Janusz Kaczmarek

Janusz Kaczmarek
Minister of Internal Affairs and Administration of the Republic of Poland
In office February 8 2007 – August 8 2007
President	Lech Kaczyński
Prime Minister	Jarosław Kaczyński
Preceded by	Ludwik Dorn
Succeeded by	Władysław Stasiak
National Public Prosecutor
In office October 31 2005 – February 8 2007
Preceded by	Karol Napierski
Succeeded by	Tomasz Szałek
Personal details
Born	(1961-12-25) December 25, 1961 Gdynia, Poland
Profession	prosecutor

Janusz Kaczmarek (b. December 25, 1961 in Gdynia) is a Polish lawyer, prosecutor and politician. He was National Public Prosecutor from October 31, 2005, to February 8, 2007, and Polish Minister of Internal Affairs and Administration from February 8, 2007, to August 8, 2007.

He graduated from the Faculty of Law and Administration of the Gdańsk University.

His term as interior minister in Jarosław Kaczyński's cabinet ended abruptly when he was dismissed because the accusations of warning Andrzej Lepper about an impending action of the Central Anticorruption Bureau action. Since then Kaczmarek has repeatedly criticized the government, especially Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro. Kaczmarek claims that Ziobro uses secret services to spy on rival politicians but he offerd no proofs.

On 30 August 2007 Kaczmarek was detained for 48 hours. Next day the public prosecutors presented convincing evidence that Mr. Kaczmarek falsly testified during the hearings. Kaczmarek claimed to never have met the tycoon Ryszard Krauze, while cc cameras in the Mariott Hotel showed him head straight for Krauze's suite. Moreover, Kaczmarek enlisted the chief of police and others to assist him in fabricating an alibi for the visit in Mariott. Kaczmarek is the prime suspect in leaking confidential information to hinder a corruption inquiry. Most observers in the Polish press regarded this arrest as a political dirty trick intended to silence critics of the Kaczynski government, a government that is engaged in illegal wiretapping of political opponents.

On September 6, 2007, a Warsaw criminal court declared that the August 30 arrest of Kaczmarek was unlawful and without probable cause.

References

• http://www.gazetawyborcza.pl/1,82049,4448912.html (Kaczynski dirty trick and illegal wiretapping)

• http://www.tvn24.pl/-1,1520490,wiadomosc.html (arrest of Kaczmarek found unlawful by Warsaw court)