Hanna Suchocka

Prime Minister of Poland

3 April 1946 Pleszew, Poland

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8 July 1992 – 26 October 1993

Polish political figure, Prime Minister of Poland Hanna Suchocka (pronounced  ( listen ) ; 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. 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.