Róża Thun
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Róża von Thun und Hohenstein MEP |
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| Member of the European Parliament for Lesser Poland and Świętokrzyskie |
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Assumed office 14 July 2009 |
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| Majority | 153,966 |
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13 April 1954 Kraków, Poland |
| Nationality |
 Polish |
| Political party | Civic Platform |
| Spouse(s) | Franz von Thun-Hohenstein |
| Children | 4 |
| Alma mater | Jagiellonian University |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
| Website | www.rozathun.pl |
Róża Maria Gräfin von Thun und Hohenstein (née Woźniakowska, born 13 April 1954), is a Polish politician, more usually known as Róża Thun, than by her formal style of Countess.
Thun has served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for Poland, representing Civic Platform since 2009, being returned to Brussels at the 2014 European elections.
Previously, 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 has been Vice President of the European Movement International.
She was born Róża Woźniakowska on 13 April 1954 at Kraków, Poland. Her father, Jacek Woźniakowski, was a professor in the Catholic University of Lublin (who also served as Mayor of Kraków for 1990-1991). Her mother was a biologist and an expert on the species of bats.
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