What is Józef Oleksy?
[[File:JKRUK 20090524 JÓZEF OLEKSY BUSKO IMG 7314.jpg|thumb|Oleksy in May 2009.]] '''Józef Oleksy''' (22 June 1946 &ndash; 9 January 2015) was a [[Poles|Polish]] [[Left-wing politics|left-wing]] [[politician]] and [[economist]]. He served as the seventh [[Prime Minister of Poland]] from 7 March 1995 until 7 February 1996. He was also the former [[chairman]] of the [[Democratic Left Alliance]] (Sojusz Lewicy Demokratycznej, SLD). From 1968 to 1990, he was a member of the [[communist]] [[Polish United Workers' Party]]. Oleksy was born in [[Nowy Sącz]], [[Lesser Poland Voivodeship]]. He was an [[atheist]] before becoming a [[Roman Catholic]].{{cn|date=December 2015}} Oleksy died from [[cancer]] on 9 January 2015 in [[Warsaw]], aged 68.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/2015/01/09/us-poland-oleksy-idUSKBN0KI0MB20150109|title=Polish post-Communist premier Oleksy dies aged 68|publisher=[[Reuters]]|date=9 January 2015|accessdate=9 January 2015|archive-date=28 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150128113210/http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/01/09/us-poland-oleksy-idUSKBN0KI0MB20150109|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== * {{Official|http://jozef-oleksy.blog.onet.pl/}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Oleksy, Jozef}} [[Category:1946 births]] [[Category:2015 deaths]] [[Category:Lesser Poland Voivodeship]] [[Category:Prime Ministers of Poland]] [[Category:Marshals of the Sejm]] {{Bio-stub}}