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POLSKA / POLAND

(Rzeczpospolita Polska / Republic of Poland)

NEW GOVERNMENT SINCE 20 OCTOBER 2001
The government is formed by

the SLD (Sojusz Lewicy Demokratycznej / Alliance of Democratic Left),

UP (Unia Pracy /Union of Labour) and

PSL (Polskie Stronnictwo Ludowe / Polish People's Party).

Leszek Miller - Prime Minister

Born : July 3, 1946, in Yrardów, near Warsaw.

Education/Profession : He began his first job at the end of the 1960s, working as an electrician at the Flax Industry Plant in his hometown. He became a member of the Polish United Workers' Party (PZPR) in 1969, and graduated in 1977 with a degree in political science from the Academy of Social Sciences, affiliated with the PZPR Central Committee. After graduation, became a full-time employee with the PZPR. Between 1977 and 1982, he worked in the PZPR Central Committee and in 1986-1989 was the secretary of the PZPR Provincial Committee in Skierniewice. In 1988, he was appointed a secretary of the PZPR Central Committee, and a year later he entered the party's Politburo.

Party : Democratic Left Alliance

Political experience : Between 1994 and 1997, Miller chaired the Council of Ministers Socio-Economic Committee and-on the government's side-the joint committee of the government and the Episcopate of Poland. Since October 1997 Miller has been chairman of the SLD Caucus. In 1999, after the election structures of SLD were united and transformed into a uniform political party, Miller was chosen as the party's chairman at its first party congress, in December 1999.

Marital status : Married and has a son.

Marek Belka - Deputy Prime Minister

Born : 1952

Education/Profession : 1972 - University of Lódw, Department of Economics and Sociology. 1978-79 - The Fulbright Foundation Scholarship of Columbia University. 1985-86 - The Scholarship of American Council of Science Association at University of Chicago. 1990 - The scholarship of London School of Economics. 1978 - Ph.D. in Economics. 1994 - Professor of Economics. 1973-96 - Assistant of Professor, Professor of Economics since. 1994, Department of Economics and Sociology, University of Lódw. 1986-97 - Assistant Professor, the Institute of Economics, The Polish Academy of Sciences. 1993-97 - Director of the Institute of Economics, The Polish Academy of Sciences.

Political experience : 1990-96 - Adviser and Consultant in: Central Planning Office, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Privatization. 1994-96 - Vice President of Council of Socio-Economic Strategy, The Council of Ministers. 1996 - February 1997 - Economic Adviser to the President of the Republic of Poland. February - October 1997 - Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Finance. November 1997 - October 2001 - Economic Adviser to the President of the Republic of Poland. 19th October 2001 - present - Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Finance.

Also : Minister of Finance

Marek Pol - Deputy Prime Minister

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Also : Minister of Infrastructure

Jaroslav Kalinowski - Deputy Prime Minister

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Also : Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development

Andrzej Celinski - Minister of Culture

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Jacek Piechota - Minister of Economy

Born : on April 28th, 1959 at Szczecin

Education/Profession : Politechnical University in Szczecin.

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Stanislaw Zelichowski - Minister of Environmental

Born : 9 April 1994, in Ksiostany (Zamojskie Voivodship).

Études/Profession : Graduated from Faculty of Forestry, The Main College of Rural Management, in Warsaw (1967). Began his professional experience in Presidium of the County National Council, in Ostrolka. In 1969 employed in Ciechanów Forest Inspectorate as lecturer. Since 1974 - Forest Inspector in Dwukoly Forest Inspectorate.

Expérience Politique : 1987-1989 - Chairman, Voivodship National Council, in Ciechanów. Member of the National Forestry Council. Since 1970 member of the United Peasants' Party - acted, inter alia, as Presidium Member, Commission for Forestry and Environmental Protection at the Supreme Committee of the United Peasants' Party. On 5 May 1990, during Unity Congress of the Polish Peasants' Party, elected as Member of the Party's Supreme Council, then, Member of the Party's Supreme Executive Committee, Chairman of the Party's Voivodship Board, in Ciechanów. In 1993-1997 acted as Minister of Environmental Protection Natural Resources and Forestry.

Wlodzimierz Cimoszewicz - Minister of Foreign Affairs

Born : in Warsaw, 13 September 1950.

