Kaczynski: Beata Szydlo and Party

kaczynski: Four years later, Lech Kaczynski and 95 others died when the presidential plane crashed en route to Russia, according to Deutsche Welle. A further five years later, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, the founder and leader of Poland ruling Law and Justice party, known as PiS, managed to become the most powerful man in his country without even running for prime minister. Ten years ago, twins Lech and Jaroslaw served simultaneously as president and prime minister, respectively. He left that job to Beata Szydlo, who at the time was a relatively unknown but loyal party soldier. He laughingly commented on the few dissenting votes, saying: "That proves that we also have a kind of democracy in the party." Prime Minister Szydlo and her boss Kaczynski Today, he is the true power behind the Polish government. At a party conference in July, he was confirmed as leader with 99 percent of the vote. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.