Alexander Kwasnevsky

Former President of Poland 1995-2005; Alexander Kwahnevsky, founder and chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Amicus Europae Foundation, was born on November 15, 1954 in Biavogad. He graduated from the Department of Transport Economics at Gdansk University in 1978 and joined the Unified Workers' Party of Poland in 1977. From 1995 to 2005, he served as the President of Poland. Prior to 1982, he actively participated in the student movement; He has served as the editor in chief of Student Weekly ITD from 1981 to 1984 and as the editor of Flags of Our Youth. He is a member of the Polish Unified Workers' Party, co founder and first chairman of the Polish Social Democratic Party, and a co organizer of the Democratic Left Alliance. He is passionate about sports and is a member of the Student Sports Union from 1975 to 1979 and the Polish Olympic Committee. He served as the President of the Polish Olympic Committee from 1988 to 1991. In 1993, he was elected as a member of the Polish House of Commons with the highest number of votes of 148553 in the Warsaw region; He also served as the Chairman of the Democratic Left Alliance Parliamentary Club from 1991 to 1995, a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee, and the Chairman of the Constitutional Committee of the National Assembly from 1993 to 1995. In 1995, he defeated Lech Walesa with 517% of the vote in the second round of the presidential election and was elected as the President of Poland; In 2000, he was re elected with 539% of the vote. On December 23, 1995, he was sworn in as President. He co initiated and participated in the Polish referendum on a new constitution; On July 16, 1997, he signed and passed a new constitution, which remains the cornerstone of Polish democracy to this day. He actively promotes Poland's accession to NATO and the European Union. Under his leadership, Poland successfully joined NATO and the European Union in 1999 and 2004, respectively. He also led a Polish delegation to attend NATO summits held in Madrid and Washington. He actively supported NATO expansion, and at the 2002 NATO Summit in Prague, seven countries joined NATO. He was the initiator and active participant of the pro European national referendum movement, with 77% of the votes supporting Poland's accession to the European Union in the June 2003 referendum. During his presidency, he actively advocated for strengthening regional cooperation between Central and Eastern Europe, initiated many local and regional initiatives, and chaired and participated in many regional leaders' meetings. In 2002, he launched the Riga Initiative, which provided a platform for cooperation among European countries and created conditions for the expansion of NATO and the European Union. After the 9\/11 attacks in 2001, he decisively supported the global war on terror and sent the Polish army to attack the Saddam regime. In the context of the anti-terrorism alliance, he called on the heads of state of Central, Eastern and Southern Europe to attend the large-scale international conference organized in Warsaw, committed to strengthening the region's global anti-terrorism movement. For a long time, he has insisted on defending Ukraine's sovereignty and independence. During the 2004 Orange Revolution, he helped young Ukrainian democracy develop. After being elected president, he remained committed to this effort and led the Yalta European Strategy, which is aimed at Ukraine