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The '''President of the Miersan Sotirian Republic''' ({{wp|Polish language|Miersan}}: ''Prezydent mierskiej rzeczpospolitej sotyrskiej''), commonly known as the '''President of West Miersa''' (''Prezydent Mierski Zachodniej'') is the {{wp|head of state}} of the [[West Miersa|Miersan Sotirian Republic]]. Created in 1936 with the establishment of West Miersa, it was constitutionally defined as being the head of state, but over the decades has also become the {{wp|de-facto}} {{wp|head of government}}.
The '''President of the Miersan Republic''' ({{wp|Polish language|Miersan}}: ''Prezydent Republika Mierska''), commonly known as the '''President of West Miersa''' (''Prezydent Mierski Zachodniej'') is the {{wp|head of state}} of the [[West Miersa|Miersan Republic]]. Created in 1936 with the establishment of West Miersa, it was constitutionally defined as being the head of state, but over the decades has also become the {{wp|de-facto}} {{wp|head of government}}.
 
With the passage of the [[Constitution of West Miersa#Third Amendment (October 2020)|third amendment]] to the [[Constitution of West Miersa|West Miersan]] constitution in October 2020, the Presidency will become an {{wp|executive president|executive presidency}} from the [[Elections in West Miersa#2021|2021 general election]], with the position of [[Minister-President of West Miersa|Minister-President]] being abolished in favour of a new [[Vice-President of West Miersa|Vice-Presidency]].


The president is elected every five years alongside the National Assembly (''Sejm'') via first-past-the-post. Over the decades the position has been commonly considered to be that of an autocrat, being a military dictator from the 1940s to the 1980s to a civilian dictator since. The current president [[Stanisław Kantorowicz]] has served in the role since 2008 being re-elected thrice.
==History==
==History==
With the independence of West Miersa from [[Soravia]] following the implementation of the [[Godfredson Plan]] in 1936, the drafters of the [[Constitution of West Miersa|West Miersan constitution]] sought to create a {{wp|head of state}} modelled on the [[President of Soravia|Soravian Presidency]], elected every five years by the people of the Miersan Sotirian Republic. However, unlike Soravia, the framers decided to institute term limits, with each President only being re-elected once.
With the independence of West Miersa from [[Soravia]] following the implementation of the [[Godfredson Plan]] in 1936, the drafters of the [[Constitution of West Miersa|West Miersan constitution]] sought to create a {{wp|head of state}} modelled on the [[President of Soravia|Soravian Presidency]], elected every five years by the people of the Miersan Republic. However, unlike Soravia, the framers decided to institute term limits, with each President only being re-elected once.


Although the Presidency was not intended to be as centralised as the Soravian Presidency, with powers being distributed to the [[National Assembly (West Miersa)|legislature]] and the [[Administrative divisions of West Miersa|voivodeships]], following the accession of [[Świętosław Wojdyla]] to the Presidency in 1936, Wojdyla centralised powers in the Presidency, enabling a domination of West Miersan politics by the [[Wojdyla family]] from independence until 1986: by the time of the [[Miersan War]] in 1979, the President was by far the {{wp|de-facto}} {{wp|head of government}}, with the [[Minister-President of West Miersa|Minister-President]] effectively being a puppet of the President.
Although the Presidency was not intended to be as centralised as the Soravian Presidency, with powers being distributed to the [[National Assembly (West Miersa)|legislature]] and the [[Administrative divisions of West Miersa|voivodeships]], following the 1943 military coup the presidency became a dictator with elections abolished in favour of a military-appointed {{wp|electoral college}} choosing the president. Following the [[Miersan War]] the 1936 constitution was brought back with the president being envisioned to take a figurehead role. The new president, [[Tomisław Sobolewski]], abused the constitution by declaring a state of emergency following the Lemovican War and ruling as a dictator. Sobolewski's quarter-century long rule saw the presidency transformed as term limits were abolished in 1990. Sobolewski was elected six times - in 1981, 1986, 1991, 1996, 2001 and 2006. Only in 1981 was the election considered to be competitive.  
 
