Bronislaw Komorowski
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Bronisław Maria Komorowski AUD (born 4 June 1952) is the President of Poland. As Marshal of the Sejm (Speaker of Parliament), Komorowski exercised powers and duties of head of state following the death of President Lech Kaczyński
in a plane crash on 10 April 2010
. Komorowski was the governing Civic Platform party's candidate in the resulting 2010 presidential election, which he won in the second round of voting on 4 July 2010. He was sworn in as fulltime President on 6 August 2010. Komorowski is thus the second person to serve on two occasions as the Polish head of state since 1918 after Maciej Rataj
. Rataj, however, was twice Acting President, while Komorowski first acted as President, and then became elected President.
Komorowski was the Minister of Defence
from 2000 to 2001.
. Komorowski is the son of Count
Zygmunt Leon Komorowski (1925–1992) and Jadwiga Komorowska (née Szalkowska) .
The Komorowski family, which held the Korczak coat of arms, owned land in the Żywiec
region of southern Poland, as well as properties in northern Lithuania
in Aukštaitija
, the ancestral home of Bronisław Komorowski's paternal branch. Its residence was in Kavoliškis manor (Rokiškis district). The family received the title of count from Matthias Corvinus, a 15th century King of Hungary
. The title was later confirmed by the Austrian emperor.
From 1957 to 1959 he lived in Józefów
near Otwock
. From 1959 to 1966 he also attended elementary school in Pruszków
. In 1966 he transferred to Warsaw
and graduated from Cyprian Kamil Norwid High School no. 24.
For many years he was affiliated with the Scout Movement. He belonged to the 75th Mazovian Scout Team in Pruszków
. During his studies he was a Scout instructor in 208 WDHiZ "Parasol" Battalion in Mokotów
. He met his future wife through Scouting.
In 1977 he finished his studies in history at the University of Warsaw
. From 1977 to 1980 was an editor at the journal "Słowo Powszechne."
he took part in the democratic movement as an underground publisher
and co-operated with Antoni Macierewicz
on the monthly Głos. In 1980 he was sentenced along with activists of the Movement for Defense of Human and Civic Rights
to one month in prison for organizing a demonstration on 11 November 1979 (the judge who presided the trial was Andrzej Kryże). From 1980 to 1981 he worked in the Centre of Social Investigation of NSZZ "Solidarity". On 27 September 1981 he was one of the signatories of the founding declaration of the Clubs in the Service of Independence. He was interned while Poland was under martial law
. From 1981 to 1989 he taught at the Lower Seminary in Niepokalanów
.
's office, and from 1990 to 1993, the civil vice minister of national defence in the governments of Tadeusz Mazowiecki
, Jan Krzysztof Bielecki
and Hanna Suchocka
. In the early 1990s he was involved with the Democratic Union and Freedom Union (Unia Wolności). From 1993 to 1995 he was the general secretary of these parties.
As the candidate of the Democratic Union he was elected to parliament in 1991 and 1993. In 1997, during the 2nd Sejm, together with a group of Warsaw University activists under the management of Jan Rokita
he created Koło Konserwatywno-Ludowe. In the same year Koło Konserwatywno-Ludowe joined the newly created Stronnictwo Konserwatywno-Ludowe
, which joined Akcja Wyborcza Solidarność (AWS). In 1997 Komorowski was elected as a candidate of AWS. From 1997 to 2000 he presided over the Parliamentary National Defence Committee, and from 2000 to 2001 served as the minister of national defence
in the government of Jerzy Buzek
. In 2001, while still a minister in the minority AWS government, Komorowski, along with some activists from SKL, became a member of Civic Platform
(abbreviated PO). He stood for election to the 4th Sejm as a candidate of PO. Again he was elected, this time for the Warsaw constituency. After the inauguration of the new parliament he resigned from SKL. Since 2001 he has been a member of the National Civic Platform Board. In the 4th Sejm he was the deputy chairman of the Parliamentary National Defence Committee and a member of the Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Affairs.
He won election to the 5th Sejm in a district outside Warsaw
. On 26 October 2005 he was elected Vice Speaker of the Sejm. 398 MPs voted in favour of his candidacy. His party had earlier recommended him as a candidate for Speaker. His candidacy, in defiance of precedent, was rejected by Law and Justice
(PiS) which voted for Marek Jurek
. This created an unfavourable climate further discussions regarding a PO-PiS coalition.
