Marian Krzaklewski

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Marian Krzaklewski is a Polish politician. A member of Solidarity since the 1980s, he was one of the most known and influential Polish politicians in the late 1990s, when he created the Akcja Wyborcza Solidarność political party.

Krzaklewski studied in Politechnika Śląska. In 1980 he became involved with Solidarity, Polish famous anti-communist trade union and social movement. In the movement he was active in Silesia region. In 1991 he replaced Lech Wałęsa (then president of Poland) as the chairman of Solidarity. In opposition both to the government of Wałęsa and later the left-wing SLD, he was one of the founders of the center and right-wing Akcja Wyborcza Solidarność, which eventually became victorious in the Polish parliamentary election, 1997. Krzaklewski, who was elected as a deputy to Polish parliament (Sejm) was one of the considered Prime Ministers, however in the end the post went to Jerzy Buzek. Among the decreasing support for AWS, political infighting and corruption (TKM) he lost the Polish presidential election, 2000. Subsequently AWS suffered a crushing defeat in the Polish parliamentary election, 1997. Krzaklewski has resigned as the leader of AWS in 2001, and as the chairman of Solidarity in 2002. He currently is a member of the National Commission of NSSZ Solidarity.

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• This article incorporates text translated from the corresponding Polish Wikipedia article as of 14 April 2006.