The Polish Left () is a

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History

The former

Prime Minister A prime minister or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. A prime minister is not the head of state, but r ...

Leszek Miller Leszek Cezary Miller (Polish pronunciation: ; born 3 July 1946) is a Polish politician who served as prime minister of Poland from 2001 to 2004. He has served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) in 2019–2024. From 1989 to 1990, Mill ...

announced the formation of the Polish Left on September 20, 2007, because he was not on the list of

Left and Democrats Left and Democrats (, LiD) was a centre-left electoral alliance of List of political parties in Poland, political parties in Poland which was created on 3 September 2006, before the Warsaw municipal election of 2006. The coalition's aim was ...

. In his announcement, Miller said that the new party would be a "true leftist" alternative to the

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coalition. In 2007 elections Leszek Miller started from the

Self-Defence of the Republic of Poland The Self-Defence of the Republic of Poland (, SRP) is a Christian socialism, Christian socialist, Populism, populist, agrarianism, agrarian, and Nationalism, nationalist list of political parties in Poland, political party and trade union in Pola ...

. The Polish Left party was formed when the Prime Minister and many other members of parliament withdrew from the

Democratic Left Alliance Democratic Left Alliance may refer to: * Democratic Left Alliance (Poland) The Democratic Left Alliance () was a social democracy, social-democratic list of political parties in Poland, political party in Poland. It was formed on 9 July 1991 as ...

, which Miller had headed for many years. His departure from the DLA also served as a public protest against the policies of party leaders, regarded by the protesters as not liberal enough. Miller was the leader of the party from 2001 to 2004. Other prominent members are the former Secretary General of the DLA, Marek Dyduch, and former

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Member Krzysztof Jagiełło. Before the

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, Polish Left got into litigations with

and put up three candidates for senators including

Monika Jaruzelska Monika Anna Jaruzelska (born 11 August 1963) is a Polish journalist. She is the daughter of former Polish President Wojciech Jaruzelski and his wife Barbara Jaruzelska. Biography Jaruzelska was born in 1963 in Warsaw. She graduated in Polish s ...

who was criticized by some left-wing politicians for conservatives views.

, current MEP from SLD declared that it is likely to create a new leftist party or coalition in opposition to the SLD and The Left.

References

External links

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