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Józef Oleksy
7th Prime Minister of Poland
In office
7 March 1995 – 7 February 1996
PresidentLech Wałęsa,
Aleksander Kwaśniewski
DeputyRoman Jagieliński
Grzegorz Kołodko
Aleksander Łuczak
Preceded byWaldemar Pawlak
Succeeded byWłodzimierz Cimoszewicz
Marshal of the Sejm
2nd Marshal of the Sejm of The Third Republic of Poland
In office
14 October 1993 – 3 March 1995
PresidentLech Wałęsa
Prime MinisterHanna Suchocka
Waldemar Pawlak
Preceded byWiesław Chrzanowski
Succeeded byJózef Zych
Marshal of the Sejm
6th Marshal of the Sejm of The Third Republic of Poland
In office
21 April 2004 – 5 January 2005
PresidentAleksander Kwaśniewski
Prime MinisterLeszek Miller
Marek Belka
Preceded byMarek Borowski
Succeeded byWłodzimierz Cimoszewicz
Member of the Sejm
In office
4 June 1989 – 18 October 2005
3rd Chairman of the Democratic Left Alliance
In office
18 December 2004 – 21 May 2005
Preceded byKrzysztof Janik
Succeeded byWojciech Olejniczak
Personal details
Born(1946-06-22)22 June 1946
Nowy Sącz, People's Republic of Poland
Died9 January 2015(2015-01-09) (aged 68)
Warsaw, Poland
Political partySocial Democracy of the Republic of Poland, Democratic Left Alliance
SpouseMaria Oleksy
ProfessionEconomist
AwardsOrder of Polonia Restituta Order of Polonia Restituta Order of Polonia Restituta Cross of Merit (Poland) Medal of the 40th Anniversary of People's Poland Medal of Merit for National Defence KEN (Poland) Order for Merits to Lithuania Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

Józef Oleksy [ˈjuzɛf ɔˈlɛksɨ] ⓘ (22 June 1946 – 9 January 2015) was a Polish left-wing politician, former chairman of the Democratic Left Alliance (Sojusz Lewicy Demokratycznej, SLD).

Career

From 1968 to 1990 he was a member of the communist Polish United Workers' Party. Between 21 April 2004 and 5 January 2005 he was the speaker (marszałek) of the Sejm, the lower house of the Polish parliament. He is also a former Minister of Internal Affairs, and was the Prime Minister of Poland from 1995 until 1996, when he resigned due to alleged long-term connections to KGB officer Vladimir Alganov.

Oleksy admitted the relationship, but denied knowing about Alganov's KGB activities. Andrzej Milczanowski said that Oleksy had passed classified documents to Alganov from the 1980s (when Oleksy was Minister of Internal Affairs) until he became Prime Minister.[1]

A record of a private conversation Jozef Oleksy had with one of Poland's richest businessmen Aleksander Gudzowaty "leaked" to the media on 22 March 2007. The tapes suggested corruption in the SLD party. Oleksy accused former president Aleksander Kwaśniewski of illegal financial procedures, and spoke very harshly of then SLD leader Wojciech Olejniczak and several other members of the party.[2] He soon left the SLD.[3]

Oleksy died in Warsaw, Poland, from cancer, aged 68.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Polish PM forced to resign over links with KGB man". The Independent. UK. 25 January 1996. Retrieved 17 October 2009.
  2. ^ [1]
  3. ^ [2]
  4. ^ Józef Oleksy nie żyje

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Political offices
Preceded by Sejm Marshal
1993–1995 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Prime Minister of Poland
1995–1996 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Sejm Marshal
2004–2005 		Succeeded by
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