Tomasz Nałęcz [ˈtɔmaʂ ˈnawɛnt͡ʂ] ( listen) (born October 10, 1949, in Gołymin) is a Polish historian, leftist politician, former vice-Speaker of the Sejm and a former member of the Socjaldemokracja Polska party (Polish Social-Democracy).
In the past he used to be member of the communist Polish United Workers' Party (PZPR) (1970–1990) and later its social-democratic successor, Socjaldemokracja Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej (Social Democracy of the Republic of Poland). In the years 1993-2004 he was a prominent member of Unia Pracy (Labour Union). He left the Labour Union after Socjaldemokracja Polska (SdPl; Social Democracy of Poland) was founded by Marek Borowski.
In 2003–2004 Nałęcz was also the chairman of the Sejm's special parliamentary inquiring committee which tried to unravel the Lew Rywin affair.
In December 2009 Nałęcz was selected as the SdPl's candidate for the election due to take place in autumn 2010. However, following the Smolensk plane crash which killed incumbent president Lech Kaczyński and brought forward the election to June, Nałęcz withdrew from the contest in the interests of national unity.[1]
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