Polish People's Party "Piast"
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Polish People's Party "Piast" [1] or Polish Peasant Party "Piast" (Polish: Polskie Stronnictwo Ludowe "Piast", abbreviated PSL Piast) can refer to two parties, one from the interwar period of the Second Polish Republic (1913-1931), and a recent once founded in 2006.
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[edit] PSL Piast (1913-1931)
was an important political party in the Second Polish Republic. Created in 1913, after Poland regained independence in 1918 it formed a part of several governments, most notably after the Lanckorona Pact and in the Chjeno-Piast coalition. In 1931 it formed the Stronnictwo Ludowe (People's Party). Its major politicians included: Wincenty Witos, Jakub Bojko, Jan Dąbski, Maciej Rataj and Władysław Kiernik.
[edit] PSL Piast (2006-present)
In 2006 a split in the modern PSL party led to the creation of a new entity which assumed the same name. Its major politicians include Zdzisław Podkański, Janusz Wojciechowski and Zbigniew Kuźmiuk.
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- ^ Piast refers to the medieval Polish dynasty, the Piast dynasty.
