Polish lawyer and politician, 13th Prime Minister of Poland

Jarosław Kaczyński

Jarosław Aleksander Kaczyński is a Polish politician. He co-founded the Law and Justice (PiS) party in 2001 with his twin brother, Lech Kaczyński, and has served as its leader since 2003. He served as Prime Minister of Poland from 2006 to 2007, and has twice held the post of Deputy Prime Minister of Poland, first from 2020 to 2022, and a second time from June to November 2023. He is considered to have been the éminence grise of Poland, when PiS formed the government in 2005–2007 and again in 2015–2023, with direct political influence over the prime ministers Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz, Beata Szydło and Mateusz Morawiecki.

Born

1949

June 18

Died

Living

Era

1940s

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1949 Born

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What else happened on this day, through history

618 Li Yuan becomes Emperor Gaozu of Tang, initiating three centuries of Tang dynasty rule over China.
656 Ali becomes Caliph of the Rashidun Caliphate.
860 Byzantine–Rus' War: A fleet of about 200 Rus' vessels sails into the Bosphorus and starts pillaging the suburbs of the Byzantine capital Constantinople.
1053 Battle of Civitate: Three thousand Norman horsemen of Count Humphrey rout the troops of Pope Leo IX.

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The world in 1949

When Jarosław arrived

april 1 Chinese Civil War: The Chinese Communist Party holds unsuccessful peace talks with the Nationalist Party in Beijing, after three years of fighting.
april 1 The Government of Canada repeals Japanese-Canadian internment after seven years.
april 18 The Republic of Ireland Act comes into force, declaring Éire to be a republic and severing Ireland's "association" with the Commonwealth of Nations.
april 20 Amethyst incident: The People's Liberation Army attacks HMS Amethyst (F116) travelling to the British embassy in Nanjing during the Chinese Civil War.

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Carolyn Wells 1862–1942 American novelist and poet (died 1942) Jeanette MacDonald 1903–1965 American actress and singer (born 1903) Jung Bahadur Rana 1816–1877 Nepalese ruler (born 1816) Peter Altmaier 1958– German jurist and politician, Federal Minister for Special Affairs of Germany Robert Stewart 1769–1822 Viscount Castlereagh, Irish-English politician, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (born 1769) Russell Ash 1946–2010 English journalist and author (died 2010) Sammy Cahn 1913–1993 American songwriter (born 1913) Scooter Braun 1981– American music executive Takeoff 1994–2022 American rapper (died 2022)

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Alan García 1949–2019 Peruvian lawyer and politician, twice President of Peru (born 1949) Alla Pugacheva 1949– Russian singer-songwriter and actress Anna Wintour 1949– English-American journalist Beth Grant 1949– American actress Billy Joel 1949– American singer-songwriter and pianist Carlos the Jackal 1949– Venezuelan terrorist David A. Cherry 1949– American artist and illustrator Dominique Strauss-Kahn 1949– French economist, lawyer, and politician, French Minister of Finance Don Baylor 1949–2017 American baseball player (born 1949)

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