Education/Profession : Graduated from the Department of Law of the University of Warsaw in 1972. In 1978 he was awarded an LL.D. with specialisation in public international law. In the years 1972-1985, he worked first as an assistant lecturer and subsequently as an adjunct professor at the Institute of International Law of the University of Warsaw. His scientific interests focused on preferences granted to developing countries in international trade and on a possible revision of the UN Charter. From 1980 until 1981 he was a Fulbright Foundation fellow at Columbia University in New York. As a student and during the first years of his employment at the University, he was active in studentsí and political organisations.

Political experience : Member of Parliament since 1989, throughout its three successive terms. In the 1993 election, he won 82 per cent of the votes cast for his political formation in the province of Bialystok /north-eastern Poland/. In 1990-1991, he was the Chairman of the Parliamentary Caucus of the Democratic Left Alliance. In 1990 he ran in Polandís first general presidential election. In 1991, together with the incumbent President of the Republic of Poland Aleksander Kwasniewski, he initiated the establishment of the Democratic Left Alliance. Founder of the ëPoland in Europeí Foundation of Social Initiatives. In 1992- 1993 he was a member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and rapporteur of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights. From October 1993 until March 1995 he was Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Justice. From March 1995 until February 1996 he was Deputy Speaker of the Polish Sejm /lower House of Parliament/. Since 7 February 1996 he has been the Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland, and since 16 October 1996 the Chairman of the Committee for European Integration.

Mariusz Lapinski - Minister of Health

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Krzstof Janik - Minister of Internal Affairs and Administration

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Barbara Piwnik - Minister of Justice

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Jerzy Hausner - Minister of Labour and Social Policy

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Education/Profession : Currently Professor at Cracow University of Economics and Head of the Department of Public Economy and Administration. He has led several international and domestic projects on interest representation, industrial restructuring, and regional development.

Political experience : Since February 1997 Under-Secretary of State, Plenipotentiary of the Government for Social Security Reform in the Chancellery of the Prime Minister of the Polish Government.

Jerzy Szmajdiski - Minister of National Defense

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Kristyna Lybacka - Minister of National Education

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Michal Kleiber - Minister of Science

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Wieslaw Kaczmarek - Ministry of Treasury

