Anna Kurska

Anna Kurska
Anna Kurska
Senate of Poland
In office
2001–2007
Personal details
Born (1929-08-24)24 August 1929
Died 25 August 2016(2016-08-25) (aged 87)
Nationality Polish
Political party Law and Justice
Children Jacek, Jarosław

Anna Kurska (24 August 1929 – 25 August 2016) was a Polish politician and lawyer.[1] She was a member of Law and Justice party and a member of the Polish Senate from 2001 to 2007.[2]

Kurska was born in Lviv, in modern-day Ukraine, in 1929. She studied at the University of Warsaw, graduating in 1955 with a degree in law.[3]

After graduating, she became a lawyer and in August 1980 she became a judge in the Provincial Court of Gdansk.[3][4] She was dismissed from her position in September 1981 as part of the introduction of martial law.[3][4] In 1998 she regained her rights to practise law, and operated a law office in Tczew for two years, until she was re-nominated as a judge[4]

Honours

In 2009, Kurska received the Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta from Polish President Lech Kaczynski.[1]

Family

She was the mother of politician Jacek Kurski and journalist Jarosław Kurski.[5][6]

References

  1. 1 2 "Jacek Kurski pogrążony w żałobie. Zmarła jego mama" (in Polish). 25 August 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  2. ↑ Senate of Poland Archived 25 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine.
  3. 1 2 3 "Nie żyje była senator PiS Anna Maria Kurska" (in Polish). 25 August 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  4. 1 2 3 "Zmarła Anna Kurska, matka Jacka i Jarosława... Kim była?". Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  5. ↑ Gazeta Wyborcza,
  6. ↑ Przekroj Archived 12 May 2010 at the Wayback Machine.


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