Anna Komorowska
First Lady of Poland
In role
6 August 2010 – 6 August 2015
PresidentBronisław Komorowski
Preceded byMaria Kaczyńska
Succeeded byAgata Kornhauser-Duda
Personal details
Born
Anna Julia Dziadzia

(1954-05-11) 11 May 1954 (age 69)
Warsaw, Poland
Spouse
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(m. 1977)​
ChildrenZofia Aleksandra
Tadeusz Jan
Maria Anna
Piotr Zygmunt
Elżbieta Jadwiga
Alma materUniversity of Warsaw
AwardsOrder of the Polar Star Order of Merit (Portugal) Order of Merit of the Italian Republic Order of Saint-Charles Royal Norwegian Order of Merit Grand Order of Queen Jelena Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana Order of the Netherlands Lion

Anna Julia Komorowska (born Anna Julia Dziadzia, formerly Dembowska; 11 May 1953) is a Polish classical philologist and former First Lady of Poland, as the wife of 5th President of Poland, Bronisław Komorowski.

Early life and education

She was born to Jan Dziadzia and Józefa Deptuła (born as Hana Rojer[1]). Both of her parents worked for the communist Ministry of Public Security in post-war Poland.[2] Her maternal grandparents Wolf and Estera Rojer were killed in the Holocaust. The family later changed their name to "Dembowski".

Anna Dembowska studied at the Tadeusz Rejtan Lyceum and went on to read classical philology[3] at the University of Warsaw, graduating in 1977 with a master's degree.[3]

Career

Komorowska started her working life as a Latin language teacher in a high school.[3] She met Bronisław Komorowski in 1970, when she was a member of the Czarna Jedynka.[4] They married in 1977. They have five children: Zofia (born 1979), Tadeusz (born 1981), Maria (born 1983), Piotr (born 1985) and Elżbieta (born 1987). After the introduction of martial law in Poland, her husband was interned. On 31 December 1981, she reached his internment camp as one of the first three women ever to do so. After the fall of communism in Poland, she worked for an insurance company for five years after she left her teaching career voluntarily.

Honours

Foreign honours

References

  1. ^ Biography of Anna Komorowska's mother at Potomkowie Sejmu Wielkiego
  2. ^ Kania Dorota. Rodzinna historia prezydentowej w aktach IPN. „Gazeta Polska", 2010-12-08.
  3. ^ a b c Anna Komorowska. Harcerka, gazeta.pl Retrieved 7 July 2010
  4. ^ Sezon na żony w kampanii prezydenckiej, kampanianazywo.pl Archived 19 May 2010 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 7 July 2010
  5. ^ Sovereign Ordonnance n° 3990 of 17 October 2012 (French)
Honorary titles Preceded byMaria Kaczyńska First Lady of Poland 2010–2015 Succeeded byAgata Kornhauser-Duda


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