Jerzy Szmajdziński
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| Jerzy Andrzej Szmajdziński | |
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| In office October 19, 2001 – November 31, 2005 |
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| President | Aleksander Kwaśniewski |
| Prime Minister | Leszek Miller, Marek Belka |
| Preceded by | Bronisław Komorowski |
| Succeeded by | Radosław Sikorski |
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| In office April 21, 2004 – May 2, 2004 |
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| President | Aleksander Kwaśniewski |
| Prime Minister | Leszek Miller |
| Preceded by | Józef Oleksy |
| Succeeded by | Ryszard Kalisz |
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| Assumed office November 6, 2007 Serving alongside: Jarosław Kalinowski Stefan Niesiołowski Krzysztof Putra |
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| Preceded by | Janusz Dobrosz, Jarosław Kalinowski, Bronisław Komorowski, Wojciech Olejniczak, Genowefa Wiśniowska |
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| Born | April 9, 1952 (age 55) Wrocław |
| Political party | Polish United Worker's Party (1973-1990) Social Democracy of the Republic of Poland (1990-1999) Democratic Left Alliance (1999-) Left and Democrats (caucus, 2007-) |
| Profession | Economist |
Jerzy Szmajdziński (pronounced [ˈjɛʒɨ ʃmajˈdʑiɲskʲi], born April 9, 1952 in Wrocław) is a former Polish minister of defence.
Graduated from Wrocław Academy of Economics. In the 1970s and 1980s he was an activist for the Federation of Socialist Unions of Polish Youth and the Socialist Union of Polish Youth, serving as its chairman from 1986-1989. He remained a member of PZPR from 1973 until its end in 1990. Later, he entered the leadership position of the SdRP leftist party. In December 1999, he became the deputy chairman of the Democratic Left Alliance (SLD).
He has been a member of the Sejm since 1990. In the second term he was chairman of the National Defense Committee and in the third term a deputy chairman of that commission. He has been Minister of National Defence since October 19, 2001 to 2005. He was elected to Sejm on September 25, 2005 getting 20741 votes in 1 Legnica district, candidating from SLD list.
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[edit] External links
- Jerzy Szmajdziński - parliamentary page - includes declarations of interest, voting record, and transcripts of speeches.
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