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

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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 ( pl, Komitet Obrony Robotników , 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. KOR was an examp ...

(KOR). He became Chief of Bureau of Intervention of the

Committee for Social Self-defence KOR The Committee for Social Self-Defense KOR or KSS KOR (Polish: ''Komitet Samoobrony Społecznej KOR'') was a Polish civil society group that emerged under the communist rule. It was created in 1977-1978 from the Workers' Defense Committee (''Komitet ...

in 1977. In 1979 knew Andrej Sacharov. In 1980 he was the founder of the

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

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. During martial law in Poland 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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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 ...

. 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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'' interview {{DEFAULTSORT:Romaszewski