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petrol concern, in March 2005. He argued that the actions of commission members, being in opposition to the leftist government supported by him, were directed against him. He sought to undermine the commission by releasing considerable amounts of information to journalists while only belatedly making
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in Poland, but that activities were to be carried out in accordance to Polish law. He said that a U.S. draft memorandum had stated that "people held in Poland are to be treated as prisoners of war and will be afforded all the rights they are entitled to", but due to time constraints, the U.S. had not
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document then still in use. The failure to create a new document had been a criticism often levelled at Wałęsa. Kwaśniewski actively campaigned for its approval in the subsequent referendum, and he signed it into law on 16 July 1997. He took an active part in the efforts to secure Polish membership
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Political opponents disputed his victory and produced evidence to show that he had lied about his education in registration documents and public presentations. There was also some mystery over his graduation from university. A law court confirmed that Kwaśniewski had lied about his record—and this
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Hoping to be seen as "the president of all Poles", including his political opponents, he resigned from the SLD after the election. Every Polish president since then has renounced formal ties with their party upon taking office. Later, he formed a coalition with the rightist government of
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Likewise, in December 2005, Kwasniewski pardoned the post-Communist deputy minister of Justice Zbigniew Sobotka, who had warned gangsters about a planned police operation against them. Sobotka was convicted and sentenced to jail but the presidential pardon freed
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for a post-Communist deputy minister of Justice Zbigniew Sobotka, who had been sentenced for 3.5 years of prison for revealing a state secret (effectively, he warned gangsters about an operation against them). Kwaśniewski changed the prison sentence to
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about contemporary European politics, the trans-Atlantic relationship, and democratization in Central and Eastern Europe. He also teaches a course on political leadership, convened by Professor Carol Lancaster, with former Spanish Prime Minister
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An activist in the communist student movement until 1982, he held, among other positions, the chairmanship of the University Council of the Socialist Union of Polish Students (SZSP) from 1976 to 1977 and the vice-chairmanship of the
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constituency in 1991, he won the largest number of votes (148,533), although did not win an absolute majority. Kwaśniewski headed the parliamentary caucus of the Democratic Left Alliance in his first and second terms (1991–1995).
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in 1994. First Kwaśniewski denied ever meeting Alganov and filed a libel suit against the newspaper. Eventually, Kwaśniewski admitted that he had met Alganov on official occasions, but denied meeting him in Cetniewo.
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case. The story goes back to 1971 when Piotr Filipczyński, a.k.a. Peter Vogel was sentenced to 25 years in jail for a brutal murder (shortened to 15 years in 1979). Surprisingly enough, in 1983 (during
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Kwaśniewski was also involved with the EU talks with the Ukrainian government about the association agreement with the EU that the Ukrainian parliament failed to ratify in November 2013. After the
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of the Republic of Poland (SdRP) from January to February 1990, and its first chairman until he assumed the presidency in December 1995. He was also one of the founding members of the coalition
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posed to the region, he submitted a draft of a convention on fighting organised crime to the UN in 1996. He was an active participant at meetings of regional leaders in
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He was an author of the 2002 Riga Initiative, a forum for cooperation between Central European states, aimed towards further enlargement of NATO and the European Union.
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Kwasniewski had maintained a commanding lead in opinion polls, despite Solidarity attack ads that included video of him and an aide appearing to mock Polish-born Pope
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from 1995 to 2005. His tenure as President was marked by modernization of Poland, rapid economic growth (Poland's GDP has doubled in ten years), the drafting of a new
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in 1997, at which the two countries' presidents signed a treaty of friendship. Poland subsequently became one of the strongest advocates of Lithuanian membership in
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He was a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee and chairman of the Constitutional Committee of the National Assembly from November 1993 to November 1995.
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in Europe. In 2000 he was re-elected in a single round, collecting 53.9 percent of the vote. His election campaign slogan was: "A home for all—Poland" (
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had campaigned for approval of the EU accession treaty in June 2003. He strongly supported including mention of Europe's Christian roots into the
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admitted to organizing a group of former European heads of state to illegally lobby, starting in 2011, on behalf of then-Ukrainian president
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on 23 December 1995. Later the same day, he was sworn in as Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces at the Warszawa First Fighter Wing, in
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Kwaśniewski refused in 2003 to face a special parliamentary commission, which was set up to reveal all circumstances linked with
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revealed that Kwaśniewski was registered during communist times as an agent "Alek" of the secret police, the Security Service (
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An advocate of regional cooperation in Central and Eastern Europe, Kwaśniewski hosted a summit of the region's leaders at
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His political course resembled that of Wałęsa's in several key respects, such as the pursuit of closer ties to the
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did not come to light until after the election—but did not penalise him for it. Kwaśniewski took the presidential
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in the communist government during the 1980s. After the fall of Communism, he became a leader of the centre-left
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For a second time Kwaśniewski refused as a witness to face the commission investigating the privatization of
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on improving interreligious and interethnic relations on the continent. The organization is co-chaired by
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in Kiev, Ukraine and a member of the International Honorary Council of the European Academy of Diplomacy.
