Bogdan Borusewicz
Office	Marshal of the Senate of Poland
Term of office	from October 20, 2005 until present
Profession	Historian
Political party	independent
Spouse	widowed
Date of birth	January 11, 1949
Place of birth	Lidzbark Warmiński, Poland
Date of death
Place of death

Bogdan Michał Borusewicz, (born January 11, 1949 in Lidzbark Warmiński, Poland, where his parents moved from Vilnius) is the Marshal of the Polish Senate since October 20, 2005. Borusewicz was a democratic opposition activist under the Communist regime, and a member of the Polish parliament (Sejm) for three terms. October 20 is the 293rd day of the year (294th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 72 days remaining. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A historian is a person who studies history. ... A political party is an organization that seeks to attain political power within a government, usually by participating in electoral campaigns. ... January 11 is the 11th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) is a common year starting on Saturday. ... Lidzbark WarmiÅ„ski (pronounce: [liÊ£barg varmiɲski], German Heilsberg) is a town in the Polish voivodship Warmia i Mazury. ... January 11 is the 11th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) is a common year starting on Saturday. ... Lidzbark WarmiÅ„ski (pronounce: [liÊ£barg varmiɲski], German Heilsberg) is a town in the Polish voivodship Warmia i Mazury. ... Location Ethnographic region DzÅ«kija County Vilnius County Municipality Vilnius city municipality Elderate Number of elderates 20 Coordinates 54°40′N 25°19′E General information Capital of Lithuania Vilnius County Vilnius city municipality Vilnius district municipality Population (rank) 540,318 in 2005 (1st) First mentioned 1323 Granted city rights... The Polish Senate The Senate (Senat) is the upper house of the Polish parliament. ... October 20 is the 293rd day of the year (294th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 72 days remaining. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The history of Poland from 1945 to 1989 spans the period of Soviet Communist dominance over the Peoples Republic of Poland in the decades following World War II. These years, while featuring many improvements in the standards of living in Poland, were marred by political instability, social unrest, and... This article is about the lower chamber of Polish parliament. ...

Democratic opposition in communist Poland

When still a secondary school student of School of Fine Arts in Gdynia, he was arrested in May 1968 during the Polish 1968 political crisis on charges of printing and distributing opposition fliers. Gdynia (pronounce: [:gdiɲia], German: Gdingen/Gotenhafen, Kashubian/Pomeranian: Gdiniô) is a city in the Pomeranian Voivodship of Poland and an important seaport at Gdansk Bay on the south coast of the Baltic Sea. ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... Banners from March 1968. ...

In 1975, he graduated from the Catholic University of Lublin in the field of history. During the 1970s he took part in a campaign of support for striking workers in Radom, and became a part of the Workers' Defence Committee. In the years 1977-1978 he was a co-organiser of the Free Trade Unions of the Baltic Coast. 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... The Catholic University of Lublin (in Polish Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski, or KUL) is located in Lublin, Poland. ... Motto: none Voivodship Masovian Municipal government Rada miejska Radomia Mayor ZdzisÅ‚aw Marcinkowski Area 111,7 km² Population  - city  - urban  - density 227 309 - 2047/km² Founded City rights - - Latitude Longitude 51°24 N 21°10 E Area code +48 48 Car plates WR Twin towns Homyel (Belarus), Ternopil (Ukraine), Ploie... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ...

He was a principal organiser of the August, 1980 strike in the Gdańsk Shipyard which led to the formation of the Solidarity trade union, and a co-author of the strikers postulates. He took part in the formation of the Solidarity free trade union. August is the eighth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX in Roman) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... Solidarity logo GdaÅ„sk Shipyard (Stocznia GdaÅ„ska) is one of the biggest Polish shipyards. ... Solidarity (Polish: Solidarność; full name: Independent Self-governing Trade Union Solidarity — Niezależny SamorzÄ…dny ZwiÄ…zek Zawodowy Solidarność) is a Polish trade union federation founded in September 1980 at the GdaÅ„sk Shipyards, and originally led by Lech WaÅ‚Ä™sa. ... Solidarity (Polish: Solidarność; full name: Independent Self-governing Trade Union Solidarity — Niezależny SamorzÄ…dny ZwiÄ…zek Zawodowy Solidarność) is a Polish trade union federation founded in September 1980 at the GdaÅ„sk Shipyards, and originally led by Lech WaÅ‚Ä™sa. ...

