Małgorzata Manowska (born 22 September 1964) is a Polish academic and jurist who serves as the First President of the

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and as the Chief Justice of the State Tribunal. She is a past Dean of the National College of the Judiciary and a former Deputy Minister of Justice.

Career

She holds a

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and a

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in jurisprudence from the

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. In 2010 Manowska received her

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. She has been a lecturer at the University of Warsaw and Lazarski University, holding associate professorship at the latter. Manowska has authored numerous publications on civil, family and labor law. Following several judicial appointments, including at the Court of Appeal in Warsaw, Manowska was nominated as the Deputy Minister of Justice, serving from 30 March to 27 November 2007. In 2016 she was selected as the Dean of the National College of the Judiciary. On 10 October 2018, President

Andrzej Duda Andrzej Sebastian Duda (born 16 May 1972) is a Polish lawyer and politician who has served as the sixth president of Poland since 2015. Before becoming president, he served as a Member of the Sejm from 2011 to 2014 and before becoming Member of ...

appointed her as a Judge of the

. She assumed the post of First President of the Supreme Court on 26 May 2020, succeeding Małgorzata Gersdorf. She concurrently became the Chief Justice of the State Tribunal.

References

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