Social Democracy of the Republic of Poland

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Social Democracy of the Republic of Poland was a post-communist social-democratic party formed in Poland after the fall of the Polish United Workers' Party, playing a key role in the country’s early democratic transition.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf political party
social-democratic party
advocatedFor democratic institutions
trade union rights
welfare state
color red
country Poland
dissolved 1999
electoralStrategy participation through Democratic Left Alliance lists
foundedBy Aleksander Kwaśniewski
Leszek Miller
other former members of the Polish United Workers' Party
hasChairperson Aleksander Kwaśniewski
hasLeadingMember Józef Oleksy
Leszek Miller
Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz
hasNotableMember Aleksander Kwaśniewski
surface form: Aleksander Kwaśniewski, later President of Poland

Józef Oleksy, later Prime Minister of Poland
Leszek Miller, later Prime Minister of Poland
Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz, later Prime Minister of Poland
hasSuccessor Democratic Left Alliance as main organizational successor
headquartersLocation Warsaw
historicalContext formed after the fall of the Polish United Workers' Party
ideology social democracy
inception 1990
languageOfName Polish
memberOf Democratic Left Alliance
surface form: Democratic Left Alliance electoral coalition
mergedInto Democratic Left Alliance
nativeLabel Polish Democratic Left Alliance
surface form: Socjaldemokracja Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej
opposedIdeology communism as a ruling system
originatedFrom reformist wing of the Polish United Workers' Party
participatedIn Polish parliamentary politics in the 1990s
playedRoleIn democratic transition of Poland after 1989
politicalPosition centre-left
politicalSpectrum left-wing
positionOnReligion secularism
precededBy Polish United Workers' Party
region Central Europe
representedIn Sejm
surface form: Sejm of the Republic of Poland

Senate of Poland
surface form: Senate of the Republic of Poland
shortName SdRP
supported market-oriented economic reforms with social protections
timePeriod post-communist Poland

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Polish United Workers' Party succeededBy Social Democracy of the Republic of Poland
PZPR succeededBy Social Democracy of the Republic of Poland
subject surface form: Polish United Workers' Party