In the 2000s, many of the de-facto powers of the Presidency were "granted" to the Minister-President by [[Tomisław Sobolewski]], who delegated powers to [[Oskar Palubicki]]. However, following the election of [[Gerard Wojdyla]] to the Minister-Presidency in 2011, Sobolewski and Gerard Wojdyla engaged in a power struggle that ultimately lead to Sobolewski resigning in 2013 after the Soravian government backed Wojdyla. However, in 2016, after Wojdyla was succeeded as President by incumbent [[Sylwester Wrzesiński]], Wrzesiński was able to reverse the liberalisation made by Sobolewski.


Sobolewski died in 2008 and was succeeded by the premier [[Stanisław Kantorowicz]] who pledged to serve for only two terms. Under Kantorowicz some presidential powers were returned to the Sejm in 2014. In 2018 Kantorowicz ran for and won a third term.
==Role==
==Role==
Under the [[Constitution of West Miersa|West Miersan constitution]], the President functions as the {{wp|head of state}} of the [[West Miersa|Miersan Sotirian Republic]], with the power to sign legislation into law, to appoint and dismiss the [[Minister-President of West Miersa|Minister-President]] of the Miersan Sotirian Republic from among the [[National Assembly (West Miersa)|National Assembly]], and to appoint legislators to represent what the West Miersan government considers to be "[[Administrative divisions of West Miersa|voivodeships under Kirenian occupation]]."
Under the [[Constitution of West Miersa|West Miersan constitution]], the President functions as the {{wp|head of state}} of the [[West Miersa|Miersan Republic]], with the power to sign legislation into law, to appoint and dismiss the [[Premier of West Miersa|Premier]] of the Miersan Republic from among the [[National Assembly (West Miersa)|National Assembly]], and to appoint legislators to represent what the West Miersan government considers to be "[[Administrative divisions of West Miersa|voivodeships under Kirenian occupation]]."


In addition, the President of the Miersan Sotirian Republic has an obligation to represent all {{wp|Polish people|Miersans}}, both within the Miersan Sotirian Republic, but also on the international stage.
In addition, the President of the Miersan Republic has an obligation to represent all {{wp|Polish people|Miersans}}, both within the Miersan Republic, but also on the international stage.


Although officially, the President is merely the head of state, over the decades, particularly during the [[Wojdyla family]]'s domination of West Miersa from 1936 until 1986, power has been de-facto centralised in the presidency, with most of the powers legally assigned to the Minister-President often being exercised by the President's office. While some presidents, most notably [[Tomisław Sobolewski]] and [[Gerard Wojdyla]] have allowed the Minister-President to exercise their powers, this has generally been the exception rather than the norm.


==Official residence==
==Official residence==
[[File:Zameczek_prezydenta_RP_(Zamek_Górny)_w_Wiśle_2.JPG|250px|thumb|left|[[Żobrodź Castle]], [[West Żobrodź]], 2013]]
The President of the [[West Miersa|Miersan Sotirian Republic]] has an {{wp|official residence}} in the capital city of [[West Żobrodź]], known as the [[Żobrodź Castle]].


Historically, this was the residence of the royal family of [[Miersa]], serving as one of their residences up until the start of the [[Interregnum (Miersa)|Interregnum]] in 1623. Following the end of the [[War of the Miersan Succession]], it became the residence of the [[Duchy of Żobrodź|dukes of Żobrodź]], remaining until 1687, when the Duchy of Żobrodź was abolished. Throughout the next two-and-a-half centuries, Żobrodź Castle served as the residence for various officials, although due to its location near the border with the [[Gaullica|Gaullican]]-controlled regions of Miersa, the [[Soravia|Soravians]] prefered to set their capital in [[Krada]].
==List of Presidents==


