Agata Kornhauser-Duda
| Agata Kornhauser-Duda | |
|---|---|
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| First Lady of Poland | |
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Assumed office 6 August 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Anna Komorowska |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
2 April 1972 Kraków, Poland |
| Spouse(s) | Andrzej Duda (m. 1994) |
| Children | Kinga Duda (b. 1995) |
| Parents | Julian Kornhauser, Alicja Wojna |
| Alma mater | Jagiellonian University |
| Profession | German teacher |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Agata Kornhauser-Duda (born 2 April 1972), is the wife of the President of Poland, Andrzej Duda and thus the designated First Lady of Poland. She is a teacher of German by professional background.
Background and family
She was born in Kraków, the child of Julian Kornhauser, a well-known Polish-Jewish writer, translator and literary critic[1][2] who dedicated a book of poetry to her in 1981,[3] and Alicja Wojna, a Polonist. She has one brother, Jakub, a poet and translator.[4]
She has been married to Andrzej Duda since 21 December 1994. Together they have one daughter, Kinga, born in 1995, a law student.[5]
Professional career
She is a German teacher at the Jan III Sobieski High School, Kraków,[6] where she has worked since 1998. She has been described as a demanding but fair and dedicated teacher, and during the presidential campaign only took one day off, vowing to stay with her students until the end of the school year.[7] The school is her husband's alma mater, she herself attended its rival Bartłomiej Nowodworski High School.[8] She wrote her dissertation on the tetralogy of Horst Bienek[9] at the Jagiellonian University,[10] where she and her husband met.[11]
First Lady of Poland
She became the First Lady of Poland on 6 August 2015, when her husband became President. On 24 May 2015, he won the second round of the presidential election, achieving 51.55% of the vote against the 48.45% won by his rival, the incumbent Bronisław Komorowski.[12] During the campaign she supported her husband by appearing in party broadcasts. In terms of her own political beliefs, she has been described as more liberal than Andrzej Duda by her brother.[13]
References
- ↑ Marek Bartosik, Andrzej Duda: spóźniony pociąg do polityki Gazeta Krakowska 2010-11-19 (Polish)
- ↑ http://www.ronslate.com/been_and_gone_poems_julian_kornhauser_translated_piotr_florczyk_marick_press
- ↑ "Duda RODZINA, teść Julian Kornhauser napisał wiersze dla swojej córki Agatki!". Super Express. 14 May 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
- ↑ "Kim jest szwagier Andrzeja Dudy?". Fakty. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
- ↑ ""Pierwsza córka" Kinga. W kampanii u boku ojca, chwaliła "energię, uczciwość i dobre serce"". TVN 24. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
- ↑ "Teachers".
- ↑ Wantuch, Dominika (25 May 2015). "Agata Kornhauser-Duda. Pierwsza Dama w stylu zachodnim". Gazeta Wyborcza. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
- ↑ "Rodzina Dudów: nowy prezydent jest zapalonym narciarzem i molem książkowym. Jego żona to wymagająca nauczycielka". TVP. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
- ↑ Kornhauser-Duda, Agata. "Andrzej to mój najlepszy przyjaciel." (PDF).
- ↑ Wantuch, Dominika (25 May 2015). "Agata Kornhauser-Duda. Pierwsza Dama w stylu zachodnim". Gazeta Wyborcza. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
- ↑ "Agata Kornhauser-Duda, żona Andrzeja Dudy". Express Ilustrowany. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
- ↑ "PKW". pkw.gov.pl.
- ↑ "Kim jest szwagier Andrzeja Dudy?". Fakty. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
| Honorary titles | ||
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| Preceded by Anna Komorowska |
First Lady of Poland 2015–present |
Incumbent |