Aleksander Kwasniewski
- The title given to this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. The correct title is Aleksander Kwaśniewski.
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| Term of Office: | since December 23, 1995 |
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| Predecessor: | Lech Wałęsa |
| Date of Birth: | November 5, 1954 |
| Place of Birth: | Białogard, Poland |
| First Lady: | Jolanta Kwaśniewska |
| Profession: | Journalist |
| Political Party: | former SLD |
Aleksander Kwaśniewski (pronounce: 
[alεk'sandεr kvaɕɲefski]) 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 Polskich, 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 (gaining majority of votes already in the first round).
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
External links
- http://www.president.pl/ President of the Republic of Poland official site Polish, English)
| Edit (http://www.mywiseowl.com/index.php?title=Template:Presidents_of_Poland&action=edit) | Presidents of Poland | 
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| Republic of Poland (1918 - 1939) | Józef Piłsudski | Gabriel Narutowicz | Maciej Rataj | Stanisław Wojciechowski | Ignacy Mościcki | ||
| Government in Exile (1939 - 1990) | Bolesław Wieniawa-Długoszowski | Władysław Raczkiewicz | August Zaleski | Rada Trzech - collective head of state | Stanisław Ostrowski | Edward Raczyński | Kazimierz Sabbat | Ryszard Kaczorowski | ||
| People's Republic of Poland (1944 - 1989) | Bolesław Bierut | since 1947 replaced by Polish Council of State | ||
| Republic of Poland (since 1989) | Wojciech Jaruzelski | Lech Wałęsa | Aleksander Kwaśniewski | ||
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