Hanna Suchocka

Hanna Stanisława Suchocka [ˈxanna suˈxɔt​͡ska] ( listen) (born 3 April 1946) is a Polish politician and lawyer. She was a professor at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań and Chair of the Constitutional Law Department.

The Honourable Hanna Suchocka
5th 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
Polish Ambassador to the Sovereign Military Order of Malta
In office 10 October 2002 – 30 June 2013
Appointed by	Aleksander Kwaśniewski
Preceded by	Stefan Frankiewicz
Succeeded by	Piotr Nowina-Konopka
Polish Ambassador to the Holy See
In office 3 December 2001 – 30 June 2013
Appointed by	Aleksander Kwaśniewski
Preceded by	Stefan Frankiewicz
Succeeded by	Piotr Nowina-Konopka
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
First Vice President of the Venice Commission
In office 19 December 2015 – 29 April 2016
Preceded by	Jan Erik Helgesen
Succeeded by	Kaarlo Tuori
Personal details
Born	(1946-04-03) 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	University of Poznań PhD (1975), Habilitation (2015)
Occupation	legal scholar, diplomat
Awards

She was 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.