Monika Sikora, originally from Katowice, is a graduate of the London School of Economics, the College of Europe in Bruges and the Foreign Policy Studies at the Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM). 

On 13 August 2026, she was appointed by the Prime Minister, Donald Tusk, as the Government Plenipotentiary for Disabled People and Secretary of State at the Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy. In this capacity, she is responsible for coordinating government policy for people with disabilities, developing accessibility policy, and cooperating with civil society organisations, as well as domestic and international partners. 

From January 2024 to August 2026, she served as Under-Secretary of State at the Ministry of Development Funds and Regional Policy. Her responsibilities included the implementation of the European Social Fund Plus, supporting skills development and employment, improving the quality of education and measures to reduce social inequalities, as well as accessibility policy and selected areas of housing policy. As Chair of the Accessibility Council, she was involved in developing systemic solutions, including the Polish Accessibility Act and the Accessibility 2.0 programme. 

She previously served as an adviser at the European Parliament, where she was involved in the work of the Committee on Budgets, the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, and the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality. In 2022, she was named the best accredited assistant at the European Parliament by The Parliament Magazine. She had previously worked in the press office of the Polish Embassy in London and in the private sector. 

Between 2022 and 2023, she represented Poland in the Marshall Memorial Fellowship programme organised by the German Marshall Fund of the United States. 

She was a member of the board of the think tank, the Institute of Democratic Thought.

She speaks English, French and Spanish.