Anna Kurska
Anna Kurska | |
|---|---|
 Anna Kurska | |
| Senate of Poland | |
| In office 2001–2007 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 24 August 1929 Lviv, Poland |
| Died | 25 August 2016 (aged 87) |
| Political party | Law and Justice |
| Children | 2 |
| Relatives | Jacek Kurski, Jarosław |
Anna Maria 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]
Early life
[edit]On 24 August 1929, Kurska was born in Lviv, Poland (in modern-day Ukraine), to Tadeusz Modzelewski (of Polish Nobility origin) and Teodora Niemirowska (sister of Lewis Bernstein Namier). Teodora was born to Józef Bernstein aka Niemirowski and Anna Sommerstein, both of Jewish origin.
Education
[edit]In 1955, Kurska earned law degree from University of Warsaw.[3]
Career
[edit]Kurska started her career as a lawyer. In August 1980, Kurska 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
[edit]In 2009, Kurska received the Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta from Polish President Lech Kaczynski.[1]
Personal life
[edit]Kurska's children are Jacek Kurski, a politician, and Jarosław Kurski, a journalist.[5][6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Jacek Kurski pogrążony w żałobie. Zmarła jego mama" (in Polish). 25 August 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
- ^ Senate of Poland Archived 25 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b c "Nie żyje była senator PiS Anna Maria Kurska" (in Polish). 25 August 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
- ^ a b c "Zmarła Anna Kurska, matka Jacka i Jarosława... Kim była?". Archived from the original on 17 May 2018. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
- ^ Gazeta Wyborcza, [1]
- ^ Przekroj Archived 12 May 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- 1929 births
- 2016 deaths
- Polish people of Jewish descent
- Commanders of the Order of Polonia Restituta
- Politicians from Lviv
- Women members of the Senate of Poland
- Warsaw Uprising insurgents
- Members of the Senate of Poland 2001–2005
- Members of the Senate of Poland 2005–2007
- University of Warsaw alumni
- Lawyers from Lviv
- 20th-century Polish women
- Women in World War II