Born in 1957 in Gdansk.
Education
1980: Graduated in history from Gdansk University.
Experience
1980-1981: Editor at Wydawnictwo Morskie (Marine Publishers)
1982-1983: Editor at Zrzeszenie Kaszubsko-Pomorskie (Kashubian-Pomeranian Union).
During martial law: Edited underground publications and earned a living doing industrial high-rise work.
1989-1991: Assistant editor of Gazeta Gdanska (Gdansk Gazette).
1991: Elected to the Sejm on the Liberal-Democratic Congress's ticket.
After LDC was routed in the 1993 elections, he returned to Gdansk.
1994-2001: Chairman of the editorial council of Polityczny Obozrewatel (Political Observer) magazine.
1997-2001: Vice Marshal of the Polish Senate as a member of the Freedom Union party.
2001-2007: Deputy of the Sejm (fourth, fifth and sixth convocations) as a member of Civic Platform.
2001-2005: Vice Marshal of the Sejm.
2005: Ran in presidential elections (finished second).
November 16, 2007: Appointed chairman of the Council of Ministers of the
Republic of Poland.
Married with two children.