Mieczysław Władysław Gil (9 January 1944 – 29 September 2022) was a Polish trade unionist and politician. 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 ...

and later

Law 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 su ...

, he served in 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. The Sejm has been the highest governing body of t ...

from 1989 to 1993 and the

Senate A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior (Latin: ''senex'' meaning "the el ...

from 2011 to 2015. Gil died on 29 September 2022, at the age of 78.

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1944 births 2022 deaths Polish trade unionists Members of the Contract Sejm Members of the Polish Sejm 1991–1993 Members of the Senate of Poland 2011–2015 Polish United Workers' Party members Law and Justice politicians Solidarity Electoral Action politicians People from Staszów County Recipients of Cross of Freedom and Solidarity {{Poland-politician-stub