Krzysztof Jan Kozlowski (18 August 1931 – 26 March 2013) was a Polish

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and

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. He served as

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's Minister of the former Interior and Administration with the Cabinet of

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Tadeusz Mazowiecki Tadeusz Mazowiecki (; 18 April 1927 – 28 October 2013) was a Polish author, journalist, philanthropist and Christian-democratic politician, formerly one of the leaders of the Solidarity movement, and the first non-communist Polish prime min ...

from 1990 until 1991. (The single ministry was split into two separate ministries in 2011). Kozlowski also served as the first Chief of the

Urząd Ochrony Państwa The Office of State Protection ( Polish: ''Urząd Ochrony Państwa'' (, UOP)Senate of the Republic of Poland for four terms. Born in 1931 in Przybysławice, Gmina Gołcza, Kozlowski died from heart failure in Kraków on 26 March 2013, at the age of 81.

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1931 births 2013 deaths People from Miechów County People from Kielce Voivodeship (1919–1939) Democratic Union (Poland) politicians Freedom Union (Poland) politicians Interior ministers of Poland Members of the Senate of Poland 1989–1991 Members of the Senate of Poland 1991–1993 Members of the Senate of Poland 1993–1997 Members of the Senate of Poland 1997–2001 Polish journalists Polish Round Table Talks participants Academic staff of the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin alumni Burials at Salwator Cemetery {{Poland-politician-stub