Ewa Kopacz 160 is a Polish politician and a former Prime Minister of Poland. Previously she was the Marshal of the Sejm, the first woman to have held the post. In addition, she was Minister of Health from November 2007 until November 2011. Kopacz has been a member of the Civic Platform since 2001. Kopacz became Prime Minister onSeptember 2014, succeeding Donald Tusk she is the second woman to hold the office after Hanna Suchocka. Prior to entering politics, she was a pediatrician and a general practitioner. Her term ended onNovember 2015.
Ewa Kopacz was born in Skaryszew. She is the daughter of Mieczysaw and Krystyna Lis. Her father was employed as a mechanic and her mother worked as a tailor. She was raised in the city of Radom, where she graduated from high school. In 1981 she graduated from the Medical University of Lublin. She did a residency in family medicine with a focus on pediatrics . She worked at the clinics in the villages of Orosko and Chlewiska, then town of Szydowiec, where until 2001 she headed the local health care facility.
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