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Polish former Prime Minister Jozef Oleksy passes away at 68

Xinhua, January 9, 2015 Adjust font size:

Polish former Prime Minister Jozef Oleksy died at the age of 68 on Friday morning after a long struggle with cancer, said the spokeswoman of Democratic Left Alliance.

Born on June 22, 1946, he was a Polish left-wing politician and had performed many important posts on the Poland politic arena.

He severed as Polish Prime Minister From 1995 to 1996. He was also the Speaker of the Sejm, lower house of the Polish parliament, from 1993 to 1995 and from 2004 to 2005. Endi