Bogdan Borusewicz

Bogdan Borusewicz

Bogdan Michał Borusewicz, (, born 11 January 1949, in Lidzbark Warmiński, Poland) is the Speaker in the Polish Senate since 20 October 2005. Borusewicz was a democratic opposition activist under the Communist regime, a member of the Polish parliament (Sejm) for three terms and first Senate Speaker to serve two terms in this office.

Borusewicz briefly served as the Acting President of Poland on 8 July 2010 between Bronisław Komorowski's resignation from the Sejm (and thus Speakership) due to being elected President and the election of the new Speaker (and Acting President) Grzegorz Schetyna.