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Waldemar Pawlak [valˈdɛmar ˈpavlak] ( He is also a long-time commander of the Polish Volunteer fire department, holding the rank of Brigadier General.
[edit] Early life and early political careerPawlak was born in the village of Model, Masovian Voivodeship. He is a graduate of the Warsaw University of Technology. While he was a student and during martial law he actively participated in strikes. After graduation (1984) he became a computer teacher in Pacyna. His political career began in 1985, when he joined the United People's Party. After 1990, like many UPS members, he joined the UPS's successor, the Polish People's Party. He was elected from UPS office to the Contract Sejm (1989) and has remained a member of Sejm till this day. He became leader (Prezes) of the PPP in 1991. [edit] First PremiershipMain article: First Cabinet of Waldemar Pawlak His first premiership (June 5 - July 7, 1992) was the briefest government during this period, lasting only 33 days[1]. This was, however, a notable period, known commonly as Pawlak's 33 days (33 dni Pawlaka)[2]. After the downfall of Jan Olszewski's cabinet, Pawlak, a leader of the agrarian Polish People's Party, was named the new Prime Minister by President Lech Wałęsa with the mission to form a new coalition government including agrarians, Christian democrats and liberals[2]. However, the Pawlak government failed to gain support from the Sejm majority and failed in a vote of confidence. Pawlak resigned, and the president replaced him with Hanna Suchocka, who won majority support. Pawlak's first premiership was and is widely viewed as a caretaker administration, serving to give the new coalition time to form the next government in the wake of the political disturbances resulting from the fall of the Olszewski government[2]. Because the cabinet did not receive support from the Sejm, Pawlak had no official ministers at this time, only temporary chiefs of executive branches[3]. [edit] Second PremiershipFurther information: Polish parliamentary election, 1993 The Polish People's Party and the social democratic, post-communist Democratic Left Alliance (SLD) won the 1993 election in a landslide, holding a super-majority and the support of the socialist-agrarian government, with Pawlak as Prime Minister again. Józef Oleksy of the SLD became Sejm Marshal, while SLD leader Aleksander Kwaśniewski remained a Sejm Member without portfolio. Pawlak made headlines when he chose Ewa Wachowicz (Miss Polonia) as his press secretary. Prime Minister Pawlak and Kwaśniewski soon found themselves at bitter political odds. Kwaśniewski reportedly had an ambition to become "Prime Minister de facto", while Pawlak wanted to retain the power of his office. Both leaders used their parties to fight for power[4]. Pawlak was initially in an informal alliance with President Wałęsa against the SLD. However, their good political relations soon dissipated[4]. In 1995 Pawlak offered three options to Kwaśniewski. First: he would remain Prime Minister but with Kwaśniewski as Deputy and Minister of Foreign Affairs. Second: the SLD would form a government with Kwaśniewski as Prime Minister. Third: Oleksy would become Prime Minister under the present coalition. Pawlak reportedly thought that Kwaśniewski would not risk a minority SLD government without the support of the majority or the elevation of his main partisan opponent, Oleksy, to Prime Minister and therefore rather be the deputy of Pawlak. However Kwaśniewski surprised many by choosing the third option[4]. [edit] In the Political WildernessFurther information: Polish presidential election, 1995 Further information: Polish parliamentary election, 1997 Despite good public approval ratings Pawlak failed in his bid for the Presidency in 1995, finishing a distant fifth (after Kwaśniewski, Wałęsa, Jacek Kuroń and Jan Olszewski) and winning only 770,417 votes (4.31%). After losing the political battle with Kwaśniewski and, after that, the Presidential election, there was a movement to replace Pawlak with Jarosław Kalinowski as party leader in 1997[2]. PLS suffered a great political disaster during the 1997 parliamentary elections and became the smallest party in the Sejm (from 132 seats in 1993 to just 27). After this Pawlak only held low-level political and public positions for nearly a decade. Although he continued to serve as a Member of Sejm (since 1989), he concentrated rather on his work as a fire-fighter. After the SLD won decisively in the 2001 parliamentary election Kalinowski became deputy of the new Prime Minister Leszek Miller when the PSL joined the coalition. Pawlak did not play a major role during this period. [edit] ComebackFurther information: Cabinet of Donald Tusk Pawlak's comeback began in 2005 when he became PSL leader again. Currently, in the new liberal Civic Platform (PO)-PSL government, formed after the 2007 parliamentary election Pawlak became the first deputy prime minister and Minister of Economy under Prime Minister Donald Tusk. Although PSL is still the smallest party represented in the Sejm, Pawlak is often cited as having achieved a major political victory. During his time in the party chair his party enjoyed better electoral results, the elimination of major competition among agrarian voters from the also agrarian dominated party (Samoobrona), and the resumption of major influence in rural areas. Additionally PSL was put in charge of three cabinet posts in the Tusk government. (Without the PSL votes, the PO would not have a Sejm majority, even though it easily accounts for the biggest political group in the sitting parliament.) [2]. [edit] Personal life and public imagePawlak was for many years criticized for his stiff personality (being called "Cyborg Prime Minister"). These criticisms, however, have recently diminished[2]. Pawlak is married and has children. Nevertheless, rumours of him womanizing have persisted for many years. His wife, Elżbieta, is thus sometimes referred to as "Pawlak's formal wife".[2]. [edit] Second Waldemar Pawlak cabinetMembers of Pawlak's cabinet:
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