Jolanta Kwaśniewska
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Jolanta Kwaśniewska j, née Konty ' (born 3 June 1955 in Gdańsk
) is a Polish lawyer and charity activist who was First Lady of Poland
between 1995 and 2005, as the wife of the then president Aleksander Kwaśniewski
.
She met the future president while she was a law student at the University of Gdańsk, and they married in 1979. During her studies she was the president of the executive committee of the Socialist Union of Polish Students, in which her husband was also active.
Kwaśniewska has been widely involved in charity work, and in 1997 founded the charity foundation Porozumienie bez barier ("Understanding Without Barriers"), whose aims include providing help and support to sick and disabled children.
She is also the host of the television show Lekcja stylu ("Lessons in Style") on TVN Style
.
Gdansk
Gdańsk is a Polish city on the Baltic coast, at the centre of the country's fourth-largest metropolitan area.The city lies on the southern edge of Gdańsk Bay , in a conurbation with the city of Gdynia, spa town of Sopot, and suburban communities, which together form a metropolitan area called the...
) is a Polish lawyer and charity activist who was First Lady of Poland
First Lady of Poland
First Lady of the Republic of Poland is a title of the wife of the President of the Republic of Poland .The First Lady is currently Anna Komorowska....
between 1995 and 2005, as the wife of the then president Aleksander Kwaśniewski
Aleksander Kwasniewski
Aleksander Kwaśniewski is a Polish politician who served as the President of Poland from 1995 to 2005. He was born in Białogard, and during communist rule he was active in the Socialist Union of Polish Students and was the Minister for Sport in the communist government in the 1980s...
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She met the future president while she was a law student at the University of Gdańsk, and they married in 1979. During her studies she was the president of the executive committee of the Socialist Union of Polish Students, in which her husband was also active.
Kwaśniewska has been widely involved in charity work, and in 1997 founded the charity foundation Porozumienie bez barier ("Understanding Without Barriers"), whose aims include providing help and support to sick and disabled children.
She is also the host of the television show Lekcja stylu ("Lessons in Style") on TVN Style
TVN Style
TVN Style is a Polish channel aimed at women featuring the latest in fashion, health and beauty. It launched in August 2004 and is a part of the TVN network, owned by ITI Group.-Line-up:...
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