Zbigniew Romaszewski

Zbigniew Romaszewski

Zbigniew Romaszewski ( born January 2 1940 in Warsaw) is a Polish conservative politician, a Polish senator since 1989, and a human rights activist.

After the June 1976 protests he was cofounder of assurance to workes prosecuted by communist regime. He was one of the founders of the Workers' Defence Committee (KOR). He became Chief of Bureau of Intervention of the Committee for Social Self-defence KOR in 1977. 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 electoral list of Law and Justice. Since November 28 2007 he has been deputy marshal of Polish Senate.

External links

* [http://www.romaszewski.pl Oficial web site of Zbigniew Romaszewski]


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