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Her Excellency Aleksandra Wojdyla
Aleksandra Wojdyla at a parliamentary debate, 2016
22nd Minister-President of West Miersa
In office 23 June, 2013 – 3 October, 2016
President	Gerard Wojdyla
Preceded by	Gerard Wojdyla
Succeeded by	Sylwester Wrzesiński
MNA for Gdawiec
In office 3 October, 1991 – 3 October, 2016
Preceded by	Zbigniew Wojdyla
Succeeded by	tbd
Personal details
Born	Aleksandra Tomasz Wojdyla (1963-04-15) 15 April 1963 West Żobrodź, Żobrodź, West Miersa
Nationality	West Miersan
Political party	Miersan National Party
Spouse	Pafnucy Chojnowski
Children	3
Relatives	See Wojdyla family
Alma mater	University of Krada
Profession	Lawyer, politician
Military service
Allegiance	Miersan National Army
Branch/service	Medical Corps
Years of service	1979-1982
Rank	Nurse

Aleksandra Tomasz Wojdyla, also known as Aleksandra Tomasz Chojnowska, is a West Miersan politician, who is the current leader of the Miersan National Party, and who previously served as the twenty-second Minister-President of West Miersa from 2013 to 2016.

Early life

Aleksandra Wojdyla was born on 15 April, 1963 to Zbigniew Wojdyla and Halina Wojdyla, as the youngest of four daughters, in West Zobrodz, West Miersa.

As her father was a member of the National Assembly, she would spend her childhood alternating between West Zobrodz and Gdawiec, in her father's constituency. Thus, when she began her schooling in 1969, she attended prestigious schools in Gdawiec, where she was described as a mediocre student in "feminine subjects," but an excellent student when it came to "masculine subjects."

In 1973, she was able to move on to a prestigious high school, where she became interested in politics. Despite her father discouraging her from entering politics, she became more determined to enter the political world. She became eligible to attend college in 1979, only for the Miersan War to force her to drop out from her studies.

During the Miersan War, she served as a nurse in the Miersan National Army, despite having no medical experience, as she wanted to "help my country." She served until the end of the end of the Miersan War, when she was honourably discharged.

The following year, she married her husband, Pafnucy Chojnowski, who she met during the war when she treated him in the aftermath of the Battle of Krada. Despite her marriage, she still remained determined to enter politics.

Political career

Early political career

Her opportunity came in 1986. With Zbigniew Wojdyla having served continuously from 1961 as a Member of the National Assembly, it was unclear that he would be able to secure another term, particularly due to the decreasing popularity of the Miersan National Party who had governed the Miersan Sotirian Republic since its independence from Soravia.

Aleksandra Wojdyla thus participated in her father's re-election campaign. During the campaign, she helped articulate her father's message and ensure his re-election to the National Assembly, with Aleksandra helping her father distance himself from Tadeusz Wojdyla's administration. While this would strain their relationships with much of the broader Wojdyla family, Aleksandra was able to help her father be re-elected against Naprzód candidate Mieczysław Lorbiecki, making him the only member of the National Assembly to be re-elected from the Miersan National Party, with the other 92 MNAs being previous appointees.

She would serve as her father's secretary until 1991, when Zbigniew announced his retirement from politics. Due to her interest in politics, the Miersan National Party nominated her to take over her father's seat, leading her to face off against Lorbiecki. During her election campaign, she pledged to represent the party as a "viable option for the new decade," and to "represent the people of Gdawiec well." Her strategy, combined with Lorbiecki being accused of not properly reporting his donors led to her victory.

Parliamentary career

Aleksandra Wojdyla in 2009

On 3 October, 1991, she was sworn as Member of the National Assembly for the constituency of Gdawiec. Like her cousin, Gerard Wojdyla, she was a marginal figure in the National Assembly, due to her membership in the opposition Miersan National Party (as opposed to the governing Naprzód), and the presence of more senior members in the Wojdyla family in the National Assembly. However, her familial relations to Zbigniew Wojdyla helped benefit her career within the Miersan National Party, with some in the party seeing her as a potential cabinet minister.

She defended her seat in the 1996 general elections against Naprzód challenger Kazimierz Wielgus, defeating Wielgus with 62% of the vote in her constituency of Gdawiec. In her second term in the National Assembly, Aleksandra Wojdyla was appointed to the Committee on Women's Rights, giving Aleksandra Wojdyla her first exposure to the wider public eye outside of her constituency in Gdawiec. She advocated a "balanced approach" between "promoting the advancement of women in society" and "traditional Miersan culture."

In 2001, she secured a third term as Member of the National Assembly. Aleksandra Wojdyla won with 64% of the vote against Naprzód candidate Maurycjusz Sierakowski. Maintaining her role on the committee, Aleksandra Wojdyla would gain additional prominence in 2003 when her cousin, Gerard Wojdyla became the parliamentary leader of the Miersan National Party. Although at the time, she was, at best, expected to become Minister of Education in a future Miersan National Party government, Aleksandra Wojdyla was seen as a potential beneficiary of Gerard Wojdyla's leadership.

She would go on to win a fourth term in the 2006 general elections, defeating Naprzód challenger Bazyli Rybarski with 47% of the vote, with the decline in her results being attributable a spoiler result from the Green candidate Brygida Barylska, who gained 16% of the vote. Although pundits at the time of the 2006 election expected that if the Miersan National Party formed government, she would become Education Minister, the Naprzód majority meant that she was unable to become Minister of Education. However, Aleksandra Wojdyla participated in committees relating to West Miersan education, where she advocated for a preservation of the traditional Miersan education system, and opposing West Miersa joining the Concordance eucléenne, saying that it would "dumb our students down."

In 2011, she won with 53% of the vote against Naprzód candidate Budzisław Machon, allowing her to maintain her seat in Gdawiec. Although nationwide, the Miersan National Party won less votes than Naprzód, as they secured more seats in the National Assembly, it enabled her cousin to form government. Thus, on 3 October, 2011, she was appointed by Gerard Wojdyla as being Education Minister in Gerard's cabinet.

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Personal life

In 1983, she married her husband, Pafnucy Chojnowski. Together, they have three children: two sons, Zygmunt Chojnowski, born in 1984, and Tomisław Chojnowski, born in 1986, and a daughter, Bożena Zaborska, born in 1988.

As of 2020, she has nine grandchildren: three from Zygmunt Chojnowski, two from Chojnowski, and four from Bożena Zaborska.

While for her professional career, she maintains the use of her maiden name to emphasise her connections to the Wojdyla family, she legally uses the Chojnowska surname, and uses it for her personal life.