Zbigniew Romaszewski
Zbigniew Romaszewski | |
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Member of Senate | |
In office 4 July 1989 – 7 November 2011 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Law and Justice | 2 January 1940
Alma mater | University of Warsaw |
Zbigniew Jan Romaszewski (2 January 1940 – 13 February 2014[1]) was a Polish conservative politician, senator since 1989, and human rights activist.
After the
Committee for Social Self-defence KOR
in 1977.
In 1979 knew Andrej Sacharov. In 1980 he was the founder of the Helsinki Committee in Poland. In 1980-1981 he was chief of Commission of Intervention and Law-abidingness of Solidarity. During martial law in Poland he established independent Radio Solidarity
. In 1982 he was arrested and jailed by the Communist regime until 1984.
In 2007 he was elected to the Senate from the
Law and Justice
. From 28 November 2007 he was deputy marshal of Polish Senate.
He died at age 74 in a hospital in Warsaw, after a week of induced coma.[1]
References
- ^ a b c "Zbigniew Romaszewski nie żyje". RMF FM. 13 February 2014. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
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