- Bogdan Lis
Bogdan Lis (1952-present) is a Polish politician, known for his involvement with the
anti-communist Solidarity social movement .Born in
Gdańsk in 1952, he worked inPort of Gdańsk and Elmor company. Between 1971 and 1972 he was imprisoned for his participation in the anti-governmental coastal cities protests. Although in 1975 he joined thePolish United Workers Party , in 1978 he was one of the founders of the anti-governmentFree Trade Unions of the Coast ("Wolne Związki Zawodowe Wybrzeża"). In mid-1980 he organized the strike in Elmor, and took part in the creation of theInter-Enterprise Strike Committee ("Międzyzakładowy Komitet Strajkowy") and soon afterwords, together withLech Wałęsa and others, of the NSZZSolidarity itself (he was the vice chair of the Founding Committee of Solidarity).After
martial law in Poland in December 1981 led to the arrests of many Solidarity members, including Wałęsa, Lis went into hiding and in underground became one of the leaders of theTemporary Coordinating Committee (Tymczasowa Komisja Koordynacyjna), which served as an underground leadership of Solidarity. In that organization Lis was responsible for cooperation between Solidarity and its foreign supporters. He was arrested in June 1984, accused oftreason but released half a year later afteramnesty was given to many imprisoned Solidarity activists. He was arrested again in February 1985 and released in September 1986 after another amnesty. In 1986 he became a member of now legalTemporary Council of NSZZ Solidarność ("Tymczasowa Rada NSZZ Solidarność"), and in 1987 ofCountry Executive Committee of NSZZ Solidarność ("Krajowa Komisja Wykonawcza NSZZ Solidarność"). In 1988 he was a participant of thePolish Round Table Agreement , and was elected to theSenate of Poland in thePolish legislative elections, 1989 .After
Polish parliamentary election, 1991 he distanced himself from national politics and startedbusiness career, although he was still active in local political arena in Gdańsk. He joined the PolishFreedom Union Party ("Unia Wolności") in 1997. As of 2007, he is a member of the UW successorDemocratic Party-demokraci.pl .He is currently CEO of a private firm, member of the Advisory Council of Freedom Union Party, and President of the
Solidarity Centre Foundation .After 2007 elections, he become member of the PolishSejm .External links
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