Birth Name: Donald Franciszek Tusk
Place of Birth: Gdańsk, Poland
Date of Birth: April 22, 1957
Ethnicity: Kashubian, at least 1/32 Polish, possibly some German
Donald Tusk is a Polish politician and historian. A member of the European People’s Party, he has served as the President of the European Council, since 1 December, 2014. As a member of the Civic Platform (Polish political party), he also served as Prime Minister of Poland, from 16 November, 2007 to 22 September, 2014.
Donald is the son of Ewa (Dawidowska), a nurse, and Donald Tusk, a carpenter. His family is of Kashubian origin, a west Slavic ethnic group native to the Kashubia region in Poland. Donald identifies as a Kashubian, and is able to speak the Kashubian language, as well as Polish, English, and German.
One of Donald’s great-great-great-grandmothers, Anna Labuda, was born in Potęgowo, which is located outside of the Kashubians’ historical territory. Thus, she might have been of ethnic Polish descent.
Donald’s paternal grandparents were Józef Tusk (the son of Józef Tusk and Augustyna Adamczyk) and Julianna Jeżewska.
Donald’s maternal grandparents were Franciszek Karol Dawidowski (the son of Leon Dawidowski and Julianna Czaja) and Anna Gertrude Liebke (the daughter of Albert Franz Liebke and Ottilie Johanna Krause). Donald’s grandmother Anna’s surname “Liebke” is often German, as is the surname “Krause” (although it was evidently spelled “Krusa” several generations back).
Source: Genealogy of Donald Tusk – https://www.geni.com
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