Donald Tusk

About Donald Tusk

This politician is most known for co-founding Poland's Civic Platform political party. He became Prime Minister of his country in 2007. He also took over as President of the European Council in late 2014.

Donald Franciszek Tusk is a Polish politician who was President of the European Council from 2014 to 2019. He served as the 14th prime minister of Poland from 2007 to 2014 and was a co-founder and chairman of the Civic Platform political party. On 20 November 2019, Tusk was elected as the president of the European People's Party, Europe's largest transnational political party. Tusk has been involved in Polish politics since the early 1990s, having founded several political parties and held elected office almost continuously since 1991. Tusk was one of the co-founders of the free-market-orientated Liberal Democratic Congress party. He entered the Sejm in 1991, but lost his seat in the 1993 election which went badly for the Congress. In 1994, the Congress merged with the Democratic Union to form the Freedom Union. In 1997, Tusk was elected to the Senate, and became its deputy speaker.

Education	University of Gdańsk
Political party	Liberal Democratic Congress (before 1994), Freedom Union (1994–2001), Civic Platform (2001–present)
Civilian awards	Order of the Sun of Peru, Royal Norwegian Order of Merit, Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana, Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise
Children	2
Born	Donald Franciszek Tusk, April 22, 1957, Gdańsk, Poland
Preceded by	Joseph Daul
Other political affiliations	European People's Party

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Trivia

In 2005, he ran for President of Poland, but was ultimately defeated by Lech Kaczyński.

Donald Tusk before fame

He earned a history degree from the University of Gdańsk and went on to found and head the Liberal Democratic Congress party.

Achievement of Donald Tusk

He ran for President of Poland in 2005, but was defeated by Lech Kaczynski.

Salary 2020

Not known

Net Worth 2020

Undisclosed

Donald Tusk family life

He was born into a Kashubian ethnic group household. His daughter Katarzyna and son Micha were born to him and his wife Magorzata.

Associations of Donald Tusk

He took over as President of the European Council from Belgian Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy.

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