Donald Tusk
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Donald Franciszek Tusk
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| Assumed office 16 November 2007 |
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| President | Lech Kaczyński |
| Deputy | Waldemar Pawlak Grzegorz Schetyna |
| Preceded by | Jarosław Kaczyński |
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| In office 19 October 2001 – 18 October 2005 Served Alongside: Andrzej Lepper Tomasz Nałęcz Kazimierz Michał Ujazdowski Janusz Wojciechowski Józef Zych |
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| Preceded by | Marek Borowski Jan Król Franciszek Stefaniuk Stanisław Zając |
| Succeeded by | Janusz Dobrosz Jarosław Kalinowski Bronisław Komorowski Wojciech Olejniczak Andrzej Lepper Genowefa Wiśniowska Marek Kotlinowski |
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| In office 21 October 1997 – 18 October 2001 Served alongside: Andrzej Chronowski Tadeusz Rzemykowski Marcin Tyrna |
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| Preceded by | Ryszard Czarny Stefan Jurczak Zofia Kuratowska Grzegorz Kurczuk |
| Succeeded by | Jolanta Danielak Ryszard Jarzembowski Kazimierz Kutz |
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| Born | 22 April 1957 Gdańsk, Poland |
| Political party | Civic Platform |
| Spouse | Małgorzata Tusk |
| Profession | Historian |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
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Donald Franciszek Tusk [ˈdɔnalt franˈt͡ɕiʂɛk ˈtusk] (
listen) (born April 22, 1957, Gdańsk) is a center-right Polish politician, co-founder and chairman of the Civic Platform (Platforma Obywatelska), and the Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland.
Tusk was officially designated as Prime Minister on November 9, 2007 and took office on November 16. His cabinet won the vote of confidence in the Sejm on November 24, 2007.
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[edit] Politics
Tusk was one of several vice-speakers of the Sejm (2001-2005), the lower house of the Polish parliament. Prior to co-founding Civic Platform in 2001, he was a prominent member of the Liberal Democratic Congress (Kongres Liberalno-Demokratyczny) and the Freedom Union (Unia Wolności). He quit the Freedom Union after he failed to win the party's chairmanship in a race against Bronisław Geremek.
Tusk's political position combines strong support of a free market economy with little government interference. Tusk has been a member of the Sejm since 2004.
Tusk represented the constituencies of Gdynia-Słupsk (2001-2005) and Gdańsk (2005-2007). As of 2007 he is MP for Warsaw. In 2005, the Civic Platform nominated him as their candidate for the 2005 presidential election. He was defeated in the second round by a margin of 46:54 by Lech Kaczyński.
[edit] Education
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Tusk graduated from the Mikołaj Kopernik (Nicolaus Copernicus) High School in Gdansk in 1976. He then enrolled as a student of history at the University of Gdansk, from which he graduated in 1980 with an MA thesis on Józef Piłsudski.
[edit] Family
Donald Tusk and his wife, Małgorzata, have two children, a son, Michał (b. 1982) and a daughter, Katarzyna (b. 1987). They reside in Sopot near Gdańsk.
Donald Tusk's father, also named Donald Tusk (1930-1972), was a carpenter. Donald Tusk's mother, Ewa Tusk (1934-2009),[1] was a nurse. His uncle was a Gdańsk sculptor, Bronisław Tusk (1935-2000). His grandfather Józef Tusk (1907-1987) was a railway official who (due to his Kashubian heritage) was compulsorily drafted by German Nazi authorities into the Wehrmacht[2] on August 2, 1944. He deserted only a few months later to join the Polish Army in the West on November 24, 1944. Donald Tusk belongs to the Kashubian minority in Poland. Tusk is a football fan and occasionally plays football or watches notable matches on television.
[edit] Electoral history
Polish presidential election, 2005
| Candidates and nominating parties | Votes 1st round | % | Votes 2nd round | % |
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| Lech Kaczyński - Law and Justice | 4,947,927 | 33.1 | 8,257,468 | 54.04 |
| Donald Tusk - Civic Platform | 5,429,666 | 36.3 | 7,022,319 | 45.96 |
| Andrzej Lepper - Self-Defense of the Republic of Poland | 2,259,094 | 15.1 | - | - |
| Marek Borowski - Social Democracy of Poland | 1,544,642 | 10.3 | - | - |
| Jarosław Kalinowski - Polish People's Party | 269,316 | 1.8 | - | - |
| Janusz Korwin-Mikke - Real Politics Union | 214,116 | 1.4 | - | - |
| Henryka Bochniarz - Democratic Party | 188,598 | 1.3 | - | - |
| Liwiusz Ilasz | 31,691 | 0.2 | - | - |
| Stanisław Tymiński - All-Polish Citizens Coalition | 23,545 | 0.2 | - | - |
| Leszek Bubel - Polish National Party | 18,828 | 0.1 | - | - |
| Jan Pyszko - Organization of the Polish Nation - Polish League | 10,371 | 0.1 | - | - |
| Adam Słomka - The Polish Confederation-Freedom and the Work | 8,895 | 0.1 | - | - |
| Total (turnout 49.7 %) | 15,046,350 | 100 |
Prime Minister of Poland (vote of confidence)
- Yes - 238
- No - 204
- Abstain - 2
[edit] References
[edit] See also
- Politics of Poland
- List of political parties in Poland
- List of politicians in Poland
- Polish presidential election, 2005
- Polish parliamentary election, 2005
- Polish parliamentary election, 2007
- Cabinet of Donald Tusk
[edit] External links
- Civic Platform
- (Polish) Prime Minister | Council of Ministers | The Chancellery of the Prime Minister
- Donald Tusk – the Implementation of the Polish dream.
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| Preceded by Jarosław Kaczyński |
Prime Minister of Poland 2007 – present |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
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| Preceded by Bogdan Borusewicz Senate Marshal |
Polish order of precedence Prime Minister |
Succeeded by Bohdan Zdziennicki Constitutional Tribunal Chairman |
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