Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz

Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz
Cimoszewicz in 2024
Prime Minister of Poland
In office
7 February 1996  31 October 1997
PresidentAleksander Kwaśniewski
DeputyGrzegorz Kołodko
Roman Jagieliński
Mirosław Pietrewicz
Marek Belka
Jarosław Kalinowski
Preceded byJózef Oleksy
Succeeded byJerzy Buzek
Marshal of the Sejm
In office
5 January 2005  18 October 2005
Preceded byJózef Oleksy
Succeeded byMarek Jurek
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
19 October 2001  5 January 2005
Prime MinisterLeszek Miller
Marek Belka
Preceded byWładysław Bartoszewski
Succeeded byAdam Daniel Rotfeld
Minister of Justice
Public Prosecutor General
In office
26 October 1993  1 March 1995
Prime MinisterWaldemar Pawlak
Preceded byJan Piątkowski
Succeeded byJerzy Jaskiernia
Member of the European Parliament
for Poland
In office
1 July 2019  15 July 2024
Member of the Sejm
In office
4 June 1989  18 October 2005
Personal details
Born (1950-09-13) 13 September 1950
Warsaw, Poland
Political partyUnited Workers' Party (1971–1990)
Social Democracy (1990–1999)
Democratic Left Alliance (1999–2005)
Independent (Since 2005)
Other political
affiliations
Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (Since 2019)
The Left (Since 2024)
SpouseBarbara Cimoszewicz
Children1
EducationUniversity of Warsaw
Awards

Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz (Polish pronunciation: [vwɔˈd͡ʑimjɛʂ t͡ɕimɔˈʂɛvit͡ʂ] , born 13 September 1950 in Warsaw) is a Polish politician who served as Prime Minister of Poland for a year from 7 February 1996 to 31 October 1997, after being defeated in the Parliamentary elections by the Solidarity Electoral Action (AWS).