Waldemar Witkowski

Who is Waldemar Witkowski?

Waldemar Witkowski is a Polish left-wing politician, current leader of the Labour Union, and one of the leaders of the coalition Lewica i Demokraci. Since 2006 he is a member of the Greater Poland Regional Assembly.

Witkowski was born in Poznań in 1953. He is married and has two children: a daughter, Monika, and son, Maciej. Witkowski is also a notable cooperation movement activist.

He was a member of the Polish United Workers' Party from 1976 until the party dissolved itself in 1990. Then he joined the Labour Union, and quickly rose to become one of the union's leaders in Greater Poland Voivodeship.

Witkowski served as an honorary member of the executive body of the re-election campaign of President Aleksander Kwaśniewski in 2000.

The Labour Union and Democratic Left Alliance formed a coalition prior to the 2001 parliamentary elections. Witkowski served as one of the coalition's campaign leaders, although he didn't run himself for the Sejm or the Senate.

From 2001 to 2005, he was first deputy of the Greater Poland Voivode. In the 2005 presidential election, he supported Marek Borowski. Since the 2006 local elections, however, Witkowski has been a member of the Greater Poland Regional Assembly.