Jacek Józef Dukaj is a Polish science fiction and fantasy writer. His fiction explores such themes as alternate history,alternative physics and logic,human nature,religion,the relationship between science and power,technological singularity,artificial intelligence,and transhumanism. He is regarded among the most popular Polish contemporary science fiction authors.
Jacek Jan Kuroń was one of the democratic leaders of opposition in the People's Republic of Poland. He was widely known as the "godfather of the Polish opposition," not unlike Václav Havel in Czechoslovakia. Kurońwas a prominent Polish social and political figure known for his efforts at reforming societies under the control of the Soviet Union. As an educator and historian,he first postulated the concept of a de-centered movement that would question the totalitarian system and its personality cult. Kuroństarted out as an activist of the Polish Scouting Association trying to educate young people that would take charge of the future;he later co-founded with Antoni Macierewicz the Workers' Defence Committee or KOR,a major dissident organization that was superseded by Solidarity in August 1980. After the changes in independent Poland,he ran for president supported by the likes of Jan Karski and served twice as Minister of Labour and Social Policy. Kurońwas the father of chef Maciej Kuroń.
Jacek Emil Saryusz-Wolski is a Polish diplomat and PiS politician. He has been a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since June 2004. He served as vice president of the European Parliament (2004–2007). Saryusz-Wolski is chairman of the executive board of the “Foundation College of Europe”,in charge of the Natolin campus of the College of Europe.
Presidential elections were held in Poland on 5 November 1995,with a second round on 19 November. The leader of Social Democracy,Aleksander Kwaśniewski,and incumbent President Lech Wałęsa advanced to the second round. Kwaśniewski won the election with 52% of the vote in the run-off against 48% for Wałęsa.
Radosław Tomasz Sikorski,also known as Radek Sikorski,is a Polish politician,journalist and statesman who has served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland in Donald Tusk's cabinet since 2023,previously holding the office between 2007 and 2014. He was a Member of the European Parliament between 2019 and 2023. Earlier he was Marshal of the Sejm from 2014 to 2015. He previously served as Deputy Minister of National Defence (1992) in Jan Olszewski's cabinet,Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs (1998–2001) in Jerzy Buzek's cabinet and Minister of National Defence (2005–2007) in the cabinets of Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz and Jarosław Kaczyński.
Jacek Olgierd Kurski is a Polish politician and journalist who has been described as a "spin doctor" for the national-conservative PiS party.
Jacek Jan Piechota is a Polish left-wing politician. He was the Minister of Economy from 2001 to 2003,under Prime Minister Leszek Miller,and again in 2005 under Prime Minister Marek Belka. Piechota was elected to the Sejm on 25 September 2005,receiving 17257 votes in 41 Szczecin district as a candidate on the Democratic Left Alliance list. He was also a member of the Polish United Workers' Party from 1978 to 1990.
Jacek Kiełb is a Polish footballer who plays as a midfielder for IV liga Świętokrzyskie club Orlęta Kielce. From 2023 to 2024,he was the assistant manager of his former club Korona Kielce.
Jan Anthony Vincent-Rostowski,also known as Jacek Rostowski,is a Polish-British economist and politician who served as Minister of Finance and Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland.
Jacek Magiera is a Polish professional football manager and former player who played as a centre-back or defensive midfielder. He was most recently in charge of Ekstraklasa side Śląsk Wrocław.
Sovereign Poland,also known as United Poland,until 2023,was a Catholic-nationalist political party in Poland led by Zbigniew Ziobro. It was founded in 2012,as the Catholic-nationalist split from the Law and Justice,with whom they later formed the United Right alliance in 2014. Sovereign Poland merged with Law and Justice on 12 October 2024.
Poland competed at the 2015 European Games,in Baku,Azerbaijan from 12 to 28 June 2015.
Jacek Góralski is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for II liga club Wieczysta Kraków.
Jacek Krzysztof Czaputowicz is a Polish politician and academic who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland from 9 January 2018 to 20 August 2020.
Poland–Tanzania relations are the diplomatic relations between the Republic of Poland and the United Republic of Tanzania. Both nations are members of the United Nations and the World Trade Organization.
Jacek Robert Sasin is a Polish politician and former local government official.
Szymon Hołownia's Poland 2050 is a centrist to centre-right political party in Poland.
Zbigniew Rau is a Polish politician and lawyer who served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland between 2020 and 2023. He previously served as the voivode of ŁódźVoivodeship from 2015 to 2019.
Presidential elections will be held in Poland on 4,11 or 18 May 2025,though they can be held earlier should the office become vacated as a result of death,resignation or removal from office of the incumbent. Due to constitutional term limits limiting a president to serve only two terms,incumbent president Andrzej Duda is ineligible for re-election. Presidential elections in Poland must take place on a day free from work between 75 and 100 days before the term ends.
Jacek Brzozowski is a Polish academician,public official and politician who is serving since December 2023 as the Voivode of Podlaskie Voivodeship.
