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  2. List of political parties in Poland - Wikipedia

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    It adopted its current name in 2013. In 2011 parliamentary election, party received 10% of the vote and won 40 seats in the Sejm, making it the third party behind Civic Platform and Law and Justice, one of the best debut performances for a party since the end of communism.

  3. Politics of Poland - Wikipedia

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    Executive power is exercised, within the framework of a multi-party system, by the president and the Government, which consists of the Council of Ministers led by the prime minister. Its members are typically chosen from the majority party or coalition, in the lower house of parliament (the Sejm), although exceptions to this rule are not uncommon.

  4. History of Poland (1945–1989) - Wikipedia

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    Poland's political history was governed by the mutual dependence of the Soviets and the Polish communists. [49] The nomenklatura political elite developed. It comprised leaders, administrators and managers within the ruling party structure, in all branches of central and local government and in institutions of all kinds.

  5. History of Poland (1918–1939) - Wikipedia

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    The Eagle Unbowed: Poland and the Poles in the Second World War (2012) Korbel, Josef. Poland Between East and West: Soviet and German Diplomacy toward Poland, 1919–1933 (Princeton University Press, 1963) online; Polonsky, A. Politics in Independent Poland, 1921-1939: The Crisis of Constitutional Government (1972) Remak, Joachim.

  6. Provisional Government of the Republic of Poland - Wikipedia

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    The Provisional Government of the Republic of Poland was created to take the place of the previous governmental body, the Polish Committee of National Liberation (Polski Komitet Wyzwolenia Narodowego or PKWN). Because of its location in Lublin, the PKWN was also known as the "Lublin Committee".

  7. Polish United Workers' Party - Wikipedia

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    The Polish United Workers' Party (Polish: Polska Zjednoczona Partia Robotnicza, pronounced [ˈpɔlska zjɛdnɔˈt͡ʂɔna ˈpartja rɔbɔtˈɲit͡ʂa]), commonly abbreviated to PZPR, was the communist party which ruled the Polish People's Republic as a one-party state from 1948 to 1989.

  8. Constitution of the Polish People's Republic - Wikipedia

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    The chief role of the 1952 Constitution was to ratify and secure communist rule in Poland, however, it failed to regulate the main source of power – the communist party (PZPR). The constitution served as a propaganda tool, proclaiming the "Polish People's Republic", and in theory establishing many rights for its citizens. [ 14 ]

  9. 1989 Polish parliamentary election - Wikipedia

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    71.28 99 Patriotic Movement for National Rebirth 28.72 1 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Sejm results by constituency Government before Government after election Rakowski cabinet PZPR — ZSL — SD (Communist regime) Mazowiecki cabinet [a] Solidarity — ZSL — SD (Contract Sejm) Parliamentary elections were held in Poland on 4 June 1989 to elect members of ...