Following the independence of the Miersan Sotirian Republic from Soravia in 1936, Żobrodź Castle quickly became the official residence of the presidency, serving in this role continuously since then, with the exception of the [[Miersan War]], when after the fall of Żobrodź, the residence ended up under eastern control. The castle was severely damaged, and in the aftermath, had to be rebuilt, although the reconstruction was not faithful to the original designs, as the then-President sought to modernize the castle to make it more comfortable for his family, and equipping the offices with the latest technologies as was in existence at the time.
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|-
==List of Presidents==
! {{Abbr|No.|Number}}
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" width="100%"
! width=5%| Portrait
! width=5%| Name
! Took office
! Left office
! Days
! Political Party
|-
! style="background:#dddddd; color:white;" rowspan="2"|1
|rowspan="2"|[[File:Ignacy Mościcki (-1934) (cropped).jpg|80px]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Świętosław Wojdyla]]<br />{{small|(1870-1949)}}
| 26<sup>th</sup> October 1936  
|4<sup>th</sup> June 1943
|{{Age in years, months and days|1936|10|26|1943|06|04}}
| style="background:#dddddd;"|{{wp|Independent (politics)|Nonpartisan}}
|-
| colspan="5"|<small>tba.</small>
|- style="background:#EEEEEE"
! style="background:#C3B091;" rowspan="2"|2
|rowspan="2"|[[File:Rydz1939.jpg|80px]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Sylwester Krasowsky]]<br />{{small|(1899-1961)}}
|4<sup>th</sup> June 1943
|15<sup>th</sup> December 1961
|{{Age in years, months and days|1943|06|04|1961|10|15}}
| style="background:#C3B091; color:white;"|[[Army of National Salvation|{{color|white|Military}}]]
|-
| colspan="5"|<small>tba.</small>
|- style="background:#EEEEEE"
! style="background:#C3B091;" rowspan="2"|3
|rowspan="2"|[[File:Wojciech Jaruzelski.jpg|80px]]
|rowspan="2"|{{wp|Marshal (Poland)|Marshal}}<br>[[Maurycy Jackowiak]]<br />{{small|(1905-1997)}}
|15<sup>th</sup> December 1961
|3<sup>rd</sup> June 1981
|{{Age in years, months and days|1961|10|15|1981|06|03}}
| style="background:#C3B091; color:white;"|[[Army of National Salvation|{{color|white|Military}}]]
|-
| colspan="5"|<small>tba.</small>
|- style="background:#EEEEEE"
! style="background:#C3B091;" rowspan="2"|-
|rowspan="2"|[[File:Czesław Kiszczak2.jpg|80px]]
|rowspan="2"|{{wp|General officer|General}}<br>[[Witold Klimowicz]]<br />{{small|(1910-1984)}}
|3<sup>rd</sup> June 1981
|24<sup>th</sup> October 1981
|{{Age in years, months and days|1981|06|03|1981|10|07}}
| style="background:#C3B091; color:white;"|[[Army of National Salvation|{{color|white|Military}}]]
|-
| colspan="5"|<small>tba.</small>
|- style="background:#EEEEEE"
! style="background:#dddddd;" height=40|
|rowspan="4"|[[File:Борис Николаевич Ельцин.jpg|80px]]
| rowspan="4"|[[Tomisław Sobolewski]]<br />{{small|桥升座<br>(1944-2011)}}
| rowspan="2"|24<sup>th</sup> October 1981
| rowspan="2"|7<sup>th</sup> April 2008
| rowspan="2"|{{Age in years, months and days|1981|10|24|2008|04|07}}
| rowspan="2" style="background:#000000; color:white;"|{{wp|Independent (politics)|{{color|white|Nonpartisan}}}}<br>↓<br>[[Popular National Union|{{color|white|ZLN}}]]
|-
|-
!rowspan=2 style="width:25px;"|№
! rowspan="2"|4
!colspan=2 style="width:280px;"|President
!colspan=3|Term of office
! style="width:100px;" rowspan="2"|Political Party
! style="width:160px;" rowspan="2"|Elected
