Wiesław Chrzanowski
| Wiesław Chrzanowski | |
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| Marshal of the Sejm | |
| In office 24 November 1991 – 14 October 1993 | |
| Preceded by | Mikołaj Kozakiewicz |
| Succeeded by | Józef Oleksy |
| Minister of Justice Public Prosecutor General | |
| In office 12 January 1991 – 21 December 1991 | |
| President | Lech Wałęsa |
| Prime Minister | Jan Krzysztof Bielecki |
| Preceded by | Aleksander Bentkowski |
| Succeeded by | Zbigniew Dyka |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Wiesław Marian Chrzanowski 20 December 1923 Warsaw, Second Polish Republic |
| Died | 29 April 2012 (aged 88) |
| Party | Christian National Union |
| Profession | Lawyer |
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 Marshal of the Sejm.[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 statutes 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.
During the 2011 Polish parliamentary election, he endorsed Polska jest Najważniejsza.[3]
References
- Back to citation Posłowie I kadencji 1991 - 1993 (Delegates of 1st Session, 1991-1993), Sejm of Poland,
- Back to citation occurrence 2.0 Back to citation occurrence 2.1 Back to citation occurrence 2.2 Back to citation occurrence 2.3 Back to citation occurrence 2.4 "Prof. Wiesław Chrzanowski w Kapitule Orła Białego", Gazeta Wyborcza, 2007-05-17, archived from the original on 2012-04-05, retrieved 2010-03-07
- Back to citation "Wiesław Chrzanowski poparł PJN" (in Polish). 2011-09-17. Retrieved 2024-03-29.