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Poland Liberal-Democratic Congress
The Liberal-Democratic Congress (Kongres LiberalnoDemokratyczny --KLD) arose in 1983 as a loose organization
of
businessmen dedicated to a philosophy of small government
and
free enterprise. The KLD was registered as a party in
October
1990 and supported the presidential candidacy of Walesa,
who
selected KLD leader Jan Krzysztof Bielecki as his nominee
to be
prime minister. Another prominent party member, Janusz
Lewandowski, headed the Ministry of Ownership
Transformation in
the Bielecki cabinet. Donald Tusk, chairman of the KLD
executive
board, led an unsuccessful attempt to form a broad
coalition to
support candidates in the 1991 Senate race. The party
foreswore
ideological sloganeering and backed rational, pragmatic
policies.
In the parliamentary elections, the KLD finished seventh
in
popular vote, winning thirty-seven Sejm and six Senate
seats.
Data as of October 1992
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