Marek Stefan Borowski (; born 4 January 1946 in

Warsaw Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officia ...

, Poland) is a Polish left-wing politician. He led the

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(SLD) for a time and was Speaker of the

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(the lower, more powerful, house of Poland's parliament) from 2001 to 2004.

Biography

He was born to a

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family, as a son of Janina and Wiktor Borowski(born as Aron Berman). He was

Minister of Finance of Poland Poland's Ministry of Finance ( pl, Ministerstwo Finansów), headed by the Minister of Finance ''(Minister Finansów)'', is part of the government of Poland. Among its powers and responsibilities it drafts the national budget, deals with taxes, ...

from 1993 to 1994. From 2004 to January 2009 he was the leader and chairman, of a new Polish left-wing party called

Social Democracy of Poland The Social Democracy of Poland ( pl, Socjaldemokracja Polska, SDPL) is a social-democratic political party in Poland. Foundation The party was founded in April 2004 as a splinter group from the post-communist Democratic Left Alliance (SLD). The ...

(SdPl), formed from a break-away group of SLD. He was a candidate in the presidential elections in 2005, but he got fourth place, with 10%. Marek Borowski is an MP from

Piła Piła (german: Schneidemühl) is a city in northwestern Poland and the capital of Piła County, situated in the Greater Poland Voivodeship. Its population as of 2021 was 71,846, making it the third-largest city in the voivodeship after Poznań ...

, but in the September 2005 parliamentary elections he contested a seat in

. Borowski was the Social Democratic presidential candidate in the 2005 Polish presidential elections. Just as his party received a massive defeat in the September 2005 Parliamentary elections, Borowski lost the presidential elections, receiving 10% of the vote and fourth place, despite

Aleksander Kwaśniewski Aleksander Kwaśniewski (; born 15 November 1954) is a Polish politician and journalist. He served as the President of Poland from 1995 to 2005. He was born in Białogard, and during communist rule, he was active in the Socialist Union of Poli ...

's support following the withdrawal of

Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz (, born 13 September 1950) is a Polish left-wing politician who served as Prime Minister of Poland for a year from 7 February 1996 to 31 October 1997, after being defeated in the Parliamentary elections by the Solidarity ...

. He most recently ran (unsuccessfully) for the office of mayor of Warsaw in the 2010 local elections.

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1946 births Living people Politicians from Warsaw 20th-century Polish economists 21st-century Polish Jews Deputy Prime Ministers of Poland Finance Ministers of Poland Marshals of the Sejm of the Third Polish Republic Candidates in the 2005 Polish presidential election Polish United Workers' Party members 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 2007–2011 Recipients of the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana, 1st Class Recipients of the National Order of Merit (Malta) Members of the Senate of Poland 2011–2015 Members of the Senate of Poland 2015–2019 Members of the Senate of Poland 2019–2023 {{Poland-politician-stub

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