Jacek Jan Piechota (pronounced ; born 28 April 1959 in

Szczecin Szczecin (, , german: Stettin ; sv, Stettin ; Latin: ''Sedinum'' or ''Stetinum'') is the capital and largest city of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in northwestern Poland. Located near the Baltic Sea and the German border, it is a major s ...

) is a Polish left-wing politician. He was the

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from 2001 to 2003, under Prime Minister

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, and again in 2005 under Prime Minister

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. Piechota was elected to the

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on 25 September 2005, receiving 17257 votes in 41

district as a candidate on the

Democratic Left Alliance The Democratic Left Alliance () was a social-democratic political party in Poland. It was formed in 9 July 1991 as an electoral alliance of centre-left parties, and became a single party on 15 April 1999. It was the major coalition party in Po ...

list. He was also a member of the

Polish United Workers' Party The Polish United Workers' Party ( pl, Polska Zjednoczona Partia Robotnicza; ), commonly abbreviated to PZPR, was the communist party which ruled the Polish People's Republic as a one-party state from 1948 to 1989. The PZPR had led two other lega ...

from 1978 to 1990. He was also a member of PRL Sejm 1985-1989, PRL Sejm 1989-1991, Sejm 1991-1993, Sejm 1993-1997, Sejm 1997-2001, and Sejm 2001-2005.

Biography

In 1983, Jacek Jan Piechota graduated from a magistracy at the Faculty of Chemical Technology and Engineering of Szczecin Polytechnic University, having received a degree in chemical engineer. In 1984-1985 he worked as a chemistry teacher in the VI secondary lyceum in

. In 1978, he joined the Polish Joint Work Party. After its dissolution, by 1999 he belonged to the

Social Democracy Social democracy is a Political philosophy, political, Social philosophy, social, and economic philosophy within socialism that supports Democracy, political and economic democracy. As a policy regime, it is described by academics as advocati ...

of the Republic of Poland. From 19 November 2001 to 7 January 2003 he served as the

in the Government of Miller Leszek. Jacek Jan Piechota was a member of the election committee of Vlodzimezh Tsimoshevych in the 2005 presidential election. In 2006, with the support of the election committee of the

Left and Democrats Left and Democrats ( pl, Lewica i Demokraci, LiD) was a centre-left electoral alliance of political parties in Poland which was created on 3 September 2006, before the Warsaw municipal election of 2006. The coalition's aim was to provide an ...

, balloted to the post of the President of Szczecin.

Honors

* Bronze

Merit Cross The Merit Cross (german: Verdienstkreuz) was a meritorious service decoration of Prussia. Established 27 January 1912, by Wilhelm II in his capacity as King of Prussia, it recognized general merit to Prussia. The cross could be awarded to civilia ...

(1988) * Medal of National Education Commission (1989) * Order of the White Star I class (Estonia, 2002) * Order "for the benefit of the republic" * Order "For Merits" of the III degree (Ukraine, August 24, 2013)

External links

Jacek Piechota - official page
- includes declarations of interest, voting record, and transcripts of speeches.

References

1959 births Living people Politicians from Szczecin Democratic Left Alliance politicians Members of the Polish Sejm 1991–1993 Members of the Polish Sejm 1993–1997 Members of the Polish Sejm 1997–2001 Members of the Polish Sejm 2001–2005 Members of the Polish Sejm 2005–2007 Economy ministers of Poland Government ministers of Poland Polish United Workers' Party members Recipients of the Order of the White Star, 1st Class {{Poland-politician-stub

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