! style="width:160px;" rowspan="2"|Second-in-command
|-
|-
!Portrait
| rowspan="2" colspan="5"|tba
!width=180px|Name<br /><small>(Birth–Death)</small>
!Took Office
!Left Office
!Days
|-
|-
|colspan="9" bgcolor="lightgrey" align=center|'''1936-present'''<br />[[File:West_Miersa_flag.svg|30px]] • President of the [[West Miersa|Miersan Sotirian Republic]] • [[File:West_Miersa_flag.svg|30px]]
! style="background:#000000; color:white;" height=40|
|- style="background:#EEEEEE"
! style="background:#000000; color:white;" rowspan="2"|8
|rowspan="2"|[[File:Borut Pahor (cropped).jpg|80px]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Stanisław Kantorowicz]]<br />{{small|(1965-)}}
|7<sup>th</sup> April 2008
|Present
|{{Age in years, months and days|2008|04|07}}
| style="background:#000000; color:white;"|[[Popular National Union|{{color|white|ZLN}}]]
|-
|-
|- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
| colspan="5"|<small>tba.</small>
!style="background:#C24650;"|{{color|white|1}}
|[[File:Ignacy_Moscicki.jpg|80px]]
|'''[[Świętosław Wojdyla]]'''<br/>{{small|(1874-1953)}}
|3 October, 1936
|3 October, 1946
|{{age in days|1936|10|3|1946|10|3}}
| style="background:#C24650;"|[[Miersan National Party|{{color|white|Nationals}}]]
|[[Elections in West Miersa#1936|1936]]<br>[[Elections in West Miersa#1941|1941]]
|[[Więcesław Pawlicki]]<br>[[Cezary Wojdyla]]<br>[[Maurycy Wojdyla]]
|- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
!style="background:#C24650;"|{{color|white|2}}
|[[File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_102-11032,_August_Zaleski.jpg|80px]]
|'''[[Maurycy Wojdyla]]'''<br/>{{small|(1877-1963)}}
|3 October, 1946
|3 October, 1956
|{{age in days|1946|10|3|1956|10|3}}
| style="background:#C24650;"|[[Miersan National Party|{{color|white|Nationals}}]]
|[[Elections in West Miersa#1946|1946]]<br>[[Elections in West Miersa#1951|1951]]
|[[Tobiasz Wojdyla]]<br>[[Kacper Niemczyk]]<br>[[Iwon Wojdyla]]
|- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
!style="background:#C24650;"|{{color|white|3}}
|[[File:Kazimierz_Sabbat.jpg|80px]]
|'''[[Iwon Wojdyla]]'''<br/>{{small|(1906-1989)}}
|3 October, 1956
|3 October, 1961
|{{age in days|1956|10|3|1961|10|3}}
| style="background:#C24650;"|[[Miersan National Party|{{color|white|Nationals}}]]
|[[Elections in West Miersa#1956|1956]]
|[[Lesław Przybyszewski]]<br>[[Romuald Wojdyla]]
|- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
!style="background:#C24650;"|{{color|white|4}}
|[[File:Piotr_Jaroszewicz_1977.jpg|80px]]
|'''[[Romuald Wojdyla]]'''<br/>{{small|(1909-1992)}}
|3 October, 1961
|3 October, 1971
|{{age in days|1961|10|3|1971|10|3}}
| style="background:#C24650;"|[[Miersan National Party|{{color|white|Nationals}}]]
|[[Elections in West Miersa#1961|1961]]<br>[[Elections in West Miersa#1966|1966]]
|[[Eliasz Kempisty]]<br>[[Kacper Niemczyk]]<br>[[Tadeusz Wojdyla]]
|- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
!style="background:#C24650;"|{{color|white|5}}
|[[File:Edward_Gierek_1980b.jpg|80px]]
|'''[[Tadeusz Wojdyla]]'''<br/>{{small|(1913-2001)}}
|3 October, 1971
|3 October, 1986
|{{age in days|1971|10|3|1986|10|3}}
| style="background:#C24650;"|[[Miersan National Party|{{color|white|Nationals}}]]
|[[Elections in West Miersa#1971|1971]]<br>[[Elections in West Miersa#1976|1976]]
|[[Inocenty Wojdyla]]<br>[[Stanisław Kantorowicz]]<br>[[Arkadiusz Stuczynski]]<br>[[Florentyn Wojdyla]]
|- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
!style="background:#EFC807;"|{{color|black|6}}
|[[File:Ryszard_Kaczorowski_2008.JPG|80px]]
