| Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz | |
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| Assumed office December 2, 2006 |
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| President | Lech Kaczyński |
| Prime Minister | Donald Tusk |
| Vice President | Jacek Wojciechowicz, Jerzy Miller, Andrzej Jakubiak, Włodzimierz Paszyński |
| Preceded by | Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz (acting) |
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| Born | November 4, 1952  Warsaw,  People's Republic of Poland |
| Political party | Civic Platform |
| Spouse | Andrzej Waltz |
| Profession | Economist, lawyer |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz (IPA: ['xanna grɔn'kʲevʲiʧ 'valʦ], born November 4, 1952 in Płock) is a Polish liberal-conservative politician who has been the President of Warsaw since December 2, 2006. Events 1409 - The University of Leipzig opens 1755 - The second Eddystone Lighthouse is destroyed by fire Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ˈlɛx alɛˈksandɛr kaˈtʂɨɲskʲi (born 18 June 1949 is the President of the Republic of Poland a politician of the conservative party Prawo i Sprawiedliwość Donald Franciszek Tusk (ˈdɔnalt franˈtɕiʃɛk ˈtusk born April 22 1957, Gdańsk) is a Center-right Polish politician co-founder Jacek Wojciechowicz (born June 26, 1963 in Racibórz) is a Polish politician (kaˈʑimʲεʐ martɕinˈkʲevʲitʂ (born December 20, 1959 in Gorzów Wielkopolski) is a Polish politician who served as Prime Minister Events 1333 - Flood of the Arno River, causing massive damage in Florence as recorded by the Florentine chronicler Giovanni Villani Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Warsaw (Warszawa; also known by other names) is the Capital and Largest city of Poland. The People's Republic of Poland or Polish People's Republic ( Polish: Polska Rzeczpospolita Ludowa, PRL Russian Civic Platform ( Platforma Obywatelska, PO is a Christian-democratic and liberal-conservative Polish political party. An economist is an expert in the Social science of Economics. A lawyer, according to Black's Law Dictionary, is "a person learned in the law as an attorney, Counsel or Solicitor; a person Events 1333 - Flood of the Arno River, causing massive damage in Florence as recorded by the Florentine chronicler Giovanni Villani Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Płock is a city in central Poland, on the Vistula river with 131011 inhabitants Conservative liberalism is a variant of Liberalism, combining liberal values and policies with conservative stances or more simply representing the right-wing Events 1409 - The University of Leipzig opens 1755 - The second Eddystone Lighthouse is destroyed by fire Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. She is the first woman to ever hold this position.
Between 1992 and 2000 she was the Chairman of the National Bank of Poland, the central bank of Poland. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Narodowy Bank Polski ( NBP; the Polish National Bank) is the Central bank of Poland. A central bank, reserve bank, or monetary authority is the entity responsible for the Monetary policy of a country or of a group of member states Resigned to take a position of the Deputy Chairman of European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, a position she held between 2001 and 2004. Founded in 1991 the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD uses the tools of investment to help build market economies and democracies in 27 countries from central Europe Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " She was elected to Sejm on September 25, 2005 getting 137,280 votes in the 19th Warsaw district, running on the Civic Platform list. Events 303 - On a voyage preaching the Gospel, Saint Fermin of Pamplona is beheaded in Amiens, France Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Warsaw (Warszawa; also known by other names) is the Capital and Largest city of Poland. Civic Platform ( Platforma Obywatelska, PO is a Christian-democratic and liberal-conservative Polish political party.
In the municipal elections of 2006 Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz was the Platform's nominee for the position of the mayor (president) of Warsaw. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. On November 12 she gained 34. Events 764 - Tibetan troops occupy Chang'an, the capital of the Chinese Tang Dynasty, for fifteen days 23% and came in second, just after the candidate of Prawo i Sprawiedliwość, former Prime Minister of Poland Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz. Law and Justice ( Prawo i Sprawiedliwość, PiS is a Polish political party. The Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland represents the Council of Ministers (the Cabinet and directs their work supervises territorial self-government (kaˈʑimʲεʐ martɕinˈkʲevʲitʂ (born December 20, 1959 in Gorzów Wielkopolski) is a Polish politician who served as Prime Minister As neither received 50 percent of the vote, a second round was held on 26 November, when Gronkiewicz-Waltz received 53. Events 43 BC - The Second Triumvirate alliance of Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus ("Octavian" later "Caesar Augustus" 18% of the votes.