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From November 1981 to February 1984 he was the editor-in-chief of the communist-controlled student weekly
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On 7 March 2006, Kwaśniewski was appointed Distinguished Scholar in the Practice of Global Leadership at
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with few major conflicts and on several occasions, he stood against movements of the SLD government of
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Union from 1977 to 1979. Kwaśniewski was a member of the SZSP supreme authorities from 1977 to 1982.
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in 1997. Poland is an overwhelmingly Roman Catholic country, and Kwasniewski is an atheist.
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were promised membership; and the Washington summit, where on 26 February 1999, during the
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from 1984 to 1985. He was a co-founder of the first computer-science periodical in Poland,
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government, and then Chairman of the Committee for Youth and Physical Culture till 1990.
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became a reality on 1 May 2004, during Kwaśniewski's second term. Both he and his wife
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Beata Pasek (2000). "Ex-communist Kwasniewski wins second term as Polish president".
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Grand Crosses Special Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
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Cox-Kwasniewski mission to visit Ukraine in late March, planning to visit Tymoshenko
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From 1973 to 1977, Kwaśniewski studied Transport Economics and Foreign Trade at the
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in December 2014, Kwaśniewski admitted that he had agreed in 2003 to host a secret
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Kwaśniewski was an activist in the Student Sports Union from 1975 to 1979 and the
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Grand Crosses with Chain of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary (civil)
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Ukraine welcomes prolongation of Cox-Kwasniewski mission until fall, says Kozhara
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Aleksander Kwaśniewski has been honored to date with the following decorations:
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in a civil ceremony. They have one child: a daughter, Aleksandra (born 1981).
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Commander Grand Cross, with Collar, of the Order of the White Rose of Finland
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signed the memorandum. The U.S. had conducted activities in great secrecy at
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as a recognition of his outstanding achievements in the field of government.
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of state-owned enterprises, although with less energy than his predecessor.
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As the PZPR was wound up, he became a founding member of the post-communist
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Kwaśniewski was elected to the presidency in 1995, defeating the incumbent,
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He headed Poland's delegation at the 1997 Madrid summit, where Poland, the
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Kwaśniewski's greatest achievement was his ability to bring about a new
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In December 2005, when his presidency was coming to an end, he granted
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leader. Kwaśniewski's campaign slogans were "Let's choose the future" (
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Aleksander Kwaśniewski, Polish politician at Encyclopaedia Britannica.
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receiving praises by supporters after his presidential victory in 1995
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Honorary Knights Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George
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Recipients of the Collar of the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana
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First Class, Grand Master of the Order and President of the Chapter
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Knights Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
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Grand Crosses of the Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas
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Limited″ which owns licenses for the major Ukrainian gas fields.
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for his contributions to the building of the European community.
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in Europe, prepare practical recommendations to governments and
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Atheist premier attacks lack of Christianity in EU constitution
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Aleksander Kwaśniewski during the 2013 European Economic Forum
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Poland was in charge of a sector of Iraq after the removal of
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Volks krant, State visit of Netherlands in Poland, 1997,
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Indulski, Grzegorz; Rigendinger, Balz (8 January 2006).
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Another case of Kwaśniewski's controversial granting of
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After a history of sometimes acrimonious relations with
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Kwaśniewski was awarded the highest distinction of the
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In 2008 Aleksander Kwaśniewski became Chairman of the
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Honorary Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
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reported that Kwaśniewski had met former KGB officer
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Possible illegal lobbying on behalf of Paul Manafort
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Candidates in the 2000 Polish presidential election
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Senate Intelligence Committee report on CIA torture
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Thanks to his close relations with 570: 16:President of Poland from 1995 to 2005 4244:Democratic Left Alliance politicians 4239:Members of the Polish Sejm 1993–1997 4234:Members of the Polish Sejm 1991–1993 4224:Polish United Workers' Party members 2874:"Prezydent nie stanie przed komisją" 1926:In 1979, Kwaśniewski married lawyer 1562:: Grand Cross (or 1st Class) of the 1225:filed in United States Federal court 4269:Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour 3367:"Kwaśniewscy wzięli ślub kościelny" 3273:"Polish president wins second term" 3128:. 15 September 2018. 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Kwaśniewski
Slavic name
surname

President of Poland
Józef Oleksy
Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz
Jerzy Buzek
Leszek Miller
Marek Belka
Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz
Lech Wałęsa
Lech Kaczyński
Leader of the Social Democracy
Józef Oleksy
Białogard
Independent
Polish United Workers' Party
Social Democracy
Democratic Left Alliance
Left and Democrats
Europa Plus
Jolanta Konty
Alma mater
University of Gdańsk
Order of the White Eagle
Order of the Polonia Restituta
Order of Vytautas the Great - Golden Chain
Order of Vytautas the Great - Grand Cross
Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas - Grand Cross

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