Porozumienie Centrum
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Porozumienie Centrum was a Polish
centrist
Christian Democratic political party. The party rose in 1990 after breaking with Solidarność. Its chairman was Jarosław Kaczyński. In its programme, the PC opposed socialism
and was anti-communist. In 1997 PC joined the AWS
-movement, but in 2001 Lech
and Jarosław Kaczyński created a new party, called Prawo i Sprawiedliwość (Law and Justice) as the successor of the PC.
Leaders (1993):
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
centrist
Centrism
In politics, centrism is the ideal or the practice of promoting policies that lie different from the standard political left and political right. Most commonly, this is visualized as part of the one-dimensional political spectrum of left-right politics, with centrism landing in the middle between...
Christian Democratic political party. The party rose in 1990 after breaking with Solidarność. Its chairman was Jarosław Kaczyński. In its programme, the PC opposed socialism
Socialism
Socialism is an economic system characterized by social ownership of the means of production and cooperative management of the economy; or a political philosophy advocating such a system. "Social ownership" may refer to any one of, or a combination of, the following: cooperative enterprises,...
and was anti-communist. In 1997 PC joined the AWS
Solidarity Electoral Action
Solidarity Electoral Action was a political party coalition in Poland. Since 1997 its official name has been Akcja Wyborcza Solidarność Prawicy or Solidarity Electoral Action of the Right...
-movement, but in 2001 Lech
Lech Kaczynski
Lech Aleksander Kaczyński was Polish lawyer and politician who served as the President of Poland from 2005 until 2010 and as Mayor of Warsaw from 2002 until 22 December 2005. Before he became a president, he was also a member of the party Prawo i Sprawiedliwość...
and Jarosław Kaczyński created a new party, called Prawo i Sprawiedliwość (Law and Justice) as the successor of the PC.
Leaders (1993):
- Jarosław Kaczyński, Warszawa,
- Jan Parys, Warszawa,
- Tomasz Jackowski, Warszawa II,
- Lech KaczyńskiLech KaczynskiLech Aleksander Kaczyński was Polish lawyer and politician who served as the President of Poland from 2005 until 2010 and as Mayor of Warsaw from 2002 until 22 December 2005. Before he became a president, he was also a member of the party Prawo i Sprawiedliwość...
, Nowy SączNowy SaczNowy Sącz is a town in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship in southern Poland. It is the district capital of Nowy Sącz County, but is not included within the powiat.-Names:...
, - Wojciech Ziembiński, Warszawa,
- Krzysztof TchórzewskiKrzysztof TchórzewskiKrzysztof Tchórzewski is a Polish politician. He was elected to Sejm on September 25, 2005 getting 8516 votes in 18 Siedlce district, candidating from Prawo i Sprawiedliwość list....
, SiedlceSiedlceSiedlce ) is a city in eastern Poland with 77,392 inhabitants . Situated in the Masovian Voivodeship , previously the city was the capital of a separate Siedlce Voivodeship ....
, - Teresa Liszcz, LublinLublinLublin is the ninth largest city in Poland. It is the capital of Lublin Voivodeship with a population of 350,392 . Lublin is also the largest Polish city east of the Vistula river...
, - Edmund Krasowski, GdańskGdanskGdańsk is a Polish city on the Baltic coast, at the centre of the country's fourth-largest metropolitan area.The city lies on the southern edge of Gdańsk Bay , in a conurbation with the city of Gdynia, spa town of Sopot, and suburban communities, which together form a metropolitan area called the...
, - Adam Glapiński, OlsztynOlsztynOlsztyn is a city in northeastern Poland, on the Łyna River. Olsztyn has been the capital of the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship since 1999. It was previously in the Olsztyn Voivodeship...
, - Antoni Tokarczuk, Bydgoszcz,
- Adam LipińskiAdam LipinskiAdam Lipiński is a Polish politician. He was elected to Sejm on September 25, 2005 getting 17857 votes in 1 Legnica district.He was also a member of Sejm 1991-1993 and Sejm 2001-2005.-External links:...
, Wrocław, - Ludwik DornLudwik DornLudwik Dorn is a Polish conservative politician, former Deputy Prime Minister and member of Sejm elected on November 5, 2007.From October 31, 2005 to February 7, 2007 he was Minister of Interior and Administration, resigned after conflict with the Prime Minister Jarosław Kaczyński...
, Łódź.