- Janusz Śniadek
Janusz Śniadek (born 1955) is a Polish politician who has been leader of
Solidarity since 2002.He studied in the department of shipbuilding of the
Gdańsk University of Technology from 1975, and got aMaster of Engineering in 1981. He worked then at theStocznia Gdynia and joined theSolidarity anticommunist movement. During the period ofMartial law in Poland , he participated in clandestine activities while contributing to the underground bulletin "Kadłub". [http://www.encyklopedia-solidarnosci.pl/wiki/index.php?title=Janusz_%C5%9Aniadek Janusz Śniadek on "Encyklopedia Solidarności"] ]From 1989 to 1998, he was a chairman of the Institutional Commission of Solidarity at the Stocznia Gdynia. From 1992 to 1995, he was a member of the Gdansk area's office, and from 1995 of the Union's national commission. In 1997, Janusz Śniadek became the vice-chairman of Solidarity. As a AWS member, he ran for 1997 parliamentary election but without any success.
In 1998, he was selected chairman of Gdansk area's office. In 2002, he was elected as the chairman of
Solidarity , replacingMarian Krzaklewski who was criticized because of AWS' defeat in the 2001 parliamentary election. [ [http://www.warsawvoice.pl/printArticle.php?a=324 Meet the New Boss] , "Warsaw Voice ", November 12, 2002] Janusz Śniadek was reelected in September 2006. He supported European Constitution while considering it lacking in references toChristianity . [ [http://www.cfdt.fr/actualite/international/actualite_europe/archives_2004/europe_2004_12.htm Interview] on the French CFDT website]References
External links
* [http://www.solidarnosc.org.pl/en/officials/president/index.htm Biography on Solidarity website]
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