Donald Tusk was born on 22 April 1957 in Gdańsk. A Polish politician, Tusk co-founded the Civic Platform party and has served twice as Prime Minister of Poland, from 2007 to 2014 and again from 2023. In between he was President of the European Council from 2014 to 2019, and later returned to Polish politics as the leader of the opposition to the Law and Justice government. Born in Gdansk, he took part in the Solidarity movement as a young man. His first government managed Poland through the global financial crisis without recession and he is considered a pro-European centrist. In 2023 he led a coalition that ended eight years of Law and Justice rule.
Before and after
- 6 March 1957Ghana becomes independent
- 10 March 1957Birth of Osama bin Laden
- 25 March 1957Treaty of Rome
- 25 March 1957Founding of European Atomic Energy Community
- 22 April 1957Birth of Donald Tusk
- 29 April 1957Birth of Daniel Day-Lewis
- 20 May 1957Birth of Yoshihiko Noda
- 29 June 1957Birth of Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow
- 24 July 1957Birth of Shavkat Mirziyoyev
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The era
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