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The Polish Peasant Party ( Polish: Polskie Stronnictwo Ludowe) is a political party in Poland. The party's name traces its tradition to an agrarian political party in Austro-Hungarian controlled Galicia, which has sent MPs to the parliament in Vienna. After Poland regained independence, the party merged with agrarian groups from territories previously occupied by Imperial Russia and formed the first PSL led by Wincenty Witos, which was one of the most important political parties in the Second Polish Republic, until it was removed by the Sanacja. During World War II, PSL took part in forming the Polish government in exile and organising. After the war the leader of PSL, Stanislaw Mikolajczyk, returned to Soviet occupied Poland, hoping to recreate the party structures and create anti-communist opposition. To prevent that from happening the communists formed a puppet PSL-Piast and, after forging an important referendum, forced the real PSL to unite with it, forming Zjednoczone Stronnictowo Ludowe , a satellite of the communist party.
In 19891989 is a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). Events January January 7 Akihito becomes Emperor of Japan following the death of Hirohito. The Heisei period begins January 8 the Kegworth Air Disaster A British Midland Boeing 737 cra this party took part in forming the first postwar noncommunist government in Poland along with SolidaritySolidarity ( Polish is a Polish trade union federation founded in September 1980, originally led by Lech Walesa. In the 1980s, it gathered a broad anti-communist social movement ranging from people associated with the Roman Catholic Church down to members and in 1990Events January January 3 Former leader of Panama Manuel Noriega surrenders to American forces. January 7 The Leaning Tower of Pisa is closed to the public due to safety concerns. January 9 Lt Gen Bazilio Olara Okello The man who led the coup aginst Dr Apo it changed its name to PSL. Later however it has repeatedly entered coalition with the postcommunist Sojusz Lewicy Demokratycznej.
1 Present day PSL
In the last parliamentary elections PSL has received 9% of votes and formed a coalition with Sojusz Lewicy Demokratycznej, which has since been broken. After this PSL moved towards the center. The party run in the 2004 European Parliament electionElections to the European Parliament were held from June 10, 2004 to June 13, 2004 in the 25 member states of the European Union, using varying election days according to local custom. Votes were counted as the polls closed, but results were not announced as part of the European People's Party and has received 6% votes, which gave it 4 of 54 seats reserved for Poland in the European Parliament.
1.1 Leaders
- Jaroslaw Kalinowski (vice prime minister and minister of agriculture from 2001 to 2003) He was the leader of the PSL from 1997 to 2004.
- Waldemar Pawlak ( prime minister in 1992 and from 1993 to 1995).
- Janusz Wojciechowski Leader of the party from March 2004.
2 Members of Polish Parliament ( Sejm)
- Tadeusz Balcerowski , Radom
- Edmund Borawski , Bialystok
- Arkadiusz Bratkowski , Chelm
- Leszek Bugaj , Kielce
- Boleslaw Bujak , Rzeszów
- Jan Bury , Rzeszów
- Czeslaw Cieslak , Konin
- Zbigniew Deptula , Siedlce
- Bronislaw Dutka , Nowy Sacz
- Maria Dziuba , Radom
- Tadeusz Gajda , Sieradz
- Józef Gruszka, Kalisz - chairman of PKN Orlen investigation commission
- Andrzej Grzyb , Kalisz
- Stanislaw Kalemba , Pila
- Jaroslaw Kalinowski , Siedlce - former party chairman, and Polish promie minister
- Stanislaw Kalinowski , Gdynia
- Mieczyslaw Kasprzak , Krosno
- Eugeniusz Klopotek , Bydgoszcz
- Zbigniew Komorowski , Plock
- Jan Kubik , Tarnów
- Józef Mioduszewski , Bialystok
- Stefan Nowak , Kraków
- Krystyna Ozga , Piotrków Trybunalski
- Miroslaw Pawlak , Kielce
- Waldemar Pawlak, Plock
- Janusz Piechocinski , Warszawa
- Tadeusz Polanski , Lublin
- Tadeusz Samborski , Legnica
- Marek Sawicki , Siedlce
- Zbigniew Sosnowski , Torun
- Ryszard Stanibula , Chelm
- Franciszek Stefaniuk , Chelm
- Józef Szczepanczyk , Kielce
- Leszek Swietochowski , Lublin
- Marian Wesolowski , Lublin
- Wieslaw Woda , Tarnów
- Wojciech Zarzycki , Sieradz
- Józef Zych , Zielona Góra
- Stanislaw Zelichowski , Elblag
