1. Leszek Cezary Miller is a Polish politician who served as prime minister of Poland from 2001 to 2004.
27 Facts About Leszek Miller
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From 1989 to 1990, Miller was a member of the Politburo of the Polish United Workers' Party.
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Leszek Miller was the leader of the Democratic Left Alliance from 1999 to 2004 and again from 2011 to 2016.
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Leszek Miller is the great-grandson of Eliasz, son of Mosek and Sura Miller, born in 1840 in Kutno.
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Eliasz Leszek Miller converted from Judaism to Christianity in 1869 in Nieborow.
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Leszek Miller was born in Zyrardow, Miller comes from a poor, working-class family: His father was a tailor and his mother a needlewoman.
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Leszek Miller's parents broke up when Miller was six months old.
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Leszek Miller soon completed his military service on the ORP Bielik submarine.
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Leszek Miller started his political career as an activist of the Socialist Youth Union, where he held the position of Chairman of the Plant Board, soon becoming a member of the Town Committee.
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Leszek Miller used his affiliation with the Communist party to effectively advance in his studies and professional goals.
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In 1973 and 1974, Leszek Miller was the Secretary of the PZPR Plant Committee.
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In July 1986, Leszek Miller was elected as First Secretary of the PZPR Provincial Committee in Skierniewice.
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When Leszek Miller was cleared of the charges, Prime Minister Cimoszewicz appointed him later as the Minister in Charge of the Office of the Council of Ministers and in 1997 the Minister of Internal Affairs and Administration in his government.
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From 1993 to 1996, Leszek Miller was the Minister of Labour and Social Policy in the governments of Waldemar Pawlak and Jozef Oleksy respectively.
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Leszek Miller played an important role in concluding the case of Colonel Ryszard Kuklinski, for which he was severely criticised within his political circle.
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Leszek Miller was consolidating the majority of significant left-wing groups around his person.
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The 16-person cabinet of Prime Minister Leszek Miller has been the smallest government of the Polish Republic so far.
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On 13 December 2002, at the summit in Copenhagen, Prime Minister Leszek Miller completed the negotiations with the European Union.
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Leszek Miller was a co-signatory of "the letter of 8", signed by eight European prime ministers, supporting the US position on Iraq.
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Already in 2002, Leszek Miller gave permission to the US government to run a secret CIA prison at Stare Kiejkuty military training center, three hours north of Warsaw.
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On 4 December 2003, Leszek Miller suffered injuries in a helicopter crash near Warsaw.
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In result of criticism in his own party, the Democratic Left Alliance, in February 2004, Leszek Miller resigned from chairing the party.
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Leszek Miller was criticized for an excessively liberal approach and for stressing the role of free-market mechanisms in economy.
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Leszek Miller was reproached for his acceptance of a flat tax, which ran counter to the left-wing doctrine.
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On 26 March 2004, following the decision of the Speaker of the Parliament, Marek Borowski, to found a new dissenting party, the Social Democracy of Poland, Leszek Miller decided to resign from the position of Prime Minister on 2 May 2004, one day after Poland's accession to the EU.
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In September 2007, Leszek Miller become affiliated with Samoobrona, when he decided to run for the Sejm from their lists.
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In 1969, Leszek Miller married Aleksandra, three years his junior, in church.