Aleksander Kwa?niewski

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office=President of Poland

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Aleksander Kwa?niewski (pronounced: {{Audio|Kwasniewski.ogg|}}) (born November 15 1954), Polish politician, is President of Poland. He was born in Bia?ogard, and during the communist era he was active in the communist Socialist Union of Polish Students and was sports minister in the 1980s. He was a former leader of the left-wing Social Democracy of the Polish Republic, successor to the former ruling Polish United Workers Party, and later of the Democratic Left Alliance.

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Pronounced - November 15 - 1954 - Polish - President of Poland - Bia?ogard - Communist - Socialist Union of Polish Students - 1980s - Social Democracy of the Polish Republic - Polish United Workers Party - Democratic Left Alliance

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Kwa?niewski was elected president in 1995, defeating the incumbent, Lech Wa??sa. He was re-elected to a second and final term as president in 2000 in a decisive first-round victory.

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1995 - Lech Wa??sa - 2000

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He married lawyer Jolanta Kwa?niewska in 1979. They have a daughter, Aleksandra, born in 1981. Kwa?niewski has stated on several occasions that he is an atheist.

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Jolanta Kwa?niewska - 1979 - 1981 - Atheist

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