Zbigniew Jan Romaszewski (2 January 1940 – 13 February 2014) was a Polish conservative politician,

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since 1989, and

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activist. After the

June 1976 protests The June 1976 protests were a series of protests and demonstrations in the Polish People's Republic that took place after Prime Minister Piotr Jaroszewicz revealed the plan for a sudden increase in the price of many basic commodities,

he was cofounder of assurance to workers prosecuted by communist regime. He was one of the founders of the

Workers' Defence Committee The Workers' Defense Committee ( , KOR) was a Polish civil society group that was established to give aid to prisoners and their families after the June 1976 protests and ensuing government crackdown. It was a precursor and inspiration for efforts ...

(KOR). He became Chief of Bureau of Intervention of the Committee for Social Self-defence KOR in 1977. In 1979 knew Andrej Sacharov. In 1980 he was the founder of the Helsinki Committee in

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. In 1980-1981 he was chief of Commission of Intervention and Law-abidingness of

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. During

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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

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. From 28 November 2007 he was deputy marshal of Polish Senate. He died at age 74 in a hospital in

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, after a week of

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References

External links

Official web site of Zbigniew Romaszewski

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