Hanna Suchocka

Polish political figure, Prime Minister of Poland

Key facts

President: Lech Wałęsa
Deputy: Henryk Goryszewski , Paweł Łączkowski
Preceded by: Waldemar Pawlak
Succeeded by: Waldemar Pawlak
Prime minister: Jerzy Buzek
Born: ( 1946-04-03 ) 3 April 1946 (age 80) , Pleszew , Poland
Party: Alliance of Democrats (Before 1989) , Solidarity (1989–1990) , Democratic Union (1990–1994) , Freedom Union (1994–2000)
Alma mater: Adam Mickiewicz University , M.Jur. (1968), PhD (1975), Habilitation (2015)
Occupation: legal scholar , diplomat

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Instance of: human
Gender: female
Citizenship: Poland
Place of birth: Pleszew
Occupation: university teacher
Employer: John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin
Political party: Freedom Union
Languages spoken: Italian
Religion: Catholic Church
Academic degree: habilitation
Field of work: constitutional law
Image: Hanna Suchocka 2024.jpg
Work location: Warsaw

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date of birth: 1946-04-03
member of: Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
Commons category: Hanna Suchocka
name in native language: Hanna Suchocka
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candidacy in election: 1997 Polish parliamentary election
interested in: constitutional law

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Encyclopedic overview

Hanna Stanisława Suchocka ( pronounced [ˈxanna suˈxɔt͡ska] ; born 3 April 1946) is a Polish politician and lawyer who served as Prime Minister of Poland from 8 July 1992 to 26 October 1993 during the presidency of Lech Wałęsa. She is the first woman to hold this post in Poland (preceding Ewa Kopacz and Beata Szydło who both held the post in the 2010s) and was the 14th woman to be appointed and serve as prime minister in the world.

Suchocka currently serves as a professor at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań and Chair of the Constitutional Law Department. She is also a former First Vice-President and Honorary President of the Venice Commission.

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