Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz

Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz
Gronkiewicz-Waltz in 2014
Member of the European Parliament
for Poland
Assumed office
10 October 2024
Preceded byMarcin Kierwiński
ConstituencyWarsaw
Mayor of Warsaw
In office
2 December 2006 – 22 November 2018
Preceded byLech Kaczyński
Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz (Acting)
Succeeded byRafał Trzaskowski
Member of the Sejm
In office
26 October 2005 – 26 November 2006
ConstituencyWarsaw I
Vice President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
In office
July 2001 – July 2004
PresidentJean Lemierre
President of the National Bank of Poland
In office
5 March 1992 – 31 December 2000
Preceded byAndrzej Topiński (Acting)
Succeeded byLeszek Balcerowicz
Personal details
Born
Hanna Gronkiewicz

(1952-11-04) 4 November 1952 (age 72)
Warsaw, Poland
Political partyCivic Platform (since 2005)
Other political
affiliations
Civic Coalition (since 2018)
SpouseAndrzej Waltz
Alma materUniversity of Warsaw
AwardsOrder of Polonia Restituta Cross of Merit (Poland) Legion of Honour Order of the Polar Star Order of the Crown (Belgium) Order of the Crown (Belgium)

Hanna Beata Gronkiewicz-Waltz (Polish pronunciation: [ˈxanna bɛˈata ɡrɔnˈkʲɛvid͡ʐ ˈvalt͡s] ,[1] born 4 November 1952) is a Polish politician and lawyer, Professor of Jurisprudence and politician who served as the city mayor of Warsaw between 2006 and 2018. She is the first and so far only woman to have held this position.

  1. ^ Gronkiewicz in isolation: [ɡrɔnˈkʲɛvit͡ʂ].