Donald Tusk
Low-key liberal
By Krzysztof Bobinski - 29.11.2007 / 00:00 CET
As Donald Tusk, Poland's new prime minister, made his inaugural speech in parliament last week he might have reflected that he owes his victory mainly to the support of young voters. It was they who backed his pro-business Civic Platform party (PO) last month, afraid that the Kaczynski twins were turning the clock back to a claustrophobic past, out of tune with the country's future in the European Union.
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The CV
1957: Born, Gdansk
1976-80: Studies history at Gdansk University, opposition activist
1980-81: Active in Solidarity
1990: Founding member of the Liberal Democratic Congress (KLD)
1991: Elected leader of the KLD, wins a seat in parliament
1993: Loses parliamentary seat
1994: KLD merges with Democratic Union (UW); Tusk becomes deputy chairman
1997: Elected senator
2000: Resigns from UW after losing leadership contest with Bronislaw Geremek
2001: Co-founds the Civic Platform (PO) 2001: Parliamentary election sees PO enter parliament
2003: Tusk becomes leader of PO
2005: Loses presidential election
Oct. '07: Elected to parliament in Warsaw with a record 534,000 votes
Nov. '07: Prime minister
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