Hanna Suchocka

Hanna Stanisława Suchocka (pronounced [ˈxanna suˈxɔt͡ska] ; born 3 April 1946) is a Polish political figure, lawyer, professor at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań and Chair of the Constitutional Law Department, former First Vice-President and Honorary President of the Venice Commission.

The Honourable
Hanna Suchocka
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Suchocka in 1992
Prime Minister of Poland
In office
8 July 1992  26 October 1993
PresidentLech Wałęsa
DeputyHenryk Goryszewski
Paweł Łączkowski
Preceded byWaldemar Pawlak
Succeeded byWaldemar Pawlak
Minister of Justice
Public Prosecutor General
In office
31 October 1997  8 June 2000
Prime MinisterJerzy Buzek
Preceded byLeszek Kubicki
Succeeded byLech Kaczyński
Member of the Sejm
In office
18 June 1989  18 October 2001
In office
23 March 1980  31 July 1985
Personal details
Born (1946-04-03) 3 April 1946
Pleszew, Poland
Political partyAlliance of Democrats (Before 1989)
Solidarity (1989–1990)
Democratic Union (1990–1994)
Freedom Union (1994–2000)
Alma materAdam Mickiewicz University
M.Jur. (1968), PhD (1975), Habilitation (2015)
Occupationlegal scholar, diplomat
Awards
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She served as 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 (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.

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