Hanna Suchocka Doctor habil. of Law, professor at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, chair of the Constitutional Law.
Member of Parliament in 1980-1985 in opposition. In 1989 elected as a Solidarity candidate to parliament and then again as a member of the Democratic Union, till 2001. From 1992 to 1993 she was Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland. From 1997 to 2000, she served as the Minister of Justice and Attorney General. From 2001 till 2013 she was ambassador of the Republic of Poland to the Holy See.
She was also a member of the Parliamentary Delegation of the Republic of Poland to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, vice-chairperson of the Assembly between January and October 1992 and for many years from 1991 – 2016 member of the Venice Commission. In 2015 she became First Vice-President of the Venice Commission, in June 2016 Honorary President of the Venice Commission. She was a rapporteur in about 100 opinions of the Venice Commission.
Hanna Suchocka is also a member of the group of five eminent persons to follow up the implementation of the Declaration and Programme of Action of the 2001 World Conference against Racism (UN)
She is the author of numerous publications and a frequent public speaker about constitutional law, human rights, the rule of law, judiciary, and democratic transformation.