Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz

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Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz

Prime Minister of Poland
In office 31 October 2005 – 14 July 2006
Preceded by	Marek Belka
Succeeded by	Jarosław Kaczyński

Born	December 20, 1959 Gorzów Wielkopolski
Political party	Prawo i Sprawiedliwość

Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz (pronunciation (help·info)) (born December 20, 1959 in Gorzów Wielkopolski) is a Polish politician who served as Prime Minister of Poland from October 2005 to July 2006. He is a member of the Law and Justice Party (Prawo i Sprawiedliwość, PiS).

1 Early life
2 Cabinet of Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz
3 Acting mayor of Warsaw
4 Trivia
5 External links

[edit] Early life

Marcinkiewicz graduated in 1984 from the Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry (having studied physics) of the Wrocław University. He also completed post-graduate course in Administration at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań. He worked as an elementary school teacher and school director in his hometown of Gorzów.

In the 1980s, he was also a member of the Solidarity movement and editor of underground press materials. In 1992, he became a State Secretary (formal name for deputy minister) in the Ministry of National Education. From 1999 to 2000, he was the cabinet chief for prime minister Jerzy Buzek.

[edit] Cabinet of Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz

Following the victory of the Law and Justice party in the September 2005 Polish parliamentary elections, its prime ministerial candidate, party leader Jarosław Kaczyński decided against becoming prime minister so as not to damage the chances of his twin brother, Lech Kaczyński in the then-upcoming October presidential election. Instead the little-known Marcinkiewicz became PM, leading a coalition formed by Jarosław, who remained in the background, but influential.

Before his prime ministerial appointment, Marcinkiewicz remained a political cipher, which resulted in a political carte blanche after the appointment. Relatively unknown to the public at that time, due to his intensive political activity Marcinkiewicz gained a high public recognition, rapidly becoming the most trusted and popular politician in Poland.

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Marcinkiewicz strongly supports Polish membership in EU, although he disagrees with several more integrationist ideas, such as the European Constitution.^{[citation needed]} Economic policy of his cabinet is a continuation of those conducted by previous governments.^{[citation needed]}

Following speculations of a rift with Jarosław Kaczyński, Marcinkiewicz tendered his resignation on July 7, 2006, maintaining however that no one will insert a wedge between him and Kaczyński, words he directed at Donald Tusk. ^[1] He was succeeded as prime minister on July 14 by Kaczyński.

[edit] Acting mayor of Warsaw

On July 18, Marcinkiewicz was appointed as the temporary acting mayor of Warsaw, a so-called "comissar". During the municipal elections in 2006, he was the Law and Justice candidate for mayor of Warsaw. In the first round of voting, held on November 12, he got 38.42%, while his closest rival, Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz of the opposition Civic Platform won 34.15% of the votes. In the second round, held on November 26, he got 46.82% of the votes, thus losing the elections. His future after the elections is unknown.

[edit] Trivia

Marcinkewicz is married and has four children.
According to NewsweekPolska, he is an Opus Dei member.
As at 27th of March 2007 he is Director for Poland, Bulgaria and Albania for EBRD Bank.

[edit] External links

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Preceded by Marek Belka	Prime Minister of Poland 2005–2006	Succeeded by Jarosław Kaczyński

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