Waldemar Pawlak
4th and 6th Prime Minister of Poland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Waldemar Pawlak [valˈdɛmar ˈpavlak] ⓘ (born 5 September 1959) is a Polish politician. He has twice served as Prime Minister of Poland, briefly in 1992 and again from 1993 to 1995. From November 2007 to November 2012 he served as Deputy Prime Minister and the Minister of Economy. Pawlak remains Poland's youngest prime minister to date.
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Waldemar Pawlak | |
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Prime Minister of Poland | |
In office 26 October 1993 – 6 March 1995 | |
President | Lech Wałęsa |
Deputy | Aleksander Łuczak Marek Borowski Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz |
Preceded by | Hanna Suchocka |
Succeeded by | Józef Oleksy |
Caretaker 5 June 1992 – 10 July 1992 | |
President | Lech Wałęsa |
Preceded by | Jan Olszewski |
Succeeded by | Hanna Suchocka |
Deputy Prime Minister of Poland | |
In office 16 November 2007 – 27 November 2012 | |
Prime Minister | Donald Tusk |
Preceded by | Zyta Gilowska Przemysław Gosiewski |
Succeeded by | Janusz Piechociński |
Minister of Economy | |
In office 16 November 2007 – 27 November 2012 | |
Prime Minister | Donald Tusk |
Deputy | Adam Szejnfeld |
Preceded by | Piotr Woźniak |
Succeeded by | Janusz Piechociński |
Leader of the Polish People's Party | |
In office 29 January 2005 – 17 November 2012 | |
Preceded by | Janusz Wojciechowski |
Succeeded by | Janusz Piechociński |
In office 29 June 1991 – 11 October 1997 | |
Preceded by | Roman Bartoszcze |
Succeeded by | Jarosław Kalinowski |
Member of the Sejm | |
In office 18 June 1989 – 11 November 2015 | |
Constituency | 16 – Płock |
Personal details | |
Born | (1959-09-05) 5 September 1959 (age 64) Radom, Poland |
Political party | Polish People's Party |
Spouse | Elżbieta Pawlak |
Profession | Mechanician, farmer, teacher |
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He is also a long-time commander of the Polish Volunteer fire department, holding the rank of Brigadier General. Since 2015 Pawlak is workstream leader for the AMU (Agency for the Modernisation of Ukraine), where he contributes his expertise in economy.[1]