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6 unusual facts about President of Poland


Avondale, Chicago

This has included General Józef Haller de Hallenburg, Prime Minister Stanisław Mikołajczyk as well as Nobel Peace Prize winner and former President of Poland Lech Wałęsa.

Bank of Poland

As the main shareholder, the President of Poland had the right to name the chairman and deputy chairman of the bank's board of trustees.

Centre for Public Opinion Research

CBOS's work is supervised by a board established per the 1997 law, consisting of seven academic experts appointed by the council of ministers the and representatives of the Sejm, the Senate, the prime minister, and the president.

Life imprisonment in Poland

The President of Poland has the power to end the prisoner's life sentence by granting clemency at anytime; however, this has never happened.

Smolensk North Airport

A Polish government Tu-154M Lux carrying President Lech Kaczyński, his wife, and an official delegation crashed during the final approach to the airport on 10 April 2010.

St. Mary's Trumpet Call

The first time was at noon on 03 April 2005, due to the death of Pope John Paul II the previous day, and the second at two minutes after noon on 11 April 2010 following the deaths of President Lech Kaczyński and his consort, Maria Kaczyńska.


Cabinet of Czesław Kiszczak

Czesław Kiszczak was appointed Prime Minister of the People's Republic of Poland by President Wojciech Jaruzelski on August 2, 1989, replacing Mieczysław Rakowski.

Left and Democrats

Although the coalition was initially conceived as a temporary electoral alliance for the 2006 local elections, cooperation between the parties continued, and on January 18, 2007, a Political Negotiating Committee headed by former Polish President Aleksander Kwaśniewski was created, for the purpose of clarifying a common centre-left political program.

Otto Strandman

During his time in office, he made a state visit to Poland in February 1930, where he met both President Ignacy Mościcki and Marshal Józef Piłsudski to form a Baltic Entente, that didn't however find Polish support.

Politics of Poland

The politics of Poland take place in the framework of a parliamentary representative democratic republic, whereby the Prime Minister is the head of government of a multi-party system and the President is the head of state.

The Young Messiah

On October 18, 2002, Frank McNamara staged and produced a performance of Messiah XXI in Warsaw, Poland as part of a Gala Event for the President of Poland and dignitaries.


see also

Bruno Platter

In July 2010 he was a guest of the President of Poland at the 600th anniversary of the Battle of Grunwald.

Edward Raczyński

Edward Bernard Raczyński son of E. A. Raczyński, Polish aristocrat, diplomat, politician and the President of Poland in exile (between 1979 and 1986).

Marcel Weyland

He was awarded in 2005 the Order of Merit by the Polish government for his contributions to Polish culture, in 2008 the Medal of the Order of Australia, in 2012 (by the President of Poland) the Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit to the Polish Commonwealth and 1n 2013 the gold medal Gloria Artis by the Polish Minister of Culture.

Raczynski

Edward Bernard Raczyński (1891–1993), Polish aristocrat, diplomat, writer, politician and President of Poland in exile (1979–1986)

Ryszard Bugaj

Ryszard Bugaj (born February 22, 1944 in Gawłów) is a Polish politician and economist, former leader of Unia Pracy (Labour Union) and former advisor to the then president of Poland, Lech Kaczyński.