In January 2007, just a few weeks into her term, Gronkiewicz-Waltz was at the center of an affair that could have ultimately cost her the office. A law enacted in 2005 obliged the mayors of Polish municipalities to publicly disclose their own as well as their spouse's financial circumstances. The law requires the successful candidate's disclosure statement to be provided within 30 days after the inauguration, whereas the statement regarding the candidate's spouse is to be submitted within 30 days after the actual election. Gronkiewicz-Waltz submitted her own and her husband's statements on January 2, 2007, exactly 30 days after her inauguration. Events 366 - The Alamanni cross the frozen Rhine River in large numbers invading the Roman Empire. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. On January 20, the newspaper Dziennik reported that Mr. Events 250 - Emperor Decius begins a widespread persecution of Christians in Rome. Dziennik Polska-Europa-Świat (Daily Poland-Europe-World is a Polish nationwide daily Newspaper published by Axel Springer Polska a division of Germany's Waltz's documents had been two days past the deadline, which in his case had been on December 28, 2006. Events 1065 - Westminster Abbey is Consecrated. 1308 - The reign of Emperor Hanazono, Emperor of Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Based on this, Prime Minister Jarosław Kaczyński of the governing Law and Justice (PiS) party maintained that Gronkiewicz-Waltz's mandate had expired on December 28, 2006, and announced that the local elections would be repeated. jaˈrɔswaf kaˈtʂɨɲski (born June 18, 1949) is a Polish politician who was Prime Minister Poland --> from July 2006 to November 2007 Law and Justice ( Prawo i Sprawiedliwość, PiS is a Polish political party. Events 1065 - Westminster Abbey is Consecrated. 1308 - The reign of Emperor Hanazono, Emperor of Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Gronkiewicz-Waltz's party Civic Platform argued that the Prime Minister did not have the authority to make this decision, and that the case would need to be examined in court instead. Polish legal experts maintained that by submitting their statements on the same day, Gronkiewicz-Waltz had observed the spirit, even if not the letter of the law. Also, having two different deadlines for the statements could be considered as an unconstitutional legal trap. In the meantime, Civic Platform announced that it would nominate Gronkiewicz-Waltz again, should the elections need to be repeated. On March 13, 2007, Poland's Constitutional Tribunal ruled against the governing Law and Justice party and struck down the controversial law that threatened her and many other public officials with the loss of their positions solely because they did not file paper work on time. Events 1138 - Cardinal Gregorio Conti is elected Antipope as Victor IV, succeeding Anacletus II. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.
Regarding gay parades in the capital, Gronkiewicz-Waltz has gone back from her predecessor's opposition to them, approving a gay pride parade in the capital. Though gay parades have been officially allowed in the past, they had always met with strong resistance during the term of Lech Kaczyński as President of Warsaw, particularly from the All-Polish Youth movement. ˈlɛx alɛˈksandɛr kaˈtʂɨɲskʲi (born 18 June 1949 is the President of the Republic of Poland a politician of the conservative party Prawo i Sprawiedliwość The All-Polish Youth (Młodzież Wszechpolska is a Polish nationalist Youth group, formerly affiliated with the League of Polish Families Gronkiewicz-Waltz said the parade would pose no threat to morals and pointed to this month's ruling by the European Court of Human Rights that Kaczyński had acted illegally and discriminatory in banning the gay pride marches. [1]
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External links
- Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz - parliamentary page - includes declarations of interest, voting record, and transcripts of speeches. Members of Parliament V Term of Office - Elections were held on 25 September 2005 and MPs took office on 19 October 2005.
- Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz - the official page
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