Barbara Jaruzelska

Barbara Jaruzelska
First Lady of Poland
In role
July 18, 1989  December 22, 1990
President Wojciech Jaruzelski
Preceded by Herself (1985–1989)
Succeeded by Danuta Wałęsa
First Lady of the Polish People's Republic
In role
November 6, 1985  July 18, 1989
President Wojciech Jaruzelski
Preceded by Jadwiga Wierzbicka
Succeeded by Herself (1989–1990)
Personal details
Born 1931
Lublin, Poland
Died May 29, 2017
Spouse(s) Wojciech Jaruzelski (m. 1961; his death 2014)
Children Monika Jaruzelska (b. 1963)

Halina Barbara Jaruzelska (née Ryfa; 1931 – May 29, 2017) was a Polish academic, philologist, and professor of German studies and language. Jaruzelska was the First Lady of Poland from 1985 to 1990 during the government of her husband, General Wojciech Jaruzelski, the President of the Polish People's Republic (1985–1989) and the President of the Republic of Poland (1989–1990). Professionally, Jaruzelska worked as a lecturer and German philology professor at the Institute of Appiled Linguistics at the University of Warsaw.[1][2]

Jaruzelska died in on May 29, 2017, at the age of 86.[1] She was survived by her daughter, journalist and designer Monika Jaruzelska.[1] Her funeral was held at Saint Charles Borromeo Church in Warsaw on June 6, 2017.[1] She was interred in Powązki Cemetery, while her husband, who died in 2014, was buried in a different cemetery, Powązki Military Cemetery.[3]

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