After the resignation of Marek Jurek
as Speaker of the Sejm on 25 April 2007 Civic Platform announced Komorowski's candidacy for Speaker. On 27 April 2007 the Sejm rejected his nomination, and Ludwik Dorn
from PiS became a new marshal. 189 MPs voted for Komorowski. Komorowski became Vice Speaker.
Komorowski took first place on the PO list for the Warsaw constituency in the 2007 parliamentary election
and received 139,320 votes.
On 27 March 2010 he was chosen by PO members
to be their candidate in 2010 presidential election.
from PiS who received 160 votes. Stefan Niesiołowski, Krzysztof Putra
, Jarosław Kalinowski, Jerzy Szmajdziński
were elected Vice Speakers.
. His first decision was to announce seven days of national mourning
beginning on 10 April. According to the Constitution of Poland
, Komorowski was required to set a date for the next presidential election within 14 days of assuming the position, the election date coming within 60 days of that announcement. On 21 April, his office announced that the election would be held on 20 June. In the election, he got 41.54% of votes in the first round and then faced Jarosław Kaczyński, who got 36.46% of votes in the first round.
In the runoff Komorowski was elected President (8 933 887 valid votes, 53,01%) and formally took office on 6 August 2010.
Following the death of the chief of the Office of the President of the Republic of Poland
Władysław Stasiak, Komorowski appointed Jacek Michałowski to succeed him on an acting basis. A high number of vacancies following the Smolensk crash necessitated numerous other appointments. On 12 April, he appointed retired General Stanisław Koziej head of the National Security Bureau
in place of the late Aleksander Szczygło.
On 29 April 2010, Komorowski signed into law a parliamentary act that reformed the Institute of National Remembrance
.
On 27 May 2010, Komorowski nominated Marek Belka
, former Finance Minister and Prime Minister (2004–2005) of a then-leftist government, to be the President of the National Bank of Poland
in place of the late Sławomir Skrzypek
.
Following his election, Komorowski announced that he would resign from the Sejm on 8 July 2010, and thus cease to be Marshal and Acting President (his successor as Acting President was the next Marshal of the Sejm Grzegorz Schetyna
, who held the position for about a month before Komorowski's formal inauguration).
Komorowski currently resides and works in the Belweder Palace instead of the Presidential Palace.
He is a descendent of Polish nobility. He is distantly related to Princess Mathilde of Belgium, Duchess of Brabant
, via her mother Anna Countess d'Udekem d'Acoz born Countess Komorowska.
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Lech Kaczynski
Lech Aleksander Kaczyński was Polish lawyer and politician who served as the President of Poland from 2005 until 2010 and as Mayor of Warsaw from 2002 until 22 December 2005. Before he became a president, he was also a member of the party Prawo i Sprawiedliwość...
in a plane crash on 10 April 2010
2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash
The 2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash occurred on 10 April 2010, when a Tupolev Tu-154M aircraft of the Polish Air Force crashed near the city of Smolensk, Russia, killing all 96 people on board...
. Komorowski was the governing Civic Platform party's candidate in the resulting 2010 presidential election, which he won in the second round of voting on 4 July 2010. He was sworn in as fulltime President on 6 August 2010. Komorowski is thus the second person to serve on two occasions as the Polish head of state since 1918 after Maciej Rataj
Maciej Rataj
Maciej Rataj was a Polish politician, socialist activist and writer.Born in the village of Chłopy near Lwów on 19 February 1884, he attended a gymnasium in Lwów and studied classical linguistics at the University of Lwów...
. Rataj, however, was twice Acting President, while Komorowski first acted as President, and then became elected President.
Komorowski was the Minister of Defence
Ministry of National Defence of the Republic of Poland
Ministry of National Defence is the office of government in Poland under the Minister of Defence. During the Second Polish Republic and World War II it was called the Ministry of Military Affairs...
from 2000 to 2001.
Youth
Bronisław Maria Komorowski was born in Oborniki ŚląskieOborniki Slaskie
Oborniki Śląskie is a town in southwestern Poland. It is located in the northeastern part of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship and is part of Trzebnica County...
. Komorowski is the son of Count
Count
A count or countess is an aristocratic nobleman in European countries. The word count came into English from the French comte, itself from Latin comes—in its accusative comitem—meaning "companion", and later "companion of the emperor, delegate of the emperor". The adjective form of the word is...
