https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/kaczynski-leader-polish-ruling-party-returns-government-2023-06-21/
Poland's ruling party leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski returned to the cabinet as deputy prime minister on Wednesday, taking up a more prominent role ahead of a closely fought election expected in

https://apnews.com/article/poland-politics-kaczynski-deputy-prime-minister-390271179f84e66b5826e9d1f3eaf71b
By Vanessa Gera. Published 2:03 AM PDT, June 21, 2023. WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland's powerful conservative ruling party leader, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, rejoined the government on Wednesday as the only deputy prime minister in the Cabinet, a move that gives him an enhanced position as the country heads toward a general election this fall.

https://www.ft.com/content/96d6bae4-13b1-4bc9-80a2-d5d273fb9a40
Kaczyński could now help to reduce internal feuding in the government but his return to the deputy position, which he held from 2020 to 2022, was "a show of incompetence".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaros%C5%82aw_Kaczy%C5%84ski
Jarosław Aleksander Kaczyński (Polish: [jaˈrɔswaf kaˈt͡ʂɨj̃skʲi] ⓘ; born 18 June 1949) is a Polish politician.He co-founded the Law and Justice (PiS) party in 2001 with his twin brother and has served as its long-time leader since 2003. He served as Prime Minister of Poland from 2006 to 2007, and has twice held the post of Deputy Prime Minister of Poland, first from 2020 to 2022

https://www.ft.com/content/8238e15a-db46-11e5-a72f-1e7744c66818
Few people in Europe enjoy greater influence over their nations than does Jaroslaw Kaczynski. The white-haired, 66-year-old leader of Poland's ruling Law and Justice party is at the heart of a

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-06-21/poland-s-de-facto-leader-kaczynski-will-return-to-government
June 21, 2023 at 4:46 AM PDT. Listen. 1:39. This article is for subscribers only. Jaroslaw Kaczynski, the powerful leader of Poland's ruling party, will return to an active role in government as

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lech_Kaczy%C5%84ski
e. Lech Aleksander Kaczyński ( Polish: [ˈlɛx alɛkˈsandɛr kaˈt͡ʂɨj̃skʲi] ⓘ; 18 June 1949 - 10 April 2010) was a Polish politician who served as the city mayor of Warsaw from 2002 until 2005, and as President of Poland from 2005 until his death in 2010. Before his tenure as president, he previously served as President of the

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_and_state_funeral_of_Lech_and_Maria_Kaczy%C5%84ski
Lech Kaczyński, the fourth President of the Republic of Poland, died on 10 April 2010, after a Polish Air Force Tu-154 crashed outside of Smolensk, Russia, killing all 96 aboard.His wife, economist and First Lady Maria Kaczyńska, was also among those killed.. After the death of Kaczyński was announced, a week of mourning was declared by the acting President of Poland, Bronisław Komorowski

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/02/07/465926224/a-tale-of-twin-brothers-polands-mourned-leader-and-lonely-mastermind
The Guardian and The Associated Press offer two windows into the gripping drama of Polish politics: a look at a nation-shaping plane crash, and a profile of the man pulling Poland's political strings.

https://www.ft.com/content/f8409354-78ca-11e5-933d-efcdc3c11c89
Jaroslaw Kaczynski. Born. 18 June, 1949. Education. PhD in Law from Warsaw University in 1976. Career. 1989: Becomes editor of Solidarity newspaper. 1991: First elected as an MP as founder of

https://www.politico.eu/article/poland-jaroslaw-kaczynski-power-struggle-government/
WARSAW — Jarosław Kaczyński is coming out of the shadows. After five years of ruling Poland from the headquarters of the Law and Justice (PiS) party, Kaczyński is poised to enter the government following a brutal fight for power among his deputies. "There really is such a plan, for Jarosław Kaczyński to join the government and take the

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/polish-ruling-party-leader-kaczynski-resign-government-post-pap-2021-10-13/
Jaroslaw Kaczynski, leader of the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party, attends a vote during parliamentary elections at a polling station in Warsaw, Poland, October 13, 2019.

https://www.euronews.com/2022/06/21/jaroslaw-kaczynski-polands-most-powerful-politician-steps-down-to-focus-on-election
Kaczynski -- who previously served as prime minister between 2006 and 2007 -- has become Poland's most powerful politician. In an interview with the PAP state news agency, the 73-year-old said

https://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/04/10/lech.kaczynski.tributes/index.html
World figures offer condolences after Lech Kaczynski's death in plane crash; Polish president, senior Polish official died in crash early Saturday

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/08/world/europe/poland-jaroslaw-kaczynski-health.html
Jaroslaw Kaczynski, leader of Poland's governing Law and Justice Party, at the Parliament in Warsaw in 2016. He has made few public appearances since a 37-day hospital stay, fueling rumors and

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/polands-kaczynski-says-primacy-eu-law-undermines-sovereignty-2021-09-18/
The European Union's insistence on the primacy of EU law over national legislation undermines Poland's sovereignty, ruling party leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski said in a letter quoted by state news

https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-32025-6_8
This chapter compares the two most important political figures in Poland after the restoration of democracy in 1989: Jarosław Kaczyński Footnote 1 and Donald Tusk. After semi-democratic elections in June 1989 following the Round Table Talks between the communist regime and the Solidarity movement, Poland successfully transitioned to democracy, holding fully-democratic elections in October 1991.

https://www.dw.com/en/the-most-powerful-man-in-poland/a-36151767
Four years later, Lech Kaczynski and 95 others died when the presidential plane crashed en route to Russia. A further five years later, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, the founder and leader of Poland's

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2019-10-08/poland-election-jaroslaw-kaczynski-s-rise-to-power-after-tragedy
The Plane Crash That Helped One Man Take Over a Nation. Personal tragedy became a source of political strength for Poland's Jaroslaw Kaczynski. Now he's seeking to complete his project. The

https://jacobin.com/2023/10/poland-liberal-centrism-authoritarianism-law-and-justice-civic-platform-kaczynski
Kuisz writes that "longing for the glorious liberal past" of 1989-2015 "will not do" to stop Poland's decline into authoritarianism. The presupposition underlying that statement encapsulates why liberal centrism, not only in Poland, has been so inept in combating the nativist far right. For the past of Polish liberalism is far less

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/polish-ruling-party-leader-kaczynski-leaves-government-2022-06-21/
Poland's ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party leader and deputy prime minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski has resigned from his position in government, PAP news agency said on Tuesday.

https://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/04/10/lech.kaczynski.bio/index.html
London, England (CNN) -- Polish President Lech Kaczynski, a lifelong academic, rose to popularity leading Warsaw, the city of his birth. Born in June, 1949, to parents who were educators -- his

https://www.reuters.com/article/economy/polands-kaczynski-eyes-middle-ground-ahead-of-vote-idUSLDE64A0ST/
Opposition leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski is narrowing the gap with his main rival in Poland's presidential race by projecting a conciliatory, statesmanlike image to win over middle-of-the-road voters