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Aleksander Kwasniewski

The title given to this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. The correct title is Aleksander Kwaśniewski.


Aleksander Kwaśniewski (pronounced: Alexander Kva-sh-nye-v-sky) is a Polish politician and currently the President of Poland. Born November 15 1954 in Białogard. He was an activist of Socialist Union of Polish Students (Socjalistyczny Związek Studentów Polsjich, SZSP) and the minister of sports in th 1980s.

He succeeded Lech Wałęsa as President after winning the 1995 elections. Kwaśniewski was elected for his second and final term as president in 2000.

He was also a former leader of the left-wing Socjaldemokracja Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej, an heir to the Polish United Workers Party, and later of the Sojusz Lewicy Demokratycznej. (Democratic Left Alliance)

See also: Presidents of Poland.

External links

  • http://www.president.pl/ President of the Republic of Poland official site Polish, English)




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