|'''[[Maksymilian Trzeciak]]'''<br/>{{small|(1919-2010)}}
|3 October, 1986
|3 October, 1996
|{{age in days|1986|10|3|1996|10|3}}
| style="background:#EFC807;"|[[Naprzód (West Miersa)|{{color|black|Naprzód}}]]
|[[Elections in West Miersa#1986|1986]]<br>[[Elections in West Miersa#1991|1991]]
|[[Ksawery Sulewski]]<br>[[Korneli Krasowsky]]<br>[[Damian Jackowiak]]
|- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
!style="background:#EFC807;"|{{color|black|7}}
|[[File:Lech_Wałęsa_prezydent_RP.jpg|80px]]
|'''[[Damian Jackowiak]]'''<br/>{{small|(1943-)}}
|3 October, 1996
|3 October, 2006
|{{age in days|1996|10|3|2006|10|3}}
| style="background:#EFC807;"|[[Naprzód (West Miersa)|{{color|black|Naprzód}}]]
|[[Elections in West Miersa#1996|1996]]<br>[[Elections in West Miersa#2001|2001]]
|[[Korneliusz Cygan]]<br>[[Tomisław Sobolewski]]
|- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
!style="background:#EFC807;"|{{color|black|8}}
|[[File:Aleksander_Kwasniewski_-_World_Economic_Forum_Annual_Meeting_Davos_2004.jpg|80px]]
|'''[[Tomisław Sobolewski]]'''<br/>{{small|(1954-)}}
|3 October, 2006
|23 June, 2013
|{{age in days|2006|10|3|2013|6|23}}
| style="background:#EFC807;"|[[Naprzód (West Miersa)|{{color|black|Naprzód}}]]
|[[Elections in West Miersa#2006|2006]]<br>[[Elections in West Miersa#2011|2011]]
|[[Oskar Palubicki]]<br>[[Gerard Wojdyla]]
|- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
!style="background:#C24650;"|{{color|white|-}}
|[[File:Kazimierz_Marcinkiewicz_2006_(cropped).jpg|80px]]
|'''[[Gerard Wojdyla]]'''<br/>{{small|(1959-)}}
|23 June, 2013
|3 October, 2016
|{{age in days|2013|6|23|2016|10|3}}
| style="background:#C24650;"|[[Miersan National Party|{{color|white|Nationals}}]]
|''none''
|[[Aleksandra Wojdyla]]
|- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
!style="background:#EFC807;"|{{color|black|9}}
|[[File:Jarosław_Kaczyński_Sejm_2016a_(cropped).JPG|80px]]
|'''[[Sylwester Wrzesiński]]'''<br/>{{small|(1949-)}}
|3 October, 2016
|3 October, 2021
|{{age in days|2016|10|3|2021|10|3}}
| style="background:#EFC807;"|[[Naprzód (West Miersa)|{{color|black|Naprzód}}]]
|[[Elections in West Miersa#2016|2016]]
|[[Adrian Rozak]]
|- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
!style="background:#EFC807;"|{{color|black|10}}
|[[File:Prezydent_Rzeczypospolitej_Polskiej_Andrzej_Duda.jpg|80px]]
|'''[[Adrian Rozak]]'''<br/>{{small|(1971-)}}
|3 October, 2021
|''incumbent''
|{{age in days|2021|10|3}}
| style="background:#EFC807;"|[[Naprzód (West Miersa)|{{color|black|Naprzód}}]]
|[[Elections in West Miersa#2021|2021]]
|[[Jonatan Drozdowski]]
|}
|}
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==Living former Presidents==
Since the election of [[Adrian Rozak]] to the Presidency in 2021, there have been four living former Presidents of the [[West Miersa|Miersan Sotirian Republic]].
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Lech_Walesa_-_2009.jpg|'''[[Damian Jackowiak]]'''<br />served 1996-2006<br /> born 1943 (age {{age|1943|8|31}})
Aleksander_kwasniewski_konferencja_(cropped).jpg|'''[[Tomisław Sobolewski]]'''<br />served 2006-2013<br /> born 1954 (age {{age|1954|9|25}})
Kazimierz_Marcinkiewicz_(1118622297)_cropped.jpg|'''[[Gerard Wojdyla]]'''<br />served 2013-2016<br /> born 1959 (age {{age|1959|8|16}})
Jarosław_Kaczyński_Sejm_2016a_(cropped).JPG|'''[[Sylwester Wrzesiński]]'''<br />served 2016-2021<br /> born 1949 (age {{age|1949|6|18}})
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[[Category:West Miersa]]