Zygmunt Leon Komorowski (1925–1992) and Jadwiga Komorowska (née Szalkowska) .
The Komorowski family, which held the Korczak coat of arms, owned land in the Żywiec
Zywiec
Żywiec is a town in south-central Poland with 32,242 inhabitants . Between 1975 and 1998, it was located within the Bielsko-Biała Voivodeship, but has since become part of the Silesian Voivodeship....
region of southern Poland, as well as properties in northern Lithuania
Lithuania
Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...
in Aukštaitija
Aukštaitija
Aukštaitija is the name of one of five ethnographic regions of Lithuania. The name comes from the relatively high elevation of the region, particularly the eastern parts.-Geography:...
, the ancestral home of Bronisław Komorowski's paternal branch. Its residence was in Kavoliškis manor (Rokiškis district). The family received the title of count from Matthias Corvinus, a 15th century King of Hungary
King of Hungary
The King of Hungary was the head of state of the Kingdom of Hungary from 1000 to 1918.The style of title "Apostolic King" was confirmed by Pope Clement XIII in 1758 and used afterwards by all the Kings of Hungary, so after this date the kings are referred to as "Apostolic King of...
. The title was later confirmed by the Austrian emperor.
From 1957 to 1959 he lived in Józefów
Józefów
Józefów is a very common placename in Poland.Towns:* Józefów in Masovian Voivodeship, near Warsaw*Józefów, Biłgoraj County in Lublin Voivodeship Villages:...
near Otwock
Otwock
Otwock is a town in central Poland, some southeast of Warsaw, with 42,765 inhabitants . It is situated on the right bank of Vistula River below the mouth of Swider River. Otwock is home to a unique architectural style called Swidermajer....
. From 1959 to 1966 he also attended elementary school in Pruszków
Pruszków
Pruszków is a town in central Poland, situated in the Masovian Voivodeship since 1999. It was previously in Warszawa Voivodeship . Pruszków is the capital of Pruszków County, located along the western edge of the Warsaw urban area...
. In 1966 he transferred to Warsaw
Warsaw
Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most...
and graduated from Cyprian Kamil Norwid High School no. 24.
For many years he was affiliated with the Scout Movement. He belonged to the 75th Mazovian Scout Team in Pruszków
Pruszków
Pruszków is a town in central Poland, situated in the Masovian Voivodeship since 1999. It was previously in Warszawa Voivodeship . Pruszków is the capital of Pruszków County, located along the western edge of the Warsaw urban area...
. During his studies he was a Scout instructor in 208 WDHiZ "Parasol" Battalion in Mokotów
Mokotów
Mokotów is a dzielnica of Warsaw, the capital of Poland. Mokotów is densely populated. It is a seat to many foreign embassies and companies...
. He met his future wife through Scouting.
In 1977 he finished his studies in history at the University of Warsaw
University of Warsaw
The University of Warsaw is the largest university in Poland and one of the most prestigious, ranked as best Polish university in 2010 and 2011...
. From 1977 to 1980 was an editor at the journal "Słowo Powszechne."
Dissident activity
In the People's Republic of PolandPeople's Republic of Poland
The People's Republic of Poland was the official name of Poland from 1952 to 1990. Although the Soviet Union took control of the country immediately after the liberation from Nazi Germany in 1944, the name of the state was not changed until eight years later...
he took part in the democratic movement as an underground publisher
Underground press
The underground press were the independently published and distributed underground papers associated with the counterculture of the late 1960s and early 1970s in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, and other western nations....
and co-operated with Antoni Macierewicz
Antoni Macierewicz
Antoni Macierewicz is a Polish Catholic politician, anti-communist activist, member of Sejm, journalist and a former internal affairs minister, former vice-minister of national defence in Jarosław Kaczyński's government, and current parliamentary representative.-Early years and activity during...
on the monthly Głos. In 1980 he was sentenced along with activists of the Movement for Defense of Human and Civic Rights
Movement for Defense of Human and Civic Rights
Movement for Defense of Human and Civic Rights was a right-wing political and social organization formed in People's Republic of Poland in March of 1977...
to one month in prison for organizing a demonstration on 11 November 1979 (the judge who presided the trial was Andrzej Kryże). From 1980 to 1981 he worked in the Centre of Social Investigation of NSZZ "Solidarity". On 27 September 1981 he was one of the signatories of the founding declaration of the Clubs in the Service of Independence. He was interned while Poland was under martial law
Martial law in Poland
Martial law in Poland refers to the period of time from December 13, 1981 to July 22, 1983, when the authoritarian government of the People's Republic of Poland drastically restricted normal life by introducing martial law in an attempt to crush political opposition to it. Thousands of opposition...
