Aleksander Kwaśniewski
Persons, originating from Poland

Aleksander Kwaśniewski

Born November 15, 1954 in Białogard.
Politician who served as the President of Poland from 1995 to 2005.

During the communist era he was active in the communist Socialist Union of Polish Students (Socjalistyczny Związek Studentów Polskich) and was sports minister in the communist government in the 1980s. He was a former leader of the left-wing Social Democracy of the Republic of Poland, successor to the former ruling Polish United Workers Party, and later of the Democratic Left Alliance.
Kwaśniewski was elected president in 1995, defeating the incumbent, Lech Wałęsa. He was re-elected to a second and final term as president in 2000 in a decisive first-round victory. His term ended on December 23, 2005, when he handed over power to his elected successor, conservative Lech Kaczyński.
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Liberia 2000, 06 I
 Liberia 2000, 07 I