Hanna Suchocka
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| 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 |
| 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 politician and lawyer who served as Prime Minister of Poland from 8 July 1992 to 26 October 1993 during 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.
Suchocka currently serves as a professor at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań and Chair of the Constitutional Law Department. She is also a former First Vice-President and Honorary President of the Venice Commission.