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Hanna Suchocka | |
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 Suchocka in 1992 | |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Member of the Sejm | |
| In office 18 June 1989 – 18 October 2001 | |
| In office 23 March 1980 – 31 July 1985 | |
| 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 | Adam Mickiewicz University M.Jur. (1968), PhD (1975), Habilitation (2015) |
| Occupation | legal scholar, diplomat |
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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[1][2] and Honorary President of the Venice Commission.[3]
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.[4]
- ^ "Venice Commission :: Council of Europe". www.venice.coe.int. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
- ^ "MSZ: Banaszak i Muszyński nowymi członkami Komisji Weneckiej | Aktualności | Polska Agencja Prasowa". www.pap.pl. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
- ^ "Former Polish PM named honorary president of Venice Commission | News_ | Polish Press Agency". www.pap.pl. Archived from the original on 15 January 2017. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
- ^ 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