After the institution of martial law by the regime on December 13, 1981, he spent more than four years hiding from the authorities and organising the undeground structures of the then-outlawed Solidarity trade union. Between 1984 and 1986, a member of the Provisional Solidarity Coordination Committee and then Provisional Solidarity Trade Union Council. He was arrested and imprisoned in 1986, released under an amnesty in 1988. He supported the May and August strikes in the Gdańsk Shipyard in that year. In the first centuries of its emergence in the 10th century, the Polish nation was led by a series of strong rulers who converted the Poles to Christendom, created a strong Central European state, and integrated Poland into European culture. ... December 13 is the 347th day of the year (348th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In free Poland

Deputy chairman of the Solidarity trade union movement 1990-1991. Was one of the candidates for its chairmanship in February 1991. This article is about the year. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

From 1991 to 2001 a member of parliament (Sejm). In the first term (1991-1993), the leader of the Solidarity party, and the chairman of the commission studying the consequences of the Martial Law period. He was opposed to the vote of no confidence for the Suchocka government (against the position of the Solidarity trade union), and after its fall left Solidarity. In the following elections he was elected as a member of the Unia Demokratyczna party, which in 1994 became the Unia Wolności (UW). He was the chairman of the special forces parliamentary committee. During the third term (1997-2000) in the Buzek government, he was the Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs and Administration (in charge of the police force). He resigned when the UW left the government coalition in 2000. He was also a member of a variety of other parliamentary commisions. 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... This article is about the lower chamber of Polish parliament. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... Categories: People stubs | Politics stubs | Liberal related stubs | 1946 births | Prime Ministers of Poland ... The Unia Wolności (Freedom Union, UW) is a liberal party in Poland, which was founded on March 20, 1994 out of the merger of the Democratic Union (Unia Demokratyczna, UD) and the Congress of Liberal Democrats (Kongres Liberalno-Demokratyczny, KLD). ... 1994 (MCMXCIV in Roman) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... The Freedom Union (Unia WolnoÅ›ci, UW) was a liberal party in Poland. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII in Roman) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... Jerzy Buzek Professor Jerzy Buzek (born 3 July 1940 in Śmiłowice, then Silesian Voivodship, now Smilovice, Czech Republic) is a Polish academic lecturer and politician, prime minister of Poland in years 1997-2001 and today a Member of European Parliament, elected 13th June, 2004 with the record number of votes... This article is about the year 2000. ...

He was not elected again in 2001. from October 2001 he was a member of the board of management of Pomorze province, and was a candidate for the presidency of Gdańsk (obtaining 16.32% of votes). He did not join the Democratic Party (organised by UW members as a broader grouping), being opposed to the inclusion of politicians associated with the postcommunist SLD party. Sejm election German Minority - 2 MPs Senat election Categories: Politics of Poland | 2001 elections | Elections in Poland ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... The Pomeranian Voivodship (in Polish województwo pomorskie) is an administrative region or voivodship in northern Poland within the historic region of Eastern Pomerania. ... GdaÅ„sk (pronounced (?), Danzig in German, Kashubian: GduÅ„sk, Latin: Gedania; also other languages) is the sixth-largest city in Poland, its principal seaport, and the capital of the Pomeranian Voivodship. ... Alliance of the Democratic Left ( Polish: Sojusz Lewicy Demokratycznej, SLD) is one of the main Polish social democratic political parties, established on April 15, 1999. ...

He was chosen a senator in the 2005 parliamentary election, running as an independent but supported by both the Law and Justice(PiS) and Citizens Platform (PO) parties. He was chosen as the Marshal (Speaker) of the Senate with their support. Parliamentary elections for both houses of the Parliament of Poland were held on September 25, 2005. ... Law and Justice (Prawo i Sprawiedliwość) (PiS) is a Polish conservative political party, established in 2001, by the Kaczyński twins: Lech, the former justice minister and mayor of the capital, Warsaw, current President of Poland, and Jarosław, who is the President of the party. ... Citizens Platform (Platforma Obywatelska, often also called Civic Platform) is a liberal conservative political party in Poland. ...

Miscellaneous

Husband of Alina Pieńkowska, deceased in 2002, a democratic opposition activist in communist times, and a senator from 1991-1993. For the Cusco album, see 2002 (album). ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ...

He is an honorary citizen of the City of Gdańsk. GdaÅ„sk (pronounced (?), Danzig in German, Kashubian: GduÅ„sk, Latin: Gedania; also other languages) is the sixth-largest city in Poland, its principal seaport, and the capital of the Pomeranian Voivodship. ...

edit	Marshals of the Senate of Poland
Republic of Poland (1918 - 1939)	Wojciech Trąmpczyński | Julian Szymański | Władysław Raczkiewicz | Aleksander Prystor | Bogusław Miedziński
Republic of Poland (since 1989)	Andrzej Stelmachowski | August Chełkowski | Adam Struzik | Alicja Grześkowiak | Longin Pastusiak | Bogdan Borusewicz The Polish Senate The Senate (Senat) is the upper house of the Polish parliament. ... Coat of Arms of the Polish Senate, based on the Coat of Arms of Poland from the times of kings Stefan Batory and Sigismund the Old. ... He was born in 1860 in Debow in Wielkopolska (Poland). ... Term of Office from September 30, 1939 until June 6, 1947 Profession Lawyer Political Party none (BBWR) First Lady not married Date of Birth January 28, 1885 Place of Birth Kutaisi, Georgia Date of Death June 6, 1947 Place of Death Wales, United Kingdom Władysław Raczkiewicz (1885-1947) was a... Aleksander Prystor (1874-1941) was a Polish politician who served as Prime Minister of Poland from 1931 to 1933. ... Longin Hieronim Pastusiak (b. ...

External links

• Polish senate webpage