Hanna Suchocka
Prime Minister of Poland from 1992 to 1993
Biography
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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Career highlights
Career & roles
- Prime Minister of Poland
- member of the Sejm
- ambassador of Poland
- Minister of Justice
- Representative of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
- member of the Sejm of the Polish People's Republic
Employers / organisations
- Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań
- John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin
Awards & honours (9)
- Order of the White Eagle
- Commander of the Legion of Honour
- Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Pius IX
- Wprost Person of the Year
- Jan Nowak-Jeziorański Award
- Złoty Hipolit
- honorary citizen of Poznan
- honorary doctor of Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University
- honorary doctor of Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń
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