Donald Franciszek Tusk [a] (born 22 April 1957) is a Polish politician and historian who has served as the prime minister of Poland since 2023, ... While studying, he was active in the Student Committee of Solidarity, a group that opposed Poland's communist rule at the time. [15]

May 10, 2019 · In 1976, Donald Tusk graduated from Nicolaus Copernicus high school in Gdansk. He would then enroll as a history student at the University of Gdansk, which he graduated from in 1980. While at university he joined a student activist …

As a teenager, Tusk was fascinated by politics and had a keen interest in watching the clashes between striking workers and the riot police. Later, he enrolled himself at the ‘University of Gdańsk,’ where he studied history. He graduated in 1980.

Dec 13, 2023 · In 1976 he began studying history at the University of Gdańsk, where he became involved in opposition against the communist regime. Among others, he cooperated with underground Free Trade Unions and met the future leader of Solidarity Lech Wałęsa.

Feb 28, 2017 · Donald Tusk was born on 22 April 1957 in Gdansk, Poland to carpenter father Donald Tusk and nurse mother Ewa Tusk. Born as a Polish minority, Tusk often compares himself with Jews in the Hitler era. For early education, Tusk went …

In 1976 he started studying history at Gdańsk University, where he became involved in illegal activities against the Communist regime. At the time he cooperated inter alia with the underground Free Trade Unions and met the future Solidarity leader Lech Wałęsa.

Apr 26, 2023 · Tusk graduated from the University of Gdańsk in 1980. He pursued history studies at this institution. Additionally, he joined political affiliations while still studying. He was part of the Student Committee of Solidarity which opposed the communist rule in Poland during that era. 4. Tusk is acclaimed as the founder of several political parties

While studying, he was active in the Student Committee of Solidarity, a group that opposed Poland’s communist rule at the time. Tusk was one of the founders of the Liberal Democratic Congress (Kongres Liberalno-Demokratyczny – or KLD) which, in the 1991 elections won 37 seats in the Sejm.

Dec 12, 2023 · As a university student and then a journalist and youth activist with Solidarity, he embraced free-market economics.

Dec 8, 2017 · Donald Tusk was born in 1957 in Gdańsk, Poland. In 1976 he started studying history at the University of Gdańsk, where he got involved in illegal activities against the Communist regime. In the 1980s he was an activist in the underground Solidarity movement.