Róża Thun

Róża Maria Gräfin von Thun und Hohenstein (née Woźniakowska, born 13 April 1954), usually shortened to Róża Thun, is a European Parliament Member (MEP) from Poland. A member of the Civic Platform, she started her term in 2009. Róża Thun was involved in two anti-communist organizations (the Student Committee of Solidarity and the Workers' Defence Committee) in the People's Republic of Poland. After the fall of Communism, she was the chairwoman of the Polish Robert Schuman Foundation, a non-governmental organization promoting European integration. Thun was also the head of the European Commission representation to Poland between 2005 and 2009. Since 2011 she is Vice President of the European Movement International.
Early life
Róża Woźniakowska was born on 13 April 1954 in Kraków, Poland. Her father, Jacek Woźniakowski, was a professor at the Catholic University of Lublin (he also served as the mayor of Kraków between 1990 and 1991). Her mother...