Wiesław Chrzanowski

Wiesław Marian Chrzanowski (Polish pronunciation: [ˈvʲɛswaf xʂaˈnɔfskʲi], 20 December 1923 – 29 April 2012) was a Polish politician and lawyer; from 1991 to 1993 he was Marshal of the Sejm.^[1] He was a recipient of the Order of the White Eagle.^[2]

Wiesław Chrzanowski
Marshal of the Sejm
In office 24 November 1991 – 14 October 1993
Preceded by	Mikołaj Kozakiewicz
Succeeded by	Józef Oleksy
Minister of Justice Public Prosecutor General
In office 12 January 1991 – 21 December 1991
President	Lech Wałęsa
Prime Minister	Jan Krzysztof Bielecki
Preceded by	Aleksander Bentkowski
Succeeded by	Zbigniew Dyka
Personal details
Born	Wiesław Marian Chrzanowski (1923-12-20)20 December 1923 Warsaw, Second Polish Republic
Died	29 April 2012(2012-04-29) (aged 88)
Political party	Christian National Union
Profession	Lawyer

Chrzanowski was born and died in Warsaw, Poland. During World War II he was a member of the Polish anti-Nazi resistance organization, the Home Army.^[2] He finished a law degree at a secret underground university in 1945.^[2] During the second half of the 1970s he became associated with the opposition to the communist government in Poland.^[2] He helped to draft the statutes establishing the Solidarity trade union and later was the lawyer which guided the legal registration process of the organization.^[2] In 1989 he founded the Christian National Union (ZChN), party he chaired to 1994.

During the 2011 Polish parliamentary election, he endorsed Polska jest Najważniejsza.^[3]

References

1. Posłowie I kadencji 1991 - 1993 (Delegates of 1st Session, 1991-1993), Sejm of Poland,
2. "Prof. Wiesław Chrzanowski w Kapitule Orła Białego", Gazeta Wyborcza, 2007-05-17, archived from the original on 2012-04-05, retrieved 2010-03-07
3. "Wiesław Chrzanowski poparł PJN" (in Polish). 2011-09-17. Retrieved 2024-03-29.