Tomasz Nałęcz (born 10 October 1949 in
Gołymin) is a Polish historian, leftist politician, former vice-Speaker of the
Sejm
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, a former member of the
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 ...
party (SdPl)
In the past he used to be member of the communist
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 ...
(PZPR) (1970–1990) and later its social-democratic successor,
Social Democracy of the Republic of Poland
Social Democracy of the Republic of Poland (SdRP) ( pl, Socjaldemokracja Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej, SdRP) was a social-democratic political party in Poland created in 1990, shortly after the Revolutions of 1989. The party was the main party of ...
. In the years 1993-2004 he was a prominent member of
Labour Union
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. He left the Labour Union after SdPl was founded by
Marek Borowski
Marek Stefan Borowski (; born 4 January 1946 in Warsaw, Poland) is a Polish left-wing politician. He led the Democratic Left Alliance (SLD) for a time and was Speaker of the Sejm (the lower, more powerful, house of Poland's parliament) from 200 ...
.
In 2003–2004 Nałęcz was also the chairman of the Sejm's special parliamentary inquiring committee which tried to unravel the
Lew Rywin
Lew Rywin (born 10 November 1945 in a Nizhnyeye Alkeyevo, USSR) is a Polish film producer associated with Heritage Films (est. 1991). He has also been a member of the Polish Radio and TV committee and worked in an agency, Poltel, producing for P ...
affair.
In December 2009 Nałęcz was selected as the SdPl's candidate for the
election
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Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has opera ...
due to take place in autumn 2010. However, following the
Smolensk plane crash which killed incumbent president
Lech Kaczyński
Lech Aleksander Kaczyński (; 18 June 194910 April 2010) was a Polish politician who served as the city mayor of Warsaw from 2002 until 2005, and as President of Poland from 2005 until his death in 2010. Before his tenure as president, he prev ...
and brought forward the election to June, Nałęcz withdrew from the contest.
''Gazeta Wyborcza'', 21 April 2010
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Works
* ''Polska Organizacja Wojskowa 1914–1918'' (1984)
* ''Irredenta polska'' (1987)
* ''Rządy Sejmu 1921–1926'' (1991)
* ''Spór o kształt demokracji i parlamentaryzmu w Polsce w latach 1921-1926'' (1994)
* ''Historia XX wieku'' (2000)
See also
* Politics of Poland
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* List of political parties in Poland
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* List of politicians in Poland
The following lists of Polish politicians and party members are listed by party:
*List of Centre Agreement politicians
* List of Civic Platform politicians
*List of Democratic Left Alliance politicians
* List of Democratic Party – demokraci.pl p ...
References
1949 births
Living people
People from Ciechanów County
20th-century Polish historians
Polish male non-fiction writers
University of Warsaw alumni
Academic staff of the University of Warsaw
Polish United Workers' Party members
Labour Union (Poland) politicians
Deputy Marshals of the Sejm of the Third Polish Republic
Members of the Polish Sejm 1993–1997
Members of the Polish Sejm 2001–2005
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