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	Leszek Miller - Prime Minister Born : July 3, 1946, in Yrardów, near Warsaw. Education/Profession : He began his first job at the end of the 1960s, working as an electrician at the Flax Industry Plant in his hometown. He became a member of the Polish United Workers' Party (PZPR) in 1969, and graduated in 1977 with a degree in political science from the Academy of Social Sciences, affiliated with the PZPR Central Committee. After graduation, became a full-time employee with the PZPR. Between 1977 and 1982, he worked in the PZPR Central Committee and in 1986-1989 was the secretary of the PZPR Provincial Committee in Skierniewice. In 1988, he was appointed a secretary of the PZPR Central Committee, and a year later he entered the party's Politburo. Party : Democratic Left Alliance Political experience : Between 1994 and 1997, Miller chaired the Council of Ministers Socio-Economic Committee and-on the government's side-the joint committee of the government and the Episcopate of Poland. Since October 1997 Miller has been chairman of the SLD Caucus. In 1999, after the election structures of SLD were united and transformed into a uniform political party, Miller was chosen as the party's chairman at its first party congress, in December 1999. Marital status : Married and has a son.
	Marek Belka - Deputy Prime Minister Born : 1952 Education/Profession : 1972 - University of Lódw, Department of Economics and Sociology. 1978-79 - The Fulbright Foundation Scholarship of Columbia University. 1985-86 - The Scholarship of American Council of Science Association at University of Chicago. 1990 - The scholarship of London School of Economics. 1978 - Ph.D. in Economics. 1994 - Professor of Economics. 1973-96 - Assistant of Professor, Professor of Economics since. 1994, Department of Economics and Sociology, University of Lódw. 1986-97 - Assistant Professor, the Institute of Economics, The Polish Academy of Sciences. 1993-97 - Director of the Institute of Economics, The Polish Academy of Sciences. Political experience : 1990-96 - Adviser and Consultant in: Central Planning Office, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Privatization. 1994-96 - Vice President of Council of Socio-Economic Strategy, The Council of Ministers. 1996 - February 1997 - Economic Adviser to the President of the Republic of Poland. February - October 1997 - Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Finance. November 1997 - October 2001 - Economic Adviser to the President of the Republic of Poland. 19th October 2001 - present - Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Finance. Also : Minister of Finance
	Marek Pol - Deputy Prime Minister Born : Education/Profession : Party : Political experience : Also : Minister of Infrastructure
	Jaroslav Kalinowski - Deputy Prime Minister Born : Education/Profession : Political experience : Also : Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development
	Andrzej Celinski - Minister of Culture Born : Education/Profession : Party : Political experience :
	Jacek Piechota - Minister of Economy Born : on April 28th, 1959 at Szczecin Education/Profession : Politechnical University in Szczecin. Political experience :
	Stanislaw Zelichowski - Minister of Environmental Born : 9 April 1994, in Ksiostany (Zamojskie Voivodship). Études/Profession : Graduated from Faculty of Forestry, The Main College of Rural Management, in Warsaw (1967). Began his professional experience in Presidium of the County National Council, in Ostrolka. In 1969 employed in Ciechanów Forest Inspectorate as lecturer. Since 1974 - Forest Inspector in Dwukoly Forest Inspectorate. Expérience Politique : 1987-1989 - Chairman, Voivodship National Council, in Ciechanów. Member of the National Forestry Council. Since 1970 member of the United Peasants' Party - acted, inter alia, as Presidium Member, Commission for Forestry and Environmental Protection at the Supreme Committee of the United Peasants' Party. On 5 May 1990, during Unity Congress of the Polish Peasants' Party, elected as Member of the Party's Supreme Council, then, Member of the Party's Supreme Executive Committee, Chairman of the Party's Voivodship Board, in Ciechanów. In 1993-1997 acted as Minister of Environmental Protection Natural Resources and Forestry.
	Wlodzimierz Cimoszewicz - Minister of Foreign Affairs Born : in Warsaw, 13 September 1950. Education/Profession : Graduated from the Department of Law of the University of Warsaw in 1972. In 1978 he was awarded an LL.D. with specialisation in public international law. In the years 1972-1985, he worked first as an assistant lecturer and subsequently as an adjunct professor at the Institute of International Law of the University of Warsaw. His scientific interests focused on preferences granted to developing countries in international trade and on a possible revision of the UN Charter. From 1980 until 1981 he was a Fulbright Foundation fellow at Columbia University in New York. As a student and during the first years of his employment at the University, he was active in studentsí and political organisations. Political experience : Member of Parliament since 1989, throughout its three successive terms. In the 1993 election, he won 82 per cent of the votes cast for his political formation in the province of Bialystok /north-eastern Poland/. In 1990-1991, he was the Chairman of the Parliamentary Caucus of the Democratic Left Alliance. In 1990 he ran in Polandís first general presidential election. In 1991, together with the incumbent President of the Republic of Poland Aleksander Kwasniewski, he initiated the establishment of the Democratic Left Alliance. Founder of the ëPoland in Europeí Foundation of Social Initiatives. In 1992- 1993 he was a member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and rapporteur of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights. From October 1993 until March 1995 he was Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Justice. From March 1995 until February 1996 he was Deputy Speaker of the Polish Sejm /lower House of Parliament/. Since 7 February 1996 he has been the Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland, and since 16 October 1996 the Chairman of the Committee for European Integration.
	Mariusz Lapinski - Minister of Health Born : Education/Profession : Political experience :
	Krzstof Janik - Minister of Internal Affairs and Administration Born : Education/Profession : Political experience :
	Barbara Piwnik - Minister of Justice Born : Education/Profession : Party : no party affiliation Political experience :
	Jerzy Hausner - Minister of Labour and Social Policy Born : Education/Profession : Currently Professor at Cracow University of Economics and Head of the Department of Public Economy and Administration. He has led several international and domestic projects on interest representation, industrial restructuring, and regional development. Political experience : Since February 1997 Under-Secretary of State, Plenipotentiary of the Government for Social Security Reform in the Chancellery of the Prime Minister of the Polish Government.
	Jerzy Szmajdiski - Minister of National Defense Born : Education/Profession : Party : Political experience :
	Kristyna Lybacka - Minister of National Education Born : Études/Profession : Party :. Expérience Politique :
	Michal Kleiber - Minister of Science Born : Études/Profession : Party :. Expérience Politique :
	Wieslaw Kaczmarek - Ministry of Treasury Born : Education/Profession : Party : Political experience :