Aleksander Kwaśniewski is a Polish politician and journalist. He served as the president of Poland from 1995 to 2005. His tenure as President was marked by modernization of Poland, rapid economic growth, the drafting of a new Polish Constitution (1997), and the accession of Poland to NATO (1999) and the European Union (2004). In 2004, he brokered a pro-democratic agreement during the Orange Revolution in Ukraine.
Kwaśniewski (left) on Andrzej Tadeusz Kijowski's talk show in December 1994
Kwaśniewski receiving praises by supporters after his presidential victory in 1995
Kwaśniewski with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, October 2001
Białogard is a historic town in Middle Pomerania, northwestern Poland, with 23,614 inhabitants as of December 2021. The capital of Białogard County in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship. It is the most important railroad junction of Middle Pomerania, which links Kołobrzeg with Piła and Gdańsk with Stargard.
Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary at the town square
Former town granary made from a timber frame
Some of the historical tenements in the Old Town
Preserved town hall dating back hundreds of years