. From 1981 to 1989 he taught at the Lower Seminary in Niepokalanów
Niepokalanów
Niepokalanów is a Roman Catholic religious community in Teresin , Poland founded in 1927 by Franciscan Friar Maximilian Kolbe, who was later canonized a saint of the Catholic Church. Also known as Immaculate City, at one time, it was the largest monastery in the world, housing as many as 760 men...
.
Third Republic
From 1989 to 1990 he was the manager minister Aleksander HallAleksander Hall
Aleksander Hall was a Polish conservative politician. Activist of Movement for Defense of Human and Civic Rights, later a politician and member of Solidarity Electoral Action. In 2001, he quit politics to focus on research. Author of many books and articles on history, patriotism, etc. He is...
's office, and from 1990 to 1993, the civil vice minister of national defence in the governments of Tadeusz Mazowiecki
Tadeusz Mazowiecki
Tadeusz Mazowiecki is a Polish author, journalist, philanthropist and Christian-democratic politician, formerly one of the leaders of the Solidarity movement, and the first non-communist prime minister in Central and Eastern Europe after World War II.-Biography:Mazowiecki comes from a Polish...
, Jan Krzysztof Bielecki
Jan Krzysztof Bielecki
Jan Krzysztof Bielecki is a Polish centre politician. He served as Prime Minister of Poland for most of 1991. He is a member of Civic Platform. Chairman of the Council of the Polish Institute of International Affairs....
and Hanna Suchocka
Hanna Suchocka
Hanna Suchocka is a Polish political figure. She served as the prime minister of Poland between 11 July 1992 and 26 October 1993 under the presidency of Lech Wałęsa. She is the first woman to hold this post in Poland and 19th in the world.Suchocka is a specialist in Constitutional Law...
. In the early 1990s he was involved with the Democratic Union and Freedom Union (Unia Wolności). From 1993 to 1995 he was the general secretary of these parties.
As the candidate of the Democratic Union he was elected to parliament in 1991 and 1993. In 1997, during the 2nd Sejm, together with a group of Warsaw University activists under the management of Jan Rokita
Jan Rokita
Jan Rokita is a Polish conservative politician, a member of the Sejm, the lower chamber of the Polish parliament. He was chairman of the parliamentary club of Platforma Obywatelska from 2003 to 2005....
he created Koło Konserwatywno-Ludowe. In the same year Koło Konserwatywno-Ludowe joined the newly created Stronnictwo Konserwatywno-Ludowe
Conservative People's Party (Poland)
The Conservative People's Party is a political party in Poland.-Leaders:* Artur Balazs - party chairman* Ireneusz Niewiarowski - parliamentary caucus chairman-Members of Polish Parliament :...
, which joined Akcja Wyborcza Solidarność (AWS). In 1997 Komorowski was elected as a candidate of AWS. From 1997 to 2000 he presided over the Parliamentary National Defence Committee, and from 2000 to 2001 served as the minister of national defence
Ministry of National Defence of the Republic of Poland
Ministry of National Defence is the office of government in Poland under the Minister of Defence. During the Second Polish Republic and World War II it was called the Ministry of Military Affairs...
in the government of Jerzy Buzek
Jerzy Buzek
Jerzy Karol Buzek is a Polish engineer, academic lecturer and politician who was the ninth post-Cold War Prime Minister of Poland from 1997 to 2001...
. In 2001, while still a minister in the minority AWS government, Komorowski, along with some activists from SKL, became a member of Civic Platform
Civic Platform
Civic Platform , abbreviated to PO, is a centre-right, liberal conservative political party in Poland. It has been the major coalition partner in Poland's government since the 2007 general election, with party leader Donald Tusk as Prime Minister of Poland and Bronisław Komorowski as President...
(abbreviated PO). He stood for election to the 4th Sejm as a candidate of PO. Again he was elected, this time for the Warsaw constituency. After the inauguration of the new parliament he resigned from SKL. Since 2001 he has been a member of the National Civic Platform Board. In the 4th Sejm he was the deputy chairman of the Parliamentary National Defence Committee and a member of the Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Affairs.
He won election to the 5th Sejm in a district outside Warsaw
Warsaw
Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most...
