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Władysław Frasyniuk (born 25 November 1954 in
Władysław Frasyniuk (born 25 November 1954 in Wrocław
Wrocław (; german: Breslau, or . ; Silesian German: ''Brassel'') is a city in southwestern Poland and the largest city in the historical region of Silesia. It lies on the banks of the River Oder in the Silesian Lowlands of Central Europe, r ...
) is a Polish politician, former activist of Solidarity trade union
''Solidarity'' is an awareness of shared interests, objectives, standards, and sympathies creating a psychological sense of unity of groups or classes. It is based on class collaboration.''Merriam Webster'', http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictio ...
, and former chairman of the Partia Demokratyczna - demokraci.pl political party. He served as a member of the Sejm
The Sejm (English: , Polish: ), officially known as the Sejm of the Republic of Poland ( Polish: ''Sejm Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej''), is the lower house of the bicameral parliament of Poland.
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(Polish parliament) from 1991 to 2001.
Life and career
A member of Solidarity inLower Silesia
Lower Silesia ( pl, Dolny Śląsk; cz, Dolní Slezsko; german: Niederschlesien; szl, Dolny Ślōnsk; hsb, Delnja Šleska; dsb, Dolna Šlazyńska; Silesian German: ''Niederschläsing''; la, Silesia Inferior) is the northwestern part of the ...
from its inception, he was one of the founders of the Temporary Coordinating Committee (''Tymczasowa Komisja Koordynacyjna''), which served as an underground leadership of Solidarity after governmental crackdown on Solidarity after the martial law in Poland. For his activity he was arrested, spent time in jail and was released under a general amnesty
Amnesty (from the Ancient Greek ἀμνηστία, ''amnestia'', "forgetfulness, passing over") is defined as "A pardon extended by the government to a group or class of people, usually for a political offense; the act of a sovereign power offici ...
in 1986. In 1987 he was a member of the Temporary Council of NSZZ Solidarność (''Tymczasowa Rada NSZZ Solidarność''), and later of the Country Executive Committee of NSZZ Solidarność (''Krajowa Komisja Wykonawcza NSZZ Solidarność''). In 1989 he was one of the opposition delegates to the Polish Round Table Negotiations. In 1990 he was a member of the Solidarity Citizens' Committee
The Solidarity Citizens' Committee (''Komitet Obywatelski "Solidarność"'', KO "S"), also known as Citizens' Electoral Committee (''Obywatelski Komitet Wyborczy'') and previously named the Citizens' Committee with Lech Wałęsa (''Komitet Obywate ...
(''Komitet Obywatelski "Solidarność"'').
In the new Poland, he was a member of liberal centrist parties. In 1990 he was a cofounder of the Citizens' Movement for Democratic Action
The Citizens' Movement for Democratic Action (''Ruch Obywatelski Akcja Demokratyczna'', ROAD) was a Market socialism, market-socialist and political party in Poland. The party was centrist-socialist on economic issues and conservative to moderate ...
(''Ruch Obywatelski Akcja Demokratyczna, ROAD'') (1990–1991). He was a member of the Democratic Union (''Unia Demokratyczna'') (1991–1994) and its vice-chairman (1991–1993), and after this party merged with the Freedom Union (''Unia Wolności'') he was its member (1994–2001) and chairman (1999–2005). He became one of the founders and the first chairman of the newest incarnation of that party, Partia Demokratyczna - demokraci.pl (2005–present). He resigned from the position in March 2006.
After 2015
SinceLaw and Justice
Law and Justice ( pl, Prawo i Sprawiedliwość , PiS) is a right-wing populist and national-conservative political party in Poland. Its chairman is Jarosław Kaczyński.
It was founded in 2001 by Jarosław and Lech Kaczyński as a direct s ...
came into power in Poland, Frasyniuk has been actively engaged in protests against their policy. He participates in Committee for the Defence of Democracy
The Committee for the Defence of Democracy, CDD ( pl, Komitet Obrony Demokracji, ''KOD'') is a Polish-born civic organization and NGO which among its goals includes promoting the European values, especially democracy, rule of law, and human ...
and Citizens of Poland demonstrations. During one of the Citizens of Poland demonstrations he was accused of assaulting a policeman and later detained.
See also
*History of Solidarity
Solidarity ( pl, „Solidarność”, pronounced ), a Polish non-governmental trade union, was founded on August 14, 1980, at the Lenin Shipyards (now Gdańsk Shipyards) by Lech Wałęsa and others. In the early 1980s, it became the first indep ...
* List of people from Wrocław
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