Her father and grandfather were members of the Home Army (Armia Krajowa) during the German and Soviet occupations of Poland in World War II.

She was the one to smuggle out the official statement by the striking workers that the resistance would continue in spite of military coup d'état.

Nearly a decade later, in 1989 during the first partially free elections in the Eastern Bloc, Tuge-Erecińska was appointed Gdańsk’s liaison with the foreign dignitaries and journalists visiting Wałęsa, Poland's ‘real’ president.

[2] During her inaugural speech as Ambassador to the UK, Tuge-Erecińska said: I feel privileged to be posted to this special place, which supported us during the darkest days... .

Her work as the highest ranking diplomat revolves around the Polish participation in the EU with its complex political life and economy.