Waldemar Pawlak

Waldemar Pawlak

Waldemar Pawlak is a Polish politician. He twice served as Prime Minister of Poland, briefly in 1992 and again from 1993 to 1995. Since November 2007, he has been Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Economy. Pawlak is the only person who held the office of Prime Minister twice during the...

is the only person to serve twice as Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland

Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland

The Prime Minister of Poland heads the Polish Council of Ministers and directs their work, supervises territorial self-government within the guidelines and in ways described in the Constitution and other legislation, and acts as the superior for all government administration workers...

 during Third Republic period (1989-present).

His first premiership (June 5 - July 7, 1992) was the briefest Government during this period, lasted only 33 days. This was, however, notable period, known commonly as Pawlak's 33 days (33 dni Pawlaka).

After the downfall of Jan Olszewski

Jan Olszewski

Jan Ferdynand Olszewski is a Polish lawyer and political figure. He is best known for serving as Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland from 1991 to 1992....

's cabinet, Pawlak, a leader of the agrarian Polish People's Party, was named new Prime Minister by President Lech Wałęsa

Lech Wałęsa

Lech Wałęsa is a Polish politician, trade-union organizer, and human-rights activist. A charismatic leader, he co-founded Solidarity , the Soviet bloc's first independent trade union, won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1983, and served as President of Poland between 1990 and 95.Wałęsa was an electrician...

 with mission, to form a new coalition government included agrarians, Christian democrats and liberals.

However, Pawlak government failed to gain a support from Sejm

Sejm

The Sejm is the lower house of the Polish parliament. The Sejm is made up of 460 deputies, or Poseł in Polish . It is elected by universal ballot and is presided over by a speaker called the Marshal of the Sejm ....

 majority and failed in a vote of confidence. He resigned and President replaced him by Hanna Suchocka

Hanna Suchocka

Hanna Suchocka is a Polish political figure. She served as the prime minister of Poland between 11 July 1992 and 26 October 1993 under the presidency of Lech Wałęsa. She is the first woman to hold this post in Poland and 19th in the world.Suchocka is a specialist in Constitutional Law...

, who won support from the majority.

Pawlak's first premiership and his role was and is widely viewed as caretaker

Caretaker government

Caretaker government is a type of government that rules temporarily. A caretaker government is often set up following a war until stable democratic rule can be restored, or installed, in which case it is often referred to as a provisional government...

 administration, to give a new coalition time to form next government, after political disturbance after fall of the Olszewski government.

Because cabinet did not receive support from Sejm, at this time Pawlak had no official ministers, only temporary chiefs of executive branches.

Pawlak returned to Prime Minister office in 1995, this time as a head of the agrarian-socialists PSL

PSL

-Organizations:*Productora de Software, a CMMi 5 nearshore software development and outsourcing organization*Party for Socialism and Liberation, a Marxist-Leninist political party in the U.S....

-SLD

SLD

- Computers and technology :* Second-level domain, an Internet domain directly beneath the top-level domain* Simple learning design 2.0, a specification used to express learning activities* Semiconductor laser diode, a laser diode based on a semiconductor...

 coalition. He served from 1993 to 1995.

Pawlak's 1st government

• Waldemar Pawlak
  Waldemar Pawlak
  Waldemar Pawlak is a Polish politician. He twice served as Prime Minister of Poland, briefly in 1992 and again from 1993 to 1995. Since November 2007, he has been Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Economy. Pawlak is the only person who held the office of Prime Minister twice during the...
  
   - Prime Minister
• Andrzej Milczanowski -Acting Minister of Internal Affairs
• Aleksander Łuczak - Acting Chief of the PM's chancellery