Zbigniew Ćwiąkalski (; born March 9, 1950, in

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) is a

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politician, former

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and Public Prosecutor General of Poland. He is a qualified

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, adwokat, and associate professor of law at the

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(Chair of Penal Law, Faculty of Law and Administration). From 1972 to 1981 he was a member of the

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. In 1981 he joined the Polish opposition (the

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trade union). In 1985 he was accused of being a secret collaborator of communist

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, but there was no evidence of this. From 2007 to 2009 he was the Minister of Justice in the government of

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Cwiakalski, Zbigniew 1950 births Living people People from Łańcut Polish United Workers' Party members Civic Platform politicians 20th-century Polish lawyers Justice ministers of Poland Jagiellonian University alumni Academic staff of Jagiellonian University