Jarosław Kaczyński

Jarosław Kaczyński
Jarosław Kaczyński

In office
July 14 2006 – November 16 2007
President Lech Kaczyński
Vice PM Ludwik Dorn, Zyta Gilowska, Przemysław Gosiewski, Andrzej Lepper, Roman Giertych
Preceded by Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz
Succeeded by Donald Tusk

2nd Chief of the Office of the President of the Republic of Poland
In office
December 22 1990 – October 31 1991
President Lech Wałęsa
Preceded by Michał Janiszewski
Succeeded by Janusz Ziółkowski

Acting Minister of Agriculture
In office
September 22 2006 – October 16 2006
President Lech Kaczyński
Prime Minister Jarosław Kaczyński
Preceded by Andrzej Lepper
Succeeded by Andrzej Lepper

Acting Minister of Agriculture
In office
July 9 2007 – July 31 2007
President Lech Kaczyński
Prime Minister Jarosław Kaczyński
Preceded by Andrzej Lepper
Succeeded by Wojciech Mojzesowicz

Acting Minister of Sport and Tourism
In office
July 9 2007 – July 13 2007
President Lech Kaczyński
Prime Minister Jarosław Kaczyński
Preceded by Tomasz Lipiec
Succeeded by Elżbieta Jakubiak

Born June 18, 1949 (1949-06-18) (age 60)
Warsaw, People's Republic of Poland
Political party Law and Justice
Spouse Single; Never married
Profession Lawyer
Religion Roman Catholic[1]
Signature Jarosław Kaczyński's signature
Jaroslaw Kaczyński and George W. Bush

Jarosław Kaczyński pronounced [jaˈrɔswaf kaˈtʂɨɲski] (born June 18, 1949) is a Polish politician who was Prime Minister from July 2006 to November 2007. He presently is the chairman of the Law and Justice party, which he co-founded in 2002. He has a Doctor of law degree.

After the 2007 electoral defeat of PiS Kaczyński stepped down from office as Prime Minister, after the first meeting of the new Sejm. [2]

J. Kaczyński and Benedict XVI

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Family background

Jarosław Kaczyński is the identical twin brother of Lech Kaczyński, the President of Poland. Jarosław and Lech were born in Warsaw, Jaroslaw 45 minutes before Lech.[3] The Kaczyński brothers are sons of Rajmund (an engineer who served as a soldier of the Armia Krajowa in World War II and a veteran of the Warsaw Uprising) and Jadwiga (a philologist at the Polish Academy of Sciences). As children, the brothers starred in the 1962 Polish film The Two Who Stole the Moon (Polish: O dwóch takich, co ukradli księżyc), based on a popular children's story by Kornel Makuszyński.[4].

Jarosław Kaczyński has never married.

Early career

Jarosław Kaczyński was a member of the Solidarity Trade Union in the 1980s. He was the executive editor of Tygodnik Solidarność weekly in 1989-1991. In 1991, together with Lech, he created the right wing "Porozumienie Centrum" party, and later on he became its chairman (until 1998). During 1991-1993 and 1997-2005 he was a member of the Polish Parliament (Sejm).

Elections, 2005

Jarosław Kaczyński was the "Law and Justice" prime minister candidate in the September 2005 Polish parliamentary election[5]. However, when the party emerged as winner of the election, Jarosław pledged that he would not take the position, expecting that his nomination would reduce the chances of Lech who was a candidate for the October presidential election.

Jarosław Kaczyński was the architect of the coalition with the left wing populist "Self-Defense of the Republic of Poland" (Polish: "Samoobrona") and the deeply conservative Christian "League of Polish Families" party. Party-member Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz was appointed Prime Minister.

Lech won the presidential election and was appointed President on December 23, 2005. Soon after, during a live TV broadcast Lech addressed his brother saying "I report mission accomplished", a statement that raised controversy about the president's independence.

In the succeeding months, Jarosław Kaczyński was described as a frontbench MP and the leader of his party. Many also described Jarosław Kaczyński as Poland's most influential politician. He was said to have enormous influence on the Prime Minister's decision-making process.

Controversial incidents involving Jarosław Kaczyński

Prime Minister

Following reports of a rift between Marcinkiewicz and Jarosław Kaczyński, Marcinkiewicz tendered his resignation on July 7 2006 and Jarosław was appointed Prime Minister by the President Lech Kaczyński on July 10 and officially sworn in on July 14, following the formation of cabinet and a confidence vote in the Sejm.[15] [16] [17] During Lech Kaczynski's election campaign in 2005, he had pledged that should he win, Jaroslaw would not become Prime Minister.[18]

Electoral defeat, 2007

Even though Law and Justice gained votes, overall it lost the parliamentary election on October 21, 2007, finishing a distant second behind the Civic Platform. Kaczyński has become a leader of the opposition and has lost his position as prime minister.

See also

References

  1. "Premier: nie akceptuję gry politycznej Giertycha" (in Polish), Wirtualna Polska (2006-03-20). Retrieved on 2007-04-10. 
  2. BBC NEWS | Europe | Massive win for Polish opposition
  3. Day, Matthew (September 27, 2005). "Twins who stole the Moon are poised to run away with Poland", The Guardian. Retrieved on 2007-07-08. 
  4. Araloff, Simon (2005-09-23). "Kaczynski Brothers: Movie Stars That Turned Politicians", Axis News. Retrieved on 2007-04-10. 
  5. Easton, Adam (2006-09-21). "Polish twins in leadership race", BBC News Online. Retrieved on 2007-04-10. 
  6. "J. Kaczyński: precz z komuną i postkomuną!" (in Polish), Wirtualna Polska (2006-10-01). Retrieved on 2007-04-10. 
  7. "Poland PM Praises Catholic Radio Station", Washington Post (2006-12-07). Retrieved on 2007-10-22. 
  8. "Poland's premier praises controversial Radio Maryja on its 15th anniversary", International Herald Tribune (2006-12-07). Retrieved on 2007-10-22. 
  9. "Atak na Radio Maryja to atak przeciwko wolności" (in Polish), Radio Maryja (2006-05-02). Retrieved on 2007-10-22. 
  10. Rautenberg, Thomas (2007-06-20). "Polens Ablehnung der EU-Reform" (in German). Tagesschau. Retrieved on 2007-06-20.
  11. "Czy Kaczyński mierzył do Tuska z "malutkiego pistoleciku"?" (in Polish). Gazeta Wyborcza online (2007-10-12). Retrieved on 2007-10-14.
  12. "Internet for pornography, not voting: Ex Polish PM". Reuters online (2008-03-12). Retrieved on 2008-03-12.
  13. "Internauci oglądają pornografię i piją piwo" (in Polish). TVN 24 online (2008-03-11). Retrieved on 2008-03-12.
  14. Telegraph
  15. "Poland's prime minister resigns", BBC News Online (2006-07-07). Retrieved on 2007-04-10. 
  16. "Polish President Appoints His Twin Brother as Premier", Bloomberg (2006-07-10). Retrieved on 2007-04-10. 
  17. "Polish head swears in twin as PM", BBC News Online (2006-07-14). Retrieved on 2007-04-10. 
  18. Two for the price of one, in the shape of Tweedledum and Tweedledee | April 2007 | New Internationalist

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Preceded by
Michał Janiszewski
Chief of the Office of the President
1990-1991
Succeeded by
Janusz Ziółkowski
Preceded by
Lech Kaczyński
President of the Law and Justice
2002-
Succeeded by
Incumbent
Preceded by
Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz
Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland
2006–2007
Succeeded by
Donald Tusk
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