The new Deputy Minister of Family, Labour and Social Policy and Government Plenipotentiary for Equal Treatment Anna Schmidt-Rodziewicz was born in Jarosław. She is a sociologist and a graduate of the Faculty of Social Sciences of the Catholic University of Lublin. She was the secretary of state and the plenipotentiary of the Prime Minister for international dialogue.

A member of the Sejm of the 8th and 9th term, a member of parliamentary bilateral groups (Polish-Lithuanian, Polish-French, Polish-Israeli), the vice-chairman of the Polish-British group. The chairwoman of the Committee for Liaison with Poles Abroad, a member of the Committee for Social Policy and Family and of the Permanent Subcommittee for Disabled Persons in the Sejm of the 8th term.

In 2014–2015, Anna Schmidt-Rodziewicz was a councillor of the Assembly of the Subcarpathia Province; the chairwoman of the Committee for Education, Culture and Physical Education; a deputy chairwoman of the Committee for Health Care, Family Policy and Social Policy. A member of the Museum Council of the National Museum of the Przemyśl Land in Przemyśl.

A teacher, a state and local government civil servant. A social activist, a co-organiser of charity initiatives. A pianist by hobby – Anna Schmidt-Rodziewicz is a graduate of the State School of Music.