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Jan Swiech (Lemovcian: Ян Свієч, Jan Svijech, b. 2 March, 1958) is an activist, a former guerrilla fighter, a Lemovician politician, who served in the Lemovician Presidency from 1992 to 1996, and 2000 to 2004, and served as the third Premier, who currently is the only one to have come from the Socialists.
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Early life
Jan Swiech was born in Vyuchamyshy (present-day Włocłamyśl, Zelaia) on 2 March, 1958 to Metody Swiech and Jolanta Swiech, as the eldest of two sons, with his younger brother, Józefa Swiech born in 1961.
Jan Swiech was an excellent student in school, and following his graduation in 1976, he moved to Sechia to further his studies at the University of Sechia. At the University of Sechia, he was introduced to left-wing politics, and soon became a critic of Vilem Gardos' rule over Narozalica. In October 1979, he was charged with sedition for his political activities against the Narozalic government, but because of the Sostava War and the subsequent Lemovician War of Independence, Swiech never was tried or imprisoned for his activities by the Narozalic government.
However, with the rise of the National Syndicalists to power, and the institution of the Lemovician constitution which disenfranchised ethnic Miersans, Swiech became sympathetic to the idea of Miersan separatism from the rest of Lemovicia, and began advocating for these ideas, alongside Izydor Domzalski, with Swiech being sympathetic to the creation of a social democratic state in Northern Lemovicia.
Military leader
In March 1980, as the Lemovician state suppressed protests across the country demanding an end to the national syndicalist regime and the resignation of Saroi Garnica, Swiech became certain that the only way Miersans would ever be equal with the Lemovician "would be for the Miersans to gain their independence and to run their own state."
Thus, on 22 March, 1980, Izydor Domzalski and Swiech declared the establishment of the Miersan Republic of Lemovicia. Domzalski became the first leader, while Jan Swiech became one of Domzalski's generals. Swiech was quickly deployed to Loiola, where he was defeated in the first battle of Loiola. Despite this setback, Jan Swiech managed to retake Loiola in August 1982 from government forces, which helped boost his position.
In 1985, he helped orchestrate the opposition offensive in the second Battle of Bailara, while participating in the Siege of the Amabizca Pocket following the fall of Bailara, which helped temporarily secure control of the Amabizca Pocket for the separatist forces.
In 1988, Swiech helped lead the Miersan defence against government forces, helping the coalition secure a victory at the Battle of Otermin, although he suffered a shrapnel wound, which put him out of action until the following year. In 1991, he led the second battle of the Baitxi Pass, which ended in defeat for the separatist-opposition coalition.
The following year, with the end of the Lemovician Civil War, as the Miersan forces were disbanded, Swiech was discharged. He joined the newly-established Socialists, who nominated him to be part of their presidential list.
Presidency
On 1 November, 1992, Jan Swiech was sworn in alongside Izydor Domzalski, Otxote Sasiambarrena, and Gizon Artalolea as the first members of the Lemovician Presidency.
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