Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz | |
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_(cropped).jpg) Marcinkiewicz in 2011 | |
| Prime Minister of Poland | |
| In office 31 October 2005 – 14 July 2006 | |
| President | Aleksander Kwaśniewski Lech Kaczyński |
| Deputy | Ludwik Dorn Zyta Gilowska Roman Giertych Andrzej Lepper |
| Preceded by | Marek Belka |
| Succeeded by | Jarosław Kaczyński |
| Mayor of Warsaw | |
Acting | |
| In office 20 July 2006 – 2 December 2006 | |
| Preceded by | Mirosław Kochalski(Acting) |
| Succeeded by | Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz |
| Member of theSejm, III, IV and V | |
| In office 20 October 1997 – 18 July 2006 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1959-12-20)20 December 1959 (age 65) Gorzów Wielkopolski, Poland |
| Political party | Law and Justice (2001–2007) |
| Other political affiliations | European Coalition (2019) |
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| Profession | Physicist |
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Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz (Polish pronunciation:[kaˈʑimjɛʂmart͡ɕiŋˈkʲɛvit͡ʂ]ⓘ; born 20 December 1959) is a Polish conservative politician who served asPrime Minister of Poland from 31 October 2005 to 14 July 2006. He was a member of theLaw and Justice party (Prawo i Sprawiedliwość, PiS).
Born inGorzów Wielkopolski, Marcinkiewicz graduated in 1984 from the Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry (having studiedphysics) of theWrocław University. He also completed post-graduate course in Administration at theAdam Mickiewicz University inPoznań. He worked as an elementary school teacher and a headmaster in his homecity of Gorzów Wielkopolski.[1]
In the 1980s he was also a member of theSolidarity movement and editor of underground press materials. In 1992 he became a State Secretary (formal name for deputy minister) in the Ministry of National Education. From 1999 to 2000 he was the cabinet chief for Prime MinisterJerzy Buzek.[2]
Following the victory of the Law and Justice party in theSeptember 2005 Polish parliamentary elections, its prime ministerial candidate, party leaderJarosław Kaczyński decided against becoming prime minister so as not to damage the chances of his twin brother,Lech Kaczyński in the then-upcomingOctober presidential election. Instead the little-known Marcinkiewiczbecame PM, leading a coalition formed by Jarosław, who remained in the background, but influential.[3]
Before his prime ministerial appointment, Marcinkiewicz remained a political cipher, which resulted in a politicalcarte blanche after the appointment. Relatively unknown to the public at that time, due to his intensive political activity Marcinkiewicz gained a high public recognition, rapidly becoming the most trusted and popular politician in Poland.[4]
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Marcinkiewicz strongly supported Polish membership in EU, although he disagreed with several more integrationist ideas, such as theEuropean Constitution.[citation needed] Economic policy of his cabinet is a continuation of those conducted by previous governments.[5]
Following speculations of a rift withJarosław Kaczyński, Marcinkiewicz tendered his resignation on 7 July 2006, maintaining however that no one will insert a wedge between him and Kaczyński, words he directed atDonald Tusk.[6] He was succeeded as prime minister by Kaczyński.[7]
On 18 July Marcinkiewicz was appointed as the temporary acting mayor ofWarsaw, a so-called "comissar".During the municipal elections in 2006, he was theLaw and Justice candidate for mayor of Warsaw. In the first round of voting, held on 12 November, he got 38.42%, while his closest rival,Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz of the oppositionCivic Platform won 34.15% of the votes. In the second round, held on 26 November, he got 46.82% of the votes, losing the election.[8]
He was one of the directors of theEuropean Bank for Reconstruction and Development[9] from March 2007 until May 2008.[citation needed]
From 2008 until 2013 he worked forGoldman Sachs, presumably as a lobbyist.[10] Despite his work for Goldman Sachs, major Polish newspapers and news television channels, informed that former Polish prime minister barely spoke English after one year spent in London. He could not answer simple questions asked by Warsaw based English native speakers hired by one of the Polish tabloid who called him to offer a job in other bank in UK.[11][12][13]
In 2009, after divorcing his wife and mother of four, he married his former mistress, 22 years his junior,[14] with whom he was embroiled in a bitter divorce battle in September 2015.[15]
In the first half of 2009, he came under heavy criticism because of not keeping up with the moral values he promoted while being engaged in politics. In particular, it was discovered that he was criticizing extra-marital affairs and praising traditional family values, while having an affair himself.[16]
He became famous for his enthusiastic "Yes, yes, yes!" after the success in negotiations of the EU budget on 17 December 2005,[17][18] – the phrase that has entered into the Polish popular culture as a symbol of a political success 'with a human face' (not refraining from real emotions),[19] but at the same time as a symbol of untempered self-confidence. As a rhetorical device (epizeuxis), it has already been re-used byVolkswagen in its publicity campaign.[20]
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| Preceded by | Prime Minister of Poland 2005–2006 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Mayor of Warsaw Acting 2006 | Succeeded by |
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