Tomasz Nałęcz (born 29 October 1949 in Gołymin) is a Polish historian, leftist politician, former vice-Speaker of the

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, a former member of the

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party (SdPl) In the past he used to be member of the communist

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(PZPR) (1970–1990) and later its social-democratic successor,

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. In the years 1993-2004 he was a prominent member of

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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 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 2001 to 2004. ...

. In 2003–2004 Nałęcz was also the chairman of the Sejm's special parliamentary inquiring committee which tried to unravel the

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affair. In December 2009 Nałęcz was selected as the SdPl's candidate for the

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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 in an air crash. The aircraft carrying ...

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)

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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 {{Poland-Sejm-politician-stub

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