Solidarity Electoral Action

Solidarity Electoral Action
Akcja Wyborcza Solidarność (Polish)
Leader
Founded8 June 1996; 28 years ago (1996-06-08)
Dissolved18 October 2001 (2001-10-18)[1]
Preceded bySolidarity Citizens' Committee
Centre Civic Alliance
Solidarity lists
IdeologyChristian democracy[2]
Conservatism
Anti-communism
Political positionCentre-right
Colours
  •   Red (official)
  •   Gray (customary)

Solidarity Electoral Action (Polish: Akcja Wyborcza Solidarność, AWS) was a coalition of political parties in Poland, active from 1996 to 2001. AWS was the political arm of the Solidarity trade union, whose leader Lech Wałęsa (also an AWS member), was President of Poland from 1990 to 1995, and the successor of the parties emerged from the fragmentation of the Solidarity Citizens' Committee.

The coalition was led by Marian Krzaklewski and Jerzy Buzek, who was Prime Minister of Poland from 1997 to 2001.

Today's main parties in Poland, Law and Justice and Civic Platform, came out from the ashes of AWS.

  1. ^ Data zakończenia kadencji Sejmu z udziałem AWS. Kluby radnych AWS istniały nadal w samorządach (do 2002).
  2. ^ Nordsieck, Wolfram (2001). "Poland". Parties and Elections in Europe. Archived from the original on 7 February 2005.