism]], and her future husband became her [[godparent|godfather]]. She also has a daughter, Kasia, from her previous marriage. |
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During her time in Poland, Rokita edited the official party newspaper of the [[Conservative People's Party (Poland)]]. She became a member of the Civic Platform, but withdrew from the party in January 2007, claiming that her husband was marginalized in his own party by [[Donald Tusk]], and that the [[liberal-conservative]] party was becoming increasingly leftist. Rokita briefly served as an advisor to Poland's president [[Lech Kaczyński]] on women's issues.<ref name="Szyller" /> |
During her time in Poland, Rokita edited the official party newspaper of the [[Conservative People's Party (Poland)]]. She became a member of the Civic Platform, but withdrew from the party in January 2007, claiming that her husband was marginalized in his own party by [[Donald Tusk]], and that the [[liberal-conservative]] party was becoming increasingly leftist. Rokita briefly served as an advisor to Poland's president [[Lech Kaczyński]] on women's issues.<ref name="Szyller" /> From 2007 to 2011, Nelli Rokita was a member of the [[Sejm]]. She lost the 2011 election to the [[Polish Senate]]. |
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| Born | Nelli Arnold June 26, 1957 Chelyabinsk, USSR |
| Political party | Law and Justice |
| Spouse | Jan Rokita |
Nelli Rokita (née Nelli Arnold, June 26, 1957) is a Polish politician who was elected an MP as a Law and Justice candidate. Her husband Jan Rokita was a prominent activist of a Civic Platform who retreated in September 2007 when Rokita started her political career.[1] She was born in the Soviet Union in an ethnic German family, lived in Germany, where she obtained a university degree in Slavic studies. Rokita first visited Poland in the 1980s on a scholarship to the Jagiellonian University to study the language of political propaganda in the People's Republic of Poland. There she met Jan Rokita, whom she married on July 26, 1994. He is her second husband. Before their wedding, Rokita converted to Catholicism, and her future husband became her godfather. She also has a daughter, Kasia, from her previous marriage.
During her time in Poland, Rokita edited the official party newspaper of the Conservative People's Party (Poland). She became a member of the Civic Platform, but withdrew from the party in January 2007, claiming that her husband was marginalized in his own party by Donald Tusk, and that the liberal-conservative party was becoming increasingly leftist. Rokita briefly served as an advisor to Poland's president Lech Kaczyński on women's issues.[1] From 2007 to 2011, Nelli Rokita was a member of the Sejm. She lost the 2011 election to the Polish Senate.
References
- ^ a b Szyller, Donat (5 November 2007). "Jan Rokita: Rzucam politykę z miłości do żony". dziennik.pl (in Polish). Archived from the original on 7 December 2010.