Maria Ilnicka-Mądry

Maria Stanisława Ilnicka-Mądry (Polish pronunciation: [ˈmarja staɲiˈswava ilˈɲitska ˈmɔndrɨ]; 1 February 1946 – 20 March 2023)^[1] was a Polish politician, physician, university teacher of medicine and from 2018 to 2023, chair of the West Pomeranian Regional Assembly of the 6th term.

Maria Ilnicka-Mądry
Ilnicka-Mądry in 2019
Chair of the West Pomeranian Regional Assembly
In office 23 November 2018 – 20 March 2023
Preceded by	Teresa Kalina
Personal details
Born	Maria Stanisława Ilnicka-Mądry (1946-02-01)1 February 1946 Huta Szklana, Poland
Died	20 March 2023(2023-03-20) (aged 77) Szczecin, Poland
Political party	BS
Alma mater	Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin
Awards	Silver Cross of Merit

Early life

Maria Ilnicka-Mądry was born on 1 February 1946 in Huta Szklana.^[2] She was an alumnus of the Maria Skłodowska-Curie High School in Szczecin^[3] and a graduate of medicine at Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin. She obtained a PhD in medical sciences^[4] and a medical specialty degree in internal medicine.^[5] She later also completed postgraduate studies in healthcare management at University of Warsaw.^[5]

Medical career

Ilnicka-Mądry was a vice-president of the District Chamber of Physicians and Dentists in Szczecin for two terms (1991–1999).^[5][6] She was an academic teacher at the Department of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Public Health at her alma mater (later transformed into the Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin).^[4]

In 1998 she was appointed director of the Independent Public Clinical Hospital No. 1 PUM in Szczecin, which she managed until her retirement in 2014.^[7] On 4 December 2008, in Royal Castle in Warsaw she was awarded Manager of the Year in the area of public health service.^[8] During her term as director, the facility had never been in debt.^[8]

Political career

On behalf of the Freedom Union, she was a councilor in the West Pomeranian Regional Assembly of the first term (1998–2002).^[9] In the 2002 local elections, the coalition from which she was a candidate (Solidarity Electoral Action) did not get any seats. She received 3689 votes.^[10]

In 2010, she unsuccessfully ran for councilor in Szczecin on behalf of the committee of the city mayor Piotr Krzystek Szczecin for Generations.^[11] In the 2014 local elections, she was the only councilor elected from the Independent West Pomeranian election committee list organized by Piotr Krzystek. She became a non-attached councilor.^[4] In 2015, she became an advisor to Piotr Krzystek for the city's social policy.^[7]

In 2018, she ran for voivodeship councilor from the Nonpartisan Local Government Activists list.^[12] She retained her mandate when Aleksander Doba resigned from his mandate before his term began.^[13] On 23 November 2018, she was elected as chair of the West Pomeranian Regional Assembly by the votes of all 30 councilors.^[14]

Ilnicka-Mądry was an advisor of Szczecin city mayor Piotr Krzystek.^[15] She was a member of the Social Council of the West Pomeranian Oncology Center in Szczecin.^[16]

Honours and decorations

National honours

Ribbon bar	Honour	Date
	Silver Cross of Merit	11 September 2002[17]
	Badge of Honor of the West Pomeranian Griffin	12 December 2012[18]