Civic Platform is a liberal-conservative and Christian democratic political party in Poland. Civic Platform came to power following the 2007 general election as the major coalition partner in Poland's government, with party leader Donald Tusk as Prime Minister of Poland. Tusk was re-elected as Prime Minister in the 2011 general election but stepped down three years later to assume the post of President of the European Council. Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz led the party in the 2015 general election but was defeated by the Law and Justice party. On 16 November 2015 Civic Platform government stepped down after exactly 8 years in power. In 2010 Civic Platform candidate Bronisław Komorowski was elected as President of Poland, but failed in running for re-election in 2015. PO is the second largest party in the Sejm, with 138 seats, and the Senate, with 33 seats. Civic Platform is a member of the European People's Party (EPP).
Queen Mathilde of Belgium is the wife of King Philippe, who ascended the throne following the abdication of his father, King Albert II, on 21 July 2013. She is the first Belgian-born Queen of the Belgians.
Korczak is a Polish coat of arms. It was used by several noble families of Clan Korczak in the times of the Kingdom of Poland and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
Count Jan Wielopolski was a Polish nobleman, aristocrat, politician and diplomat.
Bronisław Maria Komorowski(listen) is a Polish politician and historian who served as President of Poland from 2010 to 2015.
A husband is a male in a marital relationship. The rights and obligations of a husband regarding his spouse and others, and his status in the community and in law, vary between cultures and have varied over time.
The Maids of Wilko is a 1979 Polish drama film directed by Andrzej Wajda. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 52nd Academy Awards. "Maids" is used in the sense of "maidens", hence another translation could be The Maidens of Wilko.
Count Patrick Paul François Marie Ghislain d'Udekem d'Acoz was a Belgian nobleman and father of Queen Mathilde of Belgium. Queen Mathilde is the wife of King Philippe of the Belgians.
Gertrude of Babenberg, a member of the House of Babenberg, was Duchess consort of Bohemia from 1140 until her death, by her marriage to the Přemyslid duke Vladislaus II.
Maja Komorowska-Tyszkiewicz is a Polish film actress. She has appeared in over 35 films since 1970.
Stanisław Jerzy Komorowski was a Polish diplomat and physicist. Komorowski was long-term Polish Ambassador to Great Britain and the Netherlands, the Deputy Minister of National Defence and Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister. He was one of the new wave of Polish diplomats who reestablished Polish diplomatic services after the Polish Round Table Agreement.
Anna Julia Komorowska is a Polish classical philologist and former First Lady of Poland, as the wife of 5th President of Poland, Bronisław Komorowski.
Countess Anna Maria d'Udekem d'Acoz is a Polish noblewoman and the mother of Queen Mathilde of Belgium.
Countess Zofia Komorowska was a Polish noblewoman and the grandmother of Queen Mathilde of Belgium.
Komorowski is a Polish locational surname, which means a person from Komorowo, which in turn derives from the Old Polish komor or "mosquito". Variants of Komorowski include Komorowska and Komorowsky. The name may refer to:
Komorowski is a Polish aristocratic family. Their ancestral seat was Komorów in the Duchy of Belz.
Andrzej Sebastian Duda is a Polish politician who serves as the sixth and current President of Poland, holding the office since 6 August 2015. Before his tenure as President, Duda was a member of Polish Lower House (Sejm) from 2011 to 2014 and the European Parliament from 2014 to 2015.
A three-part referendum was held in Poland on 6 September 2015. Voters were asked whether they approved of introducing single-member constituencies for Sejm elections, maintaining state financing of political parties and introducing a presumption in favour of the taxpayer in disputes over the tax law.
The wedding of Prince Philippe, Duke of Brabant, and Mathilde d'Udekem d'Acoz took place on 4 December 1999 in Brussels, Belgium. The civil proceedings were conducted at Brussels Town Hall while the religious ceremony took place at the Cathedral of Saint Michel. The wedding has been described as the social event of the decade within Belgium and it was the last royal wedding of the second millennium.
Gertruda's Oath: A Child, a Promise, and a Heroic Escape During World War II is a 2009 book by Ram Oren and translated by Barbara Harshav. It follows the story of a jewish boy, Michael Stolowitzky, and his Catholic nanny, Gertruda Bablinska, and their escape from Poland to Palestine during WWII.
