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Marek Stefan Borowski (pronounced [ˈmarɛk ˈstɛfan bɔˈrɔfskʲi], b. January 4, 1946 in Warsaw, Poland) is a Polish left-wing politician, the former leader of the Democratic Left Alliance (SLD) and the former Speaker of the Sejm (the lower, but more powerful, house of Poland's parliament). His father, Aharon Berman[citation needed] (after the war known as Wiktor Borowski) was also a left-wing politician and activist.
Since April 2004 he has been the leader, and since May 2004 the chairman, of a new Polish left-wing party called Socjaldemokracja Polska (Polish Social Democracy), formed from a break-away group of SLD. He was a candidate in the presidential elections in 2005, but he got fourth place, with 10%. His role in the financial scandals and illegal activities related to the privatization of Polish banks in the 1990's still awaits investigation.
Marek Borowski is an MP from Piła, but in the September 2005 parliamentary elections he contested a seat in Warsaw. Borowski was the Social Democratic presidential candidate in the 2005 Polish presidential elections. Just as his party received a massive defeat in the September 2005 Parliamentary elections, Borowski lost the presidential elections, receiving 10% of the vote and fourth place, despite Aleksander Kwaśniewski's support following the withdrawal of Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz.
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