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Jarosław Kaczyński
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Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland
13th Prime Minister of the Third Republic
Incumbent
Assumed office
July 14 2006
PresidentLech Kaczyński
Vice PMLudwik Dorn, Roman Giertych, Andrzej Lepper, Zyta Gilowska, Przemysław Gosiewski
Preceded byKazimierz Marcinkiewicz
Minister of Agriculture (acting)
In office
September 22 2006 – October 16 2006
PresidentLech Kaczyński
Prime MinisterJarosław Kaczyński
Preceded byAndrzej Lepper
Succeeded byAndrzej Lepper
Personal details
Born (1949-06-18) June 18, 1949 (age 75)
Warsaw, Poland People's Republic of Poland
Political partyFile:PiS logo.svg Law and Justice
ProfessionLawyer
SignatureFile:Jarosław Kaczynski signature.jpg

Jarosław Kaczyńskiⓘ IPA: [ja'rɔswaf ka'ʧɨɲskʲi] (born June 18, 1949) has been the Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland since July 14, 2006 and is the chairman of Law and Justice (Template:Lang-pl), a party which he co-founded in 2001. He's a Doctor of law

Family background

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The Kaczyński twins first rose to public prominence as child actors in the 1962 film The Two Who Stole the Moon. Jarosław is on the left.

Jarosław Kaczyński is the identical twin brother of Lech Kaczyński, the President of Poland. Jarosław and Lech were born in Warsaw. The Kaczyński brothers are sons of Rajmund (an engineer who served as a soldier of the Armia Krajowa in World War II and a veteran of the Warsaw Uprising) and Jadwiga (a philologist at the Polish Academy of Sciences). As children, the brothers starred in the 1962 Polish film The Two Who Stole the Moon (Template:Lang-pl), based on a popular children's story by Kornel Makuszyński.[2]. The film was heavily promoted by the Polish communist mass media.

Jarosław Kaczyński has never married; however, according to Gazeta Wyborcza[3] there are rumours about his affection toward Polish MP Jolanta Szczypińska. The two have denied allegations about an impending marriage.


Early career

Jarosław Kaczyński was a member of the Solidarity Trade Union in the 1980s. He was the executive editor of Tygodnik Solidarność weekly in 1989-1990. In 1990, together with Lech, he created the right wing "Porozumienie Centrum" party, and later on he became its chairman (until 1998). During 1991-1993 and 1997-2005 he was a member of the Polish Parliament (Sejm).

Elections, 2005

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Jarosław Kaczyński was the "Law and Justice" prime minister candidate in the September 2005 Polish parliamentary election[4]. However, when the party emerged as winner of the election, Jarosław pledged that he would not take the position, expecting that his nomination would reduce the chances of Lech who was a candidate for the October presidential election.

Jarosław Kaczyński was the architect of the coalition with the left wing populist "Self-Defense of the Republic of Poland" (Template:Lang-pl) and the deeply conservative christian "League of Polish Families" party. Party-member Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz was appointed Prime Minister.

Lech won the presidential election and was appointed President on December 23, 2005. Soon after, during a live TV broadcast Lech addressed his brother saying "I report mission accomplished", a statement that raised controversy about the president's independence.

In the succeeding months, Jarosław Kaczyński was described as a frontbench MP and the leader of his party. Many also described Jarosław Kaczyński as Poland's most influential politician. He was said to have enormous influence on the Prime Minister's decision-making process.

Controversial incidents involving Jarosław Kaczyński

During the PiS congress on June 3, 2006, which was televised live, Jarosław Kaczyński sang the Polish national anthem incredibly badly and fumbled the lyrics. This put him under extensive media scrutiny and prompted an outburst of both criticism and ridicule.[5] [6]

On Saturday, September 23, 2006 Jarosław Kaczyński called a news briefing. He presented a yellow rubber duck (kaczka in Polish) as the symbol of his political party and called upon Poles to feed the ducks with the approach of winter. This was a humorous appeal for political support that used a pun formed out of his last name. [7]

On October 1, 2006 Jarosław Kaczyński, at a pro-government rally in Gdańsk Shipyard, compared the opposition to ZOMO, a paramilitary riot police unit during the communist period.[8]

The same month, Poland's newspaper, Rzeczpospolita, published documents – some that were leaked – from the files of the former Polish Secret Service (at the time headed by Kaczynski's political opponents) that discussed then dissident Kaczyński's sexuality due to fact of his single status. Operatives were to determine if he had homosexual orientation, and try to spread such rumours; the information was part of wider campaign by so-called "Lesiak Group" aimed at destroying opposition movement in the early 90s[9]. Like his brother, Kaczyński uses strong anti-homosexual rhetoric, making statements like "homosexuals who are involved in homosexual propaganda should not be teachers".

Prime Minister

Following reports of a rift between Marcinkiewicz and Jarosław, Marcinkiewicz tendered his resignation on July 7 2006 and Jarosław was appointed Prime Minister by the President Lech Kaczyński on July 10 and officially sworn in on July 14, following the formation of cabinet and a confidence vote in the Sejm.[10] [11] [12]

Notes and references

  1. ^ "Premier: nie akceptuję gry politycznej Giertycha" (in Polish). Wirtualna Polska. 2006-03-20. Retrieved 2007-04-10. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  2. ^ Araloff, Simon (2005-09-23). "Kaczynski Brothers: Movie Stars That Turned Politicians". Axis News. Retrieved 2007-04-10. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  3. ^ Włodkowska, Katarzyna (2006-08-28). "Zakochana w premierze - wywiad z posłanką" (in Polish). Gazeta Wyborcza. Retrieved 2007-04-10. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  4. ^ Easton, Adam (2006-09-21). "Polish twins in leadership race". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2007-04-10. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  5. ^ Kublik, Agnieszka (2006-06-06). ""Wiadomości" podejrzane. Poszło o hymn" (in Polish). Gazeta Wyborcza. Retrieved 2007-04-10. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  6. ^ "Rozśpiewany prezes PiS" (in Polish). Wirtualna Polska. 2006-06-09. Retrieved 2007-04-10. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  7. ^ "PM calls on Poles to feed the ducks". Yahoo! News. 2006-09-25. Retrieved 2007-04-10. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  8. ^ "J. Kaczyński: precz z komuną i postkomuną!" (in Polish). Wirtualna Polska. 2006-10-01. Retrieved 2007-04-10. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  9. ^ Lisiewicz, Piotr (2006-03-15). "Polityczny odstrzał" (in Polish). Gazeta Polska. Retrieved 2007-04-10. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  10. ^ "Poland's prime minister resigns". BBC News Online. 2006-07-07. Retrieved 2007-04-10. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  11. ^ "Polish President Appoints His Twin Brother as Premier". Bloomberg. 2006-07-10. Retrieved 2007-04-10. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  12. ^ "Polish head swears in twin as PM". BBC News Online. 2006-07-14. Retrieved 2007-04-10. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)


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