Wiesław Chrzanowski
| Wiesław Chrzanowski | |
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| Marshal of the Sejm 1st Marshal of the Sejm of The Third Republic of Poland | |
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In office 24 November 1991 – 14 October 1993 | |
| President | Lech Wałęsa |
| Prime Minister |
Jan Krzysztof Bielecki Jan Olszewski Waldemar Pawlak Hanna Suchocka |
| Preceded by | Mikołaj Kozakiewicz |
| Succeeded by | Józef Oleksy |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Wiesław Marian Chrzanowski 20 December 1923 Warsaw, Second Polish Republic |
| Died | 29 April 2012 (aged 88) |
| Political party | Christian National Union |
| Profession | Lawyer |
| Religion | Christianity (Roman Catholic Church) |
Wiesław Marian Chrzanowski (Polish pronunciation: [ˈvʲɛswaf xʂaˈnɔfskʲi], 20 December 1923 – 29 April 2012) was a Polish politician and lawyer; from 1991 to 1993 he was Sejm Marshal.[1] He was a recipient of the Order of the White Eagle.[2]
Chrzanowski was born and died in Warsaw, Poland. During World War II he was a member of the Polish anti-Nazi resistance organization, the Home Army.[2] He finished a law degree at a secret underground university in 1945.[2] During the second half of the 1970s he became associated with the opposition to the communist government in Poland.[2] He helped to draft the statues establishing the Solidarity trade union and later was the lawyer which guided the legal registration process of the organization.[2] In 1989 he founded the Christian National Union (ZChN), party he chaired to 1994.
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