Zyta Janina Gilowska (née: Napolska) [ˈzɨta gʲiˈlɔfska] ⓘ (7 July 1949 – 5 April 2016[1]) was a Polish economist, academic, and politician.

[3] From 1972 to 1985, Gilowska was a research assistant at Maria Curie-Sklodowska University[3] and later at the same institute, become an associate professor from 1995 to 1999.

[3] From 1994 to 1996, she was a member of the liberal party, Freedom Union (Unia Wolności).

[3] She resigned from parliament in 2008 due to health issues, and largely withdrew from political activity.

A lifetime heavy smoker, she battled heart failure since her youth, dying of the disease on 5 April 2016, aged 66, in Świdnik.