Janusz Władysław Pałubicki (born 1948) is a Polish politician and activist. Born in 1948 in Wałbrzych, Pałubicki studied

history of art The history of art focuses on objects made by humans for any number of spiritual, narrative, philosophical, symbolic, conceptual, documentary, decorative, and even functional and other purposes, but with a primary emphasis on its aesthetics ...

at the University of Poznań. From 1981 he was a member of

Solidarity Solidarity or solidarism is an awareness of shared interests, objectives, standards, and sympathies creating a psychological sense of unity of groups or classes. True solidarity means moving beyond individual identities and single issue politics ...

; in 1982 he became the leader of the Wielkopolska part of the movement. During the

martial law in Poland Martial law in Poland () existed between 13 December 1981 and 22 July 1983. The Polish United Workers' Party, government of the Polish People's Republic drastically restricted everyday life by introducing martial law and a military junta in an a ...

(1981–1983) he was one of many Solidarity activists who were arrested and interned. From 1997 to 2001 he was a minister-coordinator of Polish secret services in the

Solidarity Electoral Action Solidarity Electoral Action (, AWS) was a coalition of political parties in Poland, active from 1996 to 2001. AWS was the political arm of the Solidarity (Polish trade union), Solidarity trade union, whose leader Lech Wałęsa (also an AWS member ...

(AWS) government of Jerzy Buzek. During that period he was also a deputy for Polish parliament, the

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