Jan Klimek (born June 12, 1953) is a Polish

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, best known as a President of

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(''Stronnictwo Demokratyczne'') from 1998 to 2002. He was member of

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for two terms (1997–2001 and 2001–2005). Born in

Chełm Śląski Chełm Śląski () is a village in Bieruń-Lędziny County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Chełm Śląski. It lies approximately east of Bieruń and south-east of th ...

, Klimek is an

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(graduate of Akademia Ekonomiczna in Katowice) and a businessman, who owning a large

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and several baking shops. He was first elected to the Sejm in 1997 (from Katowice), when SD was in coalition and started from Freedom Union ballots. Klimek however left Union parliamentary caucus very shortly after election in protest against forming a Union- AWS government coalition. Before 2001 elections SD joined 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 ...

/ Labour Party coalition and Klimek won re-election. He remained in SLD caucus until 2005, when he retired from politics.

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