ALEKSANDER KWASNIEWSKI Former President of the Republic of Poland

Aleksander Kwasniewski is the former President of the Republic of Poland (1995 – 2005). He was born on the 15th November 1954, in Bialogard, Poland.

He participated in the famous “Round-Table” negotiations in Poland that finally brought the peaceful transformation of Poland from communism to democracy. A co-founding member and first chairman of the Social Democratic Party of the Republic of Poland. He won the presidential elections for the first time in 1995. Co-author of the new democratic Constitution of Poland, which he signed into law on July 16th, 1997.

It was under his leadership that Poland finally joined NATO in 1999.

He is an active supporter of further alliance enlargement under the "open door" policy. A strong proponent of European integration, Kwasniewski campaigned for approval of the European Union accession treaty in 2003, and saw Poland become a member on May 1, 2004.

From 2006 President Aleksander Kwasniewski is Distinguished Scholar at Global Leadership Program Georgetown University, Chairman of the Supervisory Board International Centre for Policy Studies, Board Member World Economic Forum Young Global Leaders, Member President’s International Advisory Board The Atlantic Council of the United States and also Founder of Foundation Amicus Europae