. On 26 October 2005 he was elected Vice Speaker of the Sejm. 398 MPs voted in favour of his candidacy. His party had earlier recommended him as a candidate for Speaker. His candidacy, in defiance of precedent, was rejected by Law and Justice
Law and Justice
Law and Justice , abbreviated to PiS, is a right-wing, conservative political party in Poland. With 147 seats in the Sejm and 38 in the Senate, it is the second-largest party in the Polish parliament....
(PiS) which voted for Marek Jurek
Marek Jurek
Marek Jurek is a Polish right-wing politician, who does not have a parliamentary seat. Since 20 April 2007 he has been the leader of the aspirant party Right of the Republic, which does not have any MPs....
. This created an unfavourable climate further discussions regarding a PO-PiS coalition.
After the resignation of Marek Jurek
Marek Jurek
Marek Jurek is a Polish right-wing politician, who does not have a parliamentary seat. Since 20 April 2007 he has been the leader of the aspirant party Right of the Republic, which does not have any MPs....
as Speaker of the Sejm on 25 April 2007 Civic Platform announced Komorowski's candidacy for Speaker. On 27 April 2007 the Sejm rejected his nomination, and Ludwik Dorn
Ludwik Dorn
Ludwik Dorn is a Polish conservative politician, former Deputy Prime Minister and member of Sejm elected on November 5, 2007.From October 31, 2005 to February 7, 2007 he was Minister of Interior and Administration, resigned after conflict with the Prime Minister Jarosław Kaczyński...
from PiS became a new marshal. 189 MPs voted for Komorowski. Komorowski became Vice Speaker.
Komorowski took first place on the PO list for the Warsaw constituency in the 2007 parliamentary election
Polish parliamentary election, 2007
Early parliamentary elections for both houses of parliament were held in Poland on 21 October 2007 after the Sejm voted for its own dissolution on 7 September 2007. The election took place two years before the maximum tenure of four years, with the previous elections having been in September 2005...
and received 139,320 votes.
On 27 March 2010 he was chosen by PO members
Civic Platform presidential primary, 2010
The Civic Platform presidential primary, 2010 was the first presidential primary open to all party members in Polish history. The primary was organized by the governing centre-right party following the decision by party chairman and Prime Minister Donald Tusk not to run for President again...
to be their candidate in 2010 presidential election.
Marshal of Lower House
On 5 November 2007 in the first session of the 4th Sejm of the Polish Republic Bronisław Komorowski was elected Speaker by 292 votes. He stood against Krzysztof PutraKrzysztof Putra
Krzysztof Jakub Putra was a Polish politician, a member of the Law and Justice . He served as a Deputy of the Senate Marshal from October 27, 2005 until November 4, 2007. He later became a Sejm member and PiS candidate for Sejm Marshal.Putra was born in Józefowo, Suwałki County...
from PiS who received 160 votes. Stefan Niesiołowski, Krzysztof Putra
Krzysztof Putra
Krzysztof Jakub Putra was a Polish politician, a member of the Law and Justice . He served as a Deputy of the Senate Marshal from October 27, 2005 until November 4, 2007. He later became a Sejm member and PiS candidate for Sejm Marshal.Putra was born in Józefowo, Suwałki County...
, Jarosław Kalinowski, Jerzy Szmajdziński
Jerzy Szmajdzinski
Jerzy Andrzej Szmajdziński was a Polish politician who was a Vice-Marshal of Polish Sejm and previously served as Minister of Defence. He was a candidate for President of Poland in the 2010 election....
were elected Vice Speakers.
Acting President and President-elect
Komorowski became Acting President on 10 April 2010 following the death of President Lech Kaczyński2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash
The 2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash occurred on 10 April 2010, when a Tupolev Tu-154M aircraft of the Polish Air Force crashed near the city of Smolensk, Russia, killing all 96 people on board...
. His first decision was to announce seven days of national mourning
National day of mourning
A national day of mourning is a day marked by mourning and memorial activities observed among the majority of a country's populace. They are designated by that nation's government...
beginning on 10 April. According to the Constitution of Poland
Constitution of Poland
The current Constitution of Poland was adopted on 2 April 1997. Formally known as the Constitution of the Republic of Poland , it replaced the temporary amendments put into place in 1992 designed to reverse the effects of Communism, establishing the nation as "a democratic state ruled by law and...
