On 11 December 2025, the Minister for Family, Labour and Social Policy, Agnieszka Dziemianowicz-Bąk, appointed Maja Nowak as the Government Plenipotentiary for Persons with Disabilities and the Secretary of State at the Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy.

Who is Maja Nowak?

Maja Nowak is a graduate of childcare and education at the State Higher Vocational School in Głogów. She graduated with a master's degree in education, specialising in the activation and development of local communities, at the University of the Society of Universal Knowledge in Warsaw and completed postgraduate studies in entrepreneurship and career counselling at the Wrocław School of Banking.

She is an interpreter-guide for the deaf blind, a trainer and an examiner for interpreter-guide training courses.
 For nearly 20 years, she has been involved in social activities as a volunteer and a leader of non-governmental organisations.

She comes from Bytom Odrzański in the Nowa Sól district. She is the mother of a son with disability, which reinforces her vulnerability to the situation of families caring for persons with disabilities and helps her to understand better the barriers they face in their daily lives.

She is a Member of Parliament of the 10th term of office, served as Vice-Chair of the Social Policy and Family Committee and Chair of the Subcommittee on Persons with Disabilities and Social Inclusion, as well as the Parliamentary Group for Persons with Disabilities.

At the Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy, she will be responsible for matters related to persons with disabilities - supervising the development of the adequate support system for this group of people. She will implement tasks related to the management of the Solidarity Fund - the Office of the Government Plenipotentiary for Persons with Disabilities (BON) will report to her.

Acknowledgements to Łukasz Krasoń

We express our gratitude to the former Government Plenipotentiary for Persons with Disabilities, Łukasz Krasoń, for for cooperation and commitment to improving the quality of life of persons with disabilities and their families.