Social Democracy of the Republic of Poland

Social Democracy of the Republic of Poland (SdRP) (Polish: Socjaldemokracja Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej, SdRP) was a social-democratic political party in Poland created in 1990, shortly after the Revolutions of 1989. The party was the main party of the successor parties to the Polish United Workers Party (PZPR).

Social Democracy of the Republic of Poland Socjaldemokracja Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej
Leader	Aleksander Kwaśniewski
Founded	28 January 1990[1]
Dissolved	15 April 1999
Preceded by	Polish United Workers' Party (de facto)
Merged into	Democratic Left Alliance
Headquarters	Warsaw
Ideology	Social democracy
Political position	Centre-left
National affiliation	Democratic Left Alliance (1990-99)
International affiliation	Socialist International
Colours	Red
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Among the creators and leading figures of SdRP were the former Polish president Aleksander Kwaśniewski, former speaker of the Sejm Józef Oleksy and former Prime Minister Leszek Miller.

On 15 April 1999, the SdRP was folded into the Democratic Left Alliance.[2]

The former headquarters of Social Democracy of the Republic of Poland (now HQ of the Democratic Left Alliance) in Rozbrat street in Warsaw

References

Timeline of Polish socialist/social democratic parties after 1986

•Polish Socialist Party (1987–) •Polish Social Democratic Union (1990–92) •Social Democracy of the Republic of Poland (1990–99) •Democratic-Social Movement (1991–93) •Labour Union (1992–) •National Party of Retirees and Pensioners (1994–) •Democratic Left Alliance (1999–) •Reason Party (2002–13) •Social Democracy of Poland (2004–) •Union of the Left (2004–) •Polish Left (2008–) •Razem (2015–)

1. Columbus, Frank H. (1998). Central and Eastern Europe in Transition. Nova Publishers. ISBN 9781560725961.
2. Eliaeson, Sven (2009-03-26). Building Civil Society and Democracy in New Europe. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. ISBN 9781443808965.