Marek_Borowski

Marek Borowski

Marek Borowski

Polish politician

Marek Stefan Borowski (Polish pronunciation: [ˈmarɛk bɔˈrɔfskʲi]; born 4 January 1946 in Warsaw, Poland) is a Polish politician. He led the Democratic Left Alliance (SLD) for a time and was Speaker of the Sejm (the lower, more powerful, house of Poland's parliament) from 2001 to 2004.[1][2]

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Biography

He was born to a Polish-Jewish family, as a son of Janina and Wiktor Borowski(born as Aron Berman).

He was Minister of Finance of Poland from 1993 to 1994.[3] From 2004 to January 2009 he was the leader and chairman, of a new Polish left-wing party called Social Democracy of Poland (SdPl), formed from a break-away group of SLD. He was a candidate in the presidential elections in 2005, but he got fourth place, with 10%.[4]

Marek Borowski is an MP from Piła, but in the September 2005 parliamentary elections he contested a seat in Warsaw. Borowski was the Social Democratic presidential candidate in the 2005 Polish presidential elections. Just as his party received a massive defeat in the September 2005 Parliamentary elections, Borowski lost the presidential elections, receiving 10% of the vote and fourth place, despite Aleksander Kwaśniewski's support following the withdrawal of Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz.[5]

He most recently ran (unsuccessfully) for the office of mayor of Warsaw in the 2010 local elections.[6]

See also

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References

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  1. [1]
    Archived July 10, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  2. [2]
    "Marek Borowski: Trybunału Konstytucyjnego to my już nie mamy". Rzeczpospolita (in Polish). Retrieved April 7, 2024.
  3. [3]
    "Ministrowie finansów - Ministerstwo Finansów - Portal Gov.pl".
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    "Senator Marek Borowski: nowy Sejm będzie bardziej otwarty". Senator Marek Borowski: nowy Sejm będzie bardziej otwarty - Radio dla Ciebie (in Polish). Retrieved April 7, 2024.
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    "Borowski wyklucza możliwość spotkania Tuska z Zełenskim na granicy. "Rozmowy będą na niższym szczeblu"". polskieradio24.pl (in Polish). Retrieved April 7, 2024.
  6. [6]
    "Marek Borowski o przyjaźni prezes Sądu Najwyższego z prezydentem. "Pocałunek śmierci"". Onet Wiadomości (in Polish). January 17, 2024. Retrieved April 7, 2024.
  7. [7]
    Archived July 10, 2011, at the Wayback Machine


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