Suchocka, Hanna

Suchocka, Hanna

▪ prime minister of Poland
born April 3, 1946, Pleszew, near Poznań, Pol.

      first woman prime minister of Poland (1992–93).

      The daughter of a pharmacist, Suchocka specialized in constitutional law at the University of Adam Mickiewicz in Poznań, from which she graduated in 1968. She lectured in law there and at the Catholic University of Lublin. In 1980 she joined the Sejm (parliament) as a member of the Democratic Party, which was then affiliated with the Communist Party. In 1981 she opposed the imposition of martial law; after voting against the 1984 law banning Solidarity, she was expelled from the Democratic Party.

      In both 1989 and 1991 she was elected to the post-Communist parliament. She was asked to serve as prime minister because she was believed to be the only Polish politician who was trusted by both the fundamentalist Roman Catholic parties and the moderates in the Sejm. Her parliamentary majority resulted from a coalition of the three key parties: Suchocka's Democratic Union, the church-based Christian National Union, and the centre-right Liberal Democratic Congress.

      Although industrial, rail, and coal strikes beset her government, Suchocka received a parliamentary victory in August 1992, with the passage of a constitutional amendment allowing her government to bypass parliamentary procedures and implement economic policy by decree. It was hoped that Suchocka's organizational and managerial skills could secure a compromise between Poland's traditionalists and the adherents of radical reform, but she lost a vote of confidence and was replaced as prime minister by Waldemar Pawlak in October 1993. She later served as minister of justice (1997–2001) in the cabinet of Prime Minister Jerzy Buzek. She was named Polish ambassador for the Holy See beginning in 2001.

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