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| Prime Minister of Poland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Assumed office 13 December 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| President | Andrzej Duda | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Preceded by | Mateusz Morawiecki | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 16 November 2007 – 22 September 2014 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Preceded by | Jarosław Kaczyński | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Ewa Kopacz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| President of the European Council | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 1 December 2014 – 30 November 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Herman Van Rompuy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Charles Michel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Leader of the Civic Platform | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Assumed office 3 July 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Borys Budka | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 1 June 2003 – 8 November 2014 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Maciej Płażyński | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Ewa Kopacz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| President of the European People's Party | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 1 December 2019 – 1 June 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Joseph Daul | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Manfred Weber | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Deputy Marshal of the Sejm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 18 October 2001 – 18 October 2005 Serving with others | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Marshal |
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| Preceded by | Jan Król | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Bronisław Komorowski | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Deputy Marshal of the Senate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 20 October 1997 – 18 October 2001 Serving with others | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Marshal | Alicja Grześkowiak | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Zofia Kuratowska | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Kazimierz Kutz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | Donald Franciszek Tusk 22 April 1957 Gdańsk, Poland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Małgorzata Sochacka (m. 1978) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Children | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Education | University of Gdańsk | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Awards | See list
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Donald Franciszek Tusk (/tuːsk/ TOOSK;[1] Polish: [ˈdɔnalt fraɲˈt͡ɕiʂɛk ˈtusk] ⓘ; born 22 April 1957) is a Polish politician and historian who has served as the prime minister of Poland since 2023, having previously held the post from 2007 to 2014. From 2014 to 2019 Tusk served as President of the European Council,[2] and from 2019 to 2022 he was the president of the European People's Party (EPP).[3] He co-founded the Civic Platform (PO) party in 2001 and has served as its long-time leader, first from 2003 to 2014 and again since 2021.[4]
Tusk has been involved in Polish politics since the late 1980s, having founded multiple political parties and held elected office almost continuously since 1991. He was one of the co-founders of the free market–oriented Liberal Democratic Congress party (KLD). He entered the Sejm in 1991, but lost his seat in 1993. In 1994, the KLD merged with the Democratic Union to form the Freedom Union. In 1997, Tusk was elected to the Senate, and became its deputy marshal. In 2001, he co-founded another centre-right liberal conservative party, the PO, and was again elected to the Sejm, becoming its deputy marshal.[5]
Tusk stood unsuccessfully for President of Poland in the 2005 election and would also suffer defeat in the 2005 Polish parliamentary election. However, he would lead the PO to victory at the 2007 parliamentary election, and was appointed Prime Minister. He led the PO to a second victory in the 2011 election, becoming the first Polish prime minister to be re-elected since the fall of communism in 1989.[6] In 2014, he left Polish politics to accept appointment as president of the European Council, having been the longest-serving prime minister of the Third Polish Republic and the third longest-serving prime minister of Poland overall, after Józef Cyrankiewicz and Piotr Jaroszewicz.
During his absence in Polish politics, Tusk's Civic Platform would lose control of both the presidency and parliament to the rival Law and Justice party in the 2015 Polish parliamentary election and 2015 Polish presidential election. Tusk served as President of the European Council until 2019; although initially remaining in Brussels, he later returned to Polish politics in 2021. He became leader of the Civic Platform for a second time after the party had again lost to the PiS in 2019 and 2020. In the 2023 election, his Civic Coalition won 157 seats in the Sejm to become the second-largest bloc in the chamber. The other opposition parties won enough seats between them to form a coalition majority with the Civic Coalition, ending eight years of government by the Law and Justice party. Following Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki's failure to secure a vote of confidence on 11 December, Tusk was elected by the Sejm to become Prime Minister for a third time. His cabinet was sworn in on 13 December.[7]
- ^ "Political skills above language for EU's Tusk". 2 September 2014. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
Tusk (pronounced toosk)
- ^ "Donald Tusk – Consilium". Archived from the original on 10 April 2017. Retrieved 19 April 2017.
- ^ "Donald Tusk elected President of European People's Party". Politico. 20 November 2019. Archived from the original on 21 November 2019. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
- ^ "Italy's Mogherini and Poland's Tusk get top EU jobs". 30 August 2014. Archived from the original on 31 August 2014. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
- ^ "Donald Tusk". Archived from the original on 29 October 2017. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
- ^ "PSL want to continue coalition in next year's general election". Polskie Radio. 18 November 2010. Archived from the original on 6 April 2012. Retrieved 20 December 2010.
- ^ Higgins, Andrew (11 December 2023). "Donald Tusk Chosen as Poland's Prime Minister After Rival Is Rejected". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 11 December 2023. Retrieved 11 December 2023.