Jan Rokita
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Parliamentary Leader of the Civic Platform 3rd Leader of the Civic Platform in the Sejm |
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In office 1 June 2003 – 5 November 2005 |
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| Leader | Donald Tusk |
| Preceded by | Maciej Płażyński |
| Succeeded by | Donald Tusk |
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18 June 1959 Kraków, Poland |
| Nationality | Polish |
| Political party | Civic Platform |
| Spouse(s) | Nelly Rokita |
Jan Rokita (Polish pronunciation: [ˈjan rɔˈkʲita], born 18 June 1959 in Kraków) is a Polish conservative politician, a member of the Sejm, the lower chamber of the Polish parliament. He was chairman of the parliamentary club of the Civic Platform party from 2003 to 2005.
Jan Rokita was born as a son of Tadeusz Rokita and Adela Wajdowicz. His maternal grandmother, Maria Meder, was Austrian.
Rokita graduated from the Jagiellonian University in Kraków with a degree in law. He joined the dissident organisation "Freedom and Peace". He also took part in the Independent Students Union and was active as a member of the academic branch of Solidarity. For his activity in the opposition, he was banned from becoming an apprentice attorney, despite his excellent examination record.
In 1989, he was elected an MP as a Solidarity candidate. He was appointed the president of a special parliamentary commission for the investigation of the Security Service (Służba Bezpieczeństwa). In 1991, he joined Democratic Union (UD) party. He was a member of the party's right wing.
In Hanna Suchocka's government, he was the chief of the Council of Ministers office. In 1995, he was the co-founder of the "3/4 initiative" – a movement created in order to prevent Aleksander Kwaśniewski from winning the presidential elections and refused to support his party's candidate Jacek Kuroń.
In 1997, he left Freedom Union (successor of the UD) and joined another political party – Conservative People's Party. He was elected to the Sejm for the fourth time from Solidarity Electoral Action coalition list, becoming chairman of the parliamentary Interior Affairs Committee. In 2000 he was elected leader of the SKL.
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