Janusz Aleksander Ziółkowski (6 April 1924, in

Sosnowiec Sosnowiec is an industrial city county in the Dąbrowa Basin of southern Poland, in the Silesian Voivodeship, which is also part of the Metropolis GZM municipal association.—— Located in the eastern part of the Upper Silesian Industrial Re ...

– 5 April 2000) was a Polish sociologist and politician. He was a professor of sociology at the

Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań The Adam Mickiewicz University (; Latin: ''Universitas Studiorum Mickiewicziana Posnaniensis'') is a research university in Poznań, Poland. Due to its history, the university is traditionally considered among Poland's most reputable institution ...

, and briefly (in 1981) its rector. He was a

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 ...

activist and participated in the

Polish Round Table Agreement The Polish Round Table Talks took place in Warsaw, communist Poland, from 6 February to 5 April 1989. The government initiated talks with the banned trade union ''Solidarity'' and other opposition groups to defuse growing social unrest. Hist ...

. He was elected a

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(1989–1991), and from 1991 to 1995 he was the Chief of The Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Poland.

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1924 births 2000 deaths People from Sosnowiec Polish sociologists Solidarity (Polish trade union) activists Members of the Senate of Poland 1989–1991 {{Poland-sociologist-stub