Read Kaczyński's
speech delivered on September 14, 2006
Location: The Heritage Foundation's Allison Auditorium
Jarosław Kaczyński was appointed Prime Minister
of Poland in July of this year. He was born in 1949, graduated from
Warsaw University and holds a Ph.D. in Law. In the early 1970s he
was involved in the dissident movement and cooperated with the
Workers' Defense Committee (KOR). He was a member of the
underground authorities of the Independent Trade Union NSZZ
Solidarność. In 1989-1990, he served as the chief
editor of the weekly newspaper Tygodnik
Solidarność. During the first free elections in
1989, he was elected as a Senator representing the Citizen's
Parliamentary Party (OKP). He represented
Solidarność in negotiations to form the
government headed by Tadeusz Mazowiecki. He served as Deputy to the
Sejm for the years 1991-1993, 1997-2001, 2001-2005; and he was Head
of the Chancellery of the President Lech Wałęsa in
1990-1992. He was Founder and Chairman of the "Centrum Agreement"
Party in 1990-1998, then in 2001 co-founder of the Law and Justice
Party (PiS). In 2003 he was elected Chairman of PiS, succeeding his
brother, Lech Kaczyński. In September 2005 he was re-elected
to the Polish Parliament.
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His Excellency Jarosław Kaczyński
Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland
Note: A simultaneous English translation will be available
for our Auditorium guests.
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