Donald Tusk, a prominent Polish politician, has been the leader of the Civic Platform party (PO) since 2021. He co-founded the party and served as its leader from 2003 to 2014.
He served as the Prime Minister of Poland from 2007 to 2014 and president of the European Council from 2014 to 2019.
Tusk was also the president of the European People’s Party (EPP) from 2019 to 2022.
Donald Tusk has been involved in Polish politics since the early 1990s, having founded several political parties and held elected office almost continuously since 1991.
He was one of the co-founders of the free-market-orientated Liberal Democratic Congress party. He entered the Sejm (lower chamber of Poland’s parliament) in 1991, but lost his seat in the 1993 election which went badly for the Congress.
In 1994, the Congress merged with the Democratic Union to form the Freedom Union. In 1997, Tusk was elected to the Senate, and became its deputy speaker.
In 2001, he co-founded another centre-right liberal conservative party, Civic Platform (PO), and he was again elected to the Sejm, and became its deputy speaker.
Tusk was a candidate for president of Poland in the 2005 election, and was appointed Prime Minister in 2007.
With his party’s victory in the 2011 Polish parliamentary election, he became the first prime minister to be re-elected since the fall of communism in Poland.
In 2014, he became president of the European Council and was re-elected to this position in 2017.
He resigned as Polish Prime Minister to take the role, having been the longest-serving prime minister of the Third Polish Republic and the third longest-serving Prime Minister of Poland after Józef Cyrankiewicz and Piotr Jaroszewicz.
In a major comeback bid, Tusk has called for a rally in Warsaw. He and his long-time rival Jarosław Kaczyński, the highest ranked politicians on the Polish centre and the Polish right respectively, have both had negative approval ratings for over 15 years.
Who is Donald Tusk?
Donald Tusk, in full Donald Franciszek Tusk, was born April 22, 1957, Gdańsk, Poland.
He has Polish, German (maternal grandmother) and Polish-Kashubian (Donald Tusk call himself as a Pole, Kashubian and European) ancestry.
His father, Donald Tusk senior (1929–1972), was a carpenter whilst his mother, Ewa (née Dawidowska) Tusk (1934–2009), was a nurse. His maternal grandmother’s language was Danzig German.
His grandfather, Józef Tusk (1907–1987), was a railway official who was imprisoned at the Neuengamme concentration camp; later, as a former citizen of the Free City of Danzig, he was apparently conscripted by German authorities into the Wehrmacht.
Later on, he was successful in joining the Polish Armed Forces in the West.
Tusk credits his interest in politics to watching clashes between striking workers and riot police when he was a teenager.
He enrolled at the University of Gdańsk to study history, and graduated in 1980.
While studying, he was active in the Student Committee of Solidarity, a group that opposed Poland’s communist rule at the time.
About Donald Tusk Wife Małgorzata Tusk
Donald Tusk’s wife is Małgorzata Tusk. They got married in November 1978.
She is a former teacher and translator. She has a degree in German studies from the University of Gdańsk.
She is also a supporter of animal rights and environmental causes. Małgorzata Tusk has kept a low profile as the wife of a prominent politician.
She rarely accompanies her husband on official trips or events, preferring to stay at home and take care of their family.
She has said that she does not like the media attention and the pressure of being in the public eye.
However, she has also expressed her pride and admiration for her husband’s achievements and his role in the European Union.
About Donald Tusk Children
Donald Tusk has two children: a son named Michał Tusk and a daughter Katarzyna Tusk-Cudna.
About Donald Tusk son Michał Tusk
Michał Tusk was born in 1982. He is a lawyer and a former employee of the Polish airline OLT Express.
He has a degree in sociology and worked as a journalist for the Gazeta Wyborcza newspaper. He also ran his own public relations business.
Michał Tusk has been involved in some controversies related to his father’s political career.
In 2012, he was accused of using his influence to get a job at the OLT Express airline, which received state subsidies and later went bankrupt.
In 2017, he was questioned by prosecutors as a witness in an investigation into the Amber Gold financial scandal, which allegedly involved money laundering and fraud.
His father denied any wrongdoing or involvement in the case.
Michał Tusk has also expressed his support for his father and his party on social media and in interviews.
He has said that he is proud of his father’s achievements and his role in the European Union.
He has also accompanied him on some official visits and events, such as the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in 2012.
About Donald Tusk daughter is Katarzyna Tusk
His daughter is Katarzyna Tusk-Cudna, was born on October 16, 1987.
She is a journalist, blogger, and author of several books on lifestyle and cooking. She is also married to Marcin Cudna, a lawyer and politician.
Katarzyna Tusk has followed her own career and interests, and has not been very involved in politics.
However, she has expressed her support for her father and his party on social media and in interviews.
She has also accompanied him on some official visits and events, such as the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in 2012.
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