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Waldemar Pawlak
Prime Minister of Poland
In office 26 October 1993 – 1 March 1995
Preceded by	Jan Olszewski Hanna Suchocka
Succeeded by	Hanna Suchocka Józef Oleksy
Born	5 September 1959 Model, Poland
Political party	Polskie Stronnictwo Ludowe

Waldemar Pawlak (born 5 September 1959), twice served as Prime Minister of Poland (the first time in June 1992, he failed to form a cabinet).

In 1993, he was nominated for the post by President Lech Wałęsa, but received little support from the president. In early 1995, Walesa threatened to dissolve parliament if the Pawlak government was not replaced. Pawlak resigned on 1 March 1995, and was replaced by ex-communist Józef Oleksy.

He was elected President of the Polish Peasant Party (PSL) in 1991, and was the leader of PSL in Polish Parliament Seym I and II.

In 1995 presidential election that brought A. Kwaśniewski to the office, Pawlak got 4.31% of the vote (behind Wałęsa, Kuroń and Olszewski).

He made headlines when he chose Ewa Wachowicz (Miss Polonia) as his press secretary.

He has a 17 hectare farm in Kamionka, Plockie, Poland. He is active in the voluntary fire brigade service.

Members of Pawlak cabinet:

• Prime Minister: Waldemar Pawlak (PSL)
• Deputy PM and Minister of Finance: Marek Borowski (SLD)
• Deputy PM and Minister of Justice: Wlodzimierz Cimoszewicz (SLD)
• Deputy PM and Minister of Education: Aleksander Luczak (PSL)
• Minister of Construction: Barbara Bilda (SLD)
• Minister of Culture: Kazimierz Dejmek (PSL)
• Minister of Property Conversion: Wieslaw Kaczmarek (SLD)
• Minister of Defense: Piotr Kolodziejczyk
• Minister of Transportation: Boguslaw Liberadzki (SLD)
• Minister of Interior: Andrzej Milczanowski
• Minister of Labor: Leszek Miller (SLD)
• Minister of Foreign Affairs: Andrzej Olechowski
• Director of the CUP (Central Planning Office): Miroslaw Pietrewicz (PSL)
• Minister of Economic Cooperation with Foreign Business: Leslaw Podkanski (PSL)
• Minister of Industry and Trade: Marek Pol (UP)
• Director of the URM (the Cabinet Office): Michal Strak (PSL)
• Minister of Agriculture: Andrzej Smietanko (PSL)
• Minister of Communications: Andrzej Zielinski (PSL)
• Minister of Environment Preservation: Andrzej Zelichowski (SLD)
• Minister of Health: Ryszard Zochowski (SLD)
• President of the Committee for Scientific Research: Witold Karczewski

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