, Komorowski was required to set a date for the next presidential election within 14 days of assuming the position, the election date coming within 60 days of that announcement. On 21 April, his office announced that the election would be held on 20 June. In the election, he got 41.54% of votes in the first round and then faced Jarosław Kaczyński, who got 36.46% of votes in the first round.
In the runoff Komorowski was elected President (8 933 887 valid votes, 53,01%) and formally took office on 6 August 2010.
Following the death of the chief of the Office of the President of the Republic of Poland
Office of the President of the Republic of Poland
The Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Poland , established in 1989, is an institution working for and under the Polish president. This is an equivalent of such institutions as the Executive Chancellery of the President of the United States, and consists of the immediate staff of the...
Władysław Stasiak, Komorowski appointed Jacek Michałowski to succeed him on an acting basis. A high number of vacancies following the Smolensk crash necessitated numerous other appointments. On 12 April, he appointed retired General Stanisław Koziej head of the National Security Bureau
National Security Bureau (Poland)
National Security Bureau is a Polish government agency executing the tasks given by the President of the Republic of Poland regarding national security. Bureau serves as the organizational support to the National Security Council....
in place of the late Aleksander Szczygło.
On 29 April 2010, Komorowski signed into law a parliamentary act that reformed the Institute of National Remembrance
Institute of National Remembrance
Institute of National Remembrance — Commission for the Prosecution of Crimes against the Polish Nation is a Polish government-affiliated research institute with lustration prerogatives and prosecution powers founded by specific legislation. It specialises in the legal and historical sciences and...
.
On 27 May 2010, Komorowski nominated Marek Belka
Marek Belka
Marek Marian Belka is a Polish professor of Economics, a former Prime Minister and Finance Minister of Poland, former Director of the International Monetary Fund's European Department and current Head of National Bank of Poland.- Biography :...
, former Finance Minister and Prime Minister (2004–2005) of a then-leftist government, to be the President of the National Bank of Poland
National Bank of Poland
Narodowy Bank Polski is the central bank of Poland. It controls the issuing of Poland's currency, the złoty. The Bank is headquartered in Warsaw, and has branches in every major Polish town...
in place of the late Sławomir Skrzypek
Sławomir Skrzypek
Sławomir Stanisław Skrzypek was the President of the National Bank of Poland from 2007 until his death in 2010...
.
Following his election, Komorowski announced that he would resign from the Sejm on 8 July 2010, and thus cease to be Marshal and Acting President (his successor as Acting President was the next Marshal of the Sejm Grzegorz Schetyna
Grzegorz Schetyna
Grzegorz Juliusz Schetyna is a Polish politician. He was elected to the Sejm as a candidate of the Civic Platform on September 25, 2005 after receiving 14,978 votes in 1 Legnica district...
, who held the position for about a month before Komorowski's formal inauguration).
Komorowski currently resides and works in the Belweder Palace instead of the Presidential Palace.
Family
He has been married to Anna Dembowska since 1977. He has five children: Zofia Aleksandra (b. 1979), Tadeusz Jan (b. 1981), Maria Anna (b. 1983), Piotr Zygmunt (b. 1986) and Elżbieta Jadwiga (b. 1989).He is a descendent of Polish nobility. He is distantly related to Princess Mathilde of Belgium, Duchess of Brabant
Princess Mathilde, Duchess of Brabant
Princess Mathilde, Duchess of Brabant, DHS , is the wife of the heir apparent to the Belgian throne, Prince Philippe, Duke of Brabant...
, via her mother Anna Countess d'Udekem d'Acoz born Countess Komorowska.
Honours and awards
- Order of the White Eagle
- Grand Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta
- Honorary doctorate from the Mykolas Romeris UniversityMykolas Romeris UniversityMykolas Romeris University is a university in the capital city of Vilnius, Lithuania, bearing the name of the Lithuanian legal scholar, judge and father of Lithuania's Constitutional Law Mykolas Römeris. Established in 2004, it is a state-funded institution....
in VilniusVilniusVilnius is the capital of Lithuania, and its largest city, with a population of 560,190 as of 2010. It is the seat of the Vilnius city municipality and of the Vilnius district municipality. It is also the capital of Vilnius County...
, Lithuania (14 January 2008)
External links
- The only Official Biography of Bronisław Komorowski(in English)
- The official website of the President of the Republic of Poland
- Polish Lower House (in English – Polish version)
- Civic Platform
- Wprost 24
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