Katarzyna Hall | |
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Minister of National Education | |
In office 16 November 2007 – 18 November 2011 | |
President | Lech Kaczyński Bronisław Komorowski |
Prime Minister | Donald Tusk |
Preceded by | Ryszard Legutko |
Succeeded by | Krystyna Szumilas |
Katarzyna Hall (née Kończa) (Polish pronunciation: [kataˈʐɨna ˈxal]), (born 15 March 1957 in Gdańsk) is a Polish teacher, educational and social activist, and local government clerk.[1] She was the Minister of National Education of the Republic of Poland from 2007 to 2011.[2]
In 2008, she invited Ivan Shyla to continue his education in Poland when he was kept from sitting for his final exam by Belarusian authorities.[3] Shyla, a recipient of Poland's Konstanty Kalinowski Scholarship, was among a number of recipients of the scholarship who reported repression or hurdlers to leaving Belarus for Poland to resume their studies.[4]