Revision as of 23:01, 8 August 2022

President of West Miersa
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Emblem
Borut Pahor (cropped).jpg
Incumbent
Adrian Rozak
since 7 April 2008
Term lengthFive years
Constituting instrumentConstitution of West Miersa
Inaugural holderŚwiętosław Wojdyla
Formation26 October, 1936
DeputyPremier of West Miersa (1936-1943; 1983-)

The President of the Miersan Republic (Miersan: Prezydent Republika Mierska), commonly known as the President of West Miersa (Prezydent Mierski Zachodniej) is the head of state of the Miersan Republic. Created in 1936 with the establishment of West Miersa, it was constitutionally defined as being the head of state, but over the decades has also become the de-facto head of government.

The president is elected every five years alongside the National Assembly (Sejm) via first-past-the-post. Over the decades the position has been commonly considered to be that of an autocrat, being a military dictator from the 1940s to the 1980s to a civilian dictator since. The current president Stanisław Kantorowicz has served in the role since 2008 being re-elected thrice.

History

With the independence of West Miersa from Soravia following the implementation of the Godfredson Plan in 1936, the drafters of the West Miersan constitution sought to create a head of state modelled on the Soravian Presidency, elected every five years by the people of the Miersan Republic. However, unlike Soravia, the framers decided to institute term limits, with each President only being re-elected once.

Although the Presidency was not intended to be as centralised as the Soravian Presidency, with powers being distributed to the legislature and the voivodeships, following the 1943 military coup the presidency became a dictator with elections abolished in favour of a military-appointed electoral college choosing the president. Following the Miersan War the 1936 constitution was brought back with the president being envisioned to take a figurehead role. The new president, Tomisław Sobolewski, abused the constitution by declaring a state of emergency following the Lemovican War and ruling as a dictator. Sobolewski's quarter-century long rule saw the presidency transformed as term limits were abolished in 1990. Sobolewski was elected six times - in 1981, 1986, 1991, 1996, 2001 and 2006. Only in 1981 was the election considered to be competitive.

Sobolewski died in 2008 and was succeeded by the premier Stanisław Kantorowicz who pledged to serve for only two terms. Under Kantorowicz some presidential powers were returned to the Sejm in 2014. In 2018 Kantorowicz ran for and won a third term.

Role

Under the West Miersan constitution, the President functions as the head of state of the Miersan Republic, with the power to sign legislation into law, to appoint and dismiss the Premier of the Miersan Republic from among the National Assembly, and to appoint legislators to represent what the West Miersan government considers to be "voivodeships under Kirenian occupation."

In addition, the President of the Miersan Republic has an obligation to represent all Miersans, both within the Miersan Republic, but also on the international stage.


Official residence

List of Presidents

No. Portrait Name Took office Left office Days Political Party
1 Ignacy Mościcki (-1934) (cropped).jpg Świętosław Wojdyla
(1870-1949) 		26th October 1936 4th June 1943 6 years, 7 months and 9 days Nonpartisan
tba.
2 Rydz1939.jpg Sylwester Krasowsky
(1899-1961) 		4th June 1943 15th December 1961 18 years, 4 months and 11 days Military
tba.
3 Wojciech Jaruzelski.jpg Marshal
Maurycy Jackowiak
(1905-1997) 		15th December 1961 3rd June 1981 19 years, 7 months and 19 days Military
tba.
- Czesław Kiszczak2.jpg General
Witold Klimowicz
(1910-1984) 		3rd June 1981 24th October 1981 4 months and 4 days Military
tba.
Борис Николаевич Ельцин.jpg Tomisław Sobolewski
桥升座
(1944-2011) 		24th October 1981 7th April 2008 26 years, 5 months and 14 days Nonpartisan
↓
ZLN
4
tba
8 Borut Pahor (cropped).jpg Stanisław Kantorowicz
(1965-) 		7th April 2008 Present 16 years, 7 months and 17 days ZLN
tba.
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