Hanna Suchocka
Polish political figure, Prime Minister of Poland
Hanna Stanisława Suchocka [ˈxanna suˈxɔt͡ska] (
listen) (born 3 April 1946) is a Polish politician and lawyer. She was a professor at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań and Chair of the Constitutional Law Department.[1][2]
The Honourable Hanna Suchocka | |
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| 5th Prime Minister of Poland | |
| In office 8 July 1992 – 26 October 1993 | |
| President | Lech Wałęsa |
| Deputy | Henryk Goryszewski Paweł Łączkowski |
| Preceded by | Waldemar Pawlak |
| Succeeded by | Waldemar Pawlak |
| Polish Ambassador to the Sovereign Military Order of Malta | |
| In office 10 October 2002 – 30 June 2013 | |
| Appointed by | Aleksander Kwaśniewski |
| Preceded by | Stefan Frankiewicz |
| Succeeded by | Piotr Nowina-Konopka |
| Polish Ambassador to the Holy See | |
| In office 3 December 2001 – 30 June 2013 | |
| Appointed by | Aleksander Kwaśniewski |
| Preceded by | Stefan Frankiewicz |
| Succeeded by | Piotr Nowina-Konopka |
| Minister of Justice Public Prosecutor General | |
| In office 31 October 1997 – 8 June 2000 | |
| Prime Minister | Jerzy Buzek |
| Preceded by | Leszek Kubicki |
| Succeeded by | Lech Kaczyński |
| First Vice President of the Venice Commission | |
| In office 19 December 2015 – 29 April 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Jan Erik Helgesen |
| Succeeded by | Kaarlo Tuori |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 3 April 1946 Pleszew, Poland |
| Political party | Alliance of Democrats (Before 1989) Solidarity (1989–1990) Democratic Union (1990–1994) Freedom Union (1994–2000) |
| Alma mater | University of Poznań PhD (1975), Habilitation (2015) |
| Occupation | legal scholar, diplomat |
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She was the Prime Minister of Poland between 8 July 1992 and 26 October 1993 under the presidency of Lech Wałęsa. She is the first woman to hold this post in Poland.[3]
References change
- ↑ "Venice Commission :: Council of Europe". www.venice.coe.int. Retrieved 2016-06-08.
- ↑ "MSZ: Banaszak i Muszyński nowymi członkami Komisji Weneckiej | Aktualności | Polska Agencja Prasowa". www.pap.pl. Retrieved 2016-06-08.
- ↑ Skard, Torild (2014) "Hanna Suchocka" in Women of Power - Half a century of female presidents and prime ministers worldwide, Bristol: Policy Press, ISBN 978-1-44731-578-0
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