Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz
| Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz | |
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| 12th Prime Minister of Poland | |
| In office October 31, 2005 – July 14, 2006 | |
| President | Aleksander Kwaśniewski Lech Kaczyński |
| Deputy | Ludwik Dorn Zyta Gilowska Roman Giertych Andrzej Lepper |
| Preceded by | Marek Belka |
| Succeeded by | Jarosław Kaczyński |
| Acting Mayor of Warsaw | |
| In office July 20, 2006 – December 2, 2006 | |
| President | Lech Kaczyński |
| Prime Minister | Jarosław Kaczyński |
| Preceded by | Mirosław Kochalski (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 20, 1959 Gorzów Wielkopolski, Poland |
| Political party | Law and Justice, – |
| Spouse(s) | Maria Marcinkiewicz (m. 1981, div. 2009) Izabela Olchowicz (m. 2009) |
| Profession | Physicist |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz (Polish pronunciation: [kaˈʑimʲɛʂ mart͡ɕinˈkʲevʲit͡ʂ] (
)) (born December 20, 1959 in Gorzów Wielkopolski) is a Polish conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of Poland from October 31, 2005 to July 14, 2006. He was a member of the Law and Justice party (Prawo i Sprawiedliwość, PiS).
Early life
Marcinkiewicz graduated in 1984 from the Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry (having studied physics) of the Wrocław University. He also completed post-graduate course in Administration at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań. He worked as an elementary school teacher and a headmaster in his homecity of Gorzów Wielkopolski.
In the 1980s, he was also a member of the Solidarity movement and editor of underground press materials. In 1992, he became a State Secretary (formal name for deputy minister) in the Ministry of National Education. From 1999 to 2000, he was the cabinet chief for prime minister Jerzy Buzek.
Cabinet of Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz
Following the victory of the Law and Justice party in the September 2005 Polish parliamentary elections, its prime ministerial candidate, party leader Jarosław Kaczyński decided against becoming prime minister so as not to damage the chances of his twin brother, Lech Kaczyński in the then-upcoming October presidential election. Instead the little-known Marcinkiewicz became PM, leading a coalition formed by Jarosław, who remained in the background, but influential.
Before his prime ministerial appointment, Marcinkiewicz remained a political cipher, which resulted in a political carte blanche after the appointment. Relatively unknown to the public at that time, due to his intensive political activity Marcinkiewicz gained a high public recognition, rapidly becoming the most trusted and popular politician in Poland.
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Marcinkiewicz strongly supports Polish membership in EU, although he disagrees with several more integrationist ideas, such as the European Constitution.[citation needed] Economic policy of his cabinet is a continuation of those conducted by previous governments.[citation needed]
Following speculations of a rift with Jarosław Kaczyński, Marcinkiewicz tendered his resignation on July 7, 2006, maintaining however that no one will insert a wedge between him and Kaczyński, words he directed at Donald Tusk. [1] He was succeeded as prime minister on July 14 by Kaczyński.
Later life
On July 18, Marcinkiewicz was appointed as the temporary acting mayor of Warsaw, a so-called "comissar". During the municipal elections in 2006, he was the Law and Justice candidate for mayor of Warsaw. In the first round of voting, held on November 12, he got 38.42%, while his closest rival, Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz of the opposition Civic Platform won 34.15% of the votes. In the second round, held on November 26, he got 46.82% of the votes, losing the elections.
He was one of the directors of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development from March 2007 until May 2008.
From 2008 until 2013 he worked for Goldman Sachs, presumably as a lobbyist
In 2009, after divorcing his wife and mother of four, he married his former mistress, 22 years his junior.
Criticism
In the first half of 2009 he came under heavy criticism because of not keeping up with the moral values he promoted while being engaged in politics. In particular, it was discovered that he was criticizing extra-marital affairs and praising traditional family values, while having an affair himself. .
Famous quotes
He became famous for his enthusiastic "Yes, yes, yes!" after the success in negotiations of the EU budget on 17 December 2005 (see: The sound and radio comment, The image) - the phrase that has entered into the Polish popular culture as a symbol of a political success 'with a human face' (not refraining from real emotions) (see: - A press comment), but at the same time as a symbol of untempered self-confidence. As a rhetorical device (epizeuxis), it has already been re-used by Volkswagen in her publicity campaign (see: Słownik IV RP or Polictical vocabulary of the 4th Republic of Poland).
References
- ↑ "Poland's prime minister resigns". BBC News. July 7, 2006. Retrieved July 14, 2006.
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- Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz's homepage
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- 100 Days of Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz: Euro-Pragmatism Victory
- Jarosław Kaczyński Becomes Poland's Prime Minister
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| Preceded by Marek Belka |
Prime Minister of Poland 2005–2006 |
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