Anna Komorowska

Anna Julia Komorowska (born Anna Julia Dziadzia, then Dembowska; 11 May 1953) is a Polish classical philologist and former First Lady of Poland, as the wife of 5th President of Poland, Bronisław Komorowski.

Anna Komorowska
Official portrait, 2010
First Lady of Poland
In role 6 August 2010 – 6 August 2015
President	Bronisław Komorowski
Preceded by	Maria Kaczyńska
Succeeded by	Agata Kornhauser-Duda
Personal details
Born	Anna Julia Dziadzia (1953-05-11) 11 May 1953 (age 72) Warsaw, Poland
Spouse	Bronisław Komorowski ​ ​ (m. 1977)​
Children	5
Alma mater	University of Warsaw
Awards

Early life and education

She was born to Jan Dziadzia and Józefa Deptuła (born as Hana Rojer^[1]). Both of her parents worked for the communist Ministry of Public Security in post-war Poland.^[2] Her maternal grandparents Wolf and Estera Rojer were killed in the Holocaust. The family later changed their name to "Dembowski".

Anna Dembowska studied at the Tadeusz Rejtan Lyceum and went on to read classical philology^[3] at the University of Warsaw, graduating in 1977 with a master's degree.^[3]

Career

Komorowska started her working life as a Latin language teacher in a high school.^[3] She met Bronisław Komorowski in 1970, when she was a member of the Czarna Jedynka.^[4] They married in 1977. They have five children: Zofia (born 1979), Tadeusz (born 1981), Maria (born 1983), Piotr (born 1985) and Elżbieta (born 1987). After the introduction of martial law in Poland, her husband was interned. On 31 December 1981, she reached his internment camp as one of the first three women ever to do so. After the fall of communism in Poland, she worked for an insurance company for five years after she left her teaching career voluntarily.

Honours

Foreign honours

• Monaco: Grand Officer of the Order of Saint Charles (17 October 2012)^[5]
• Sweden: Commander with the Great Cross Order of the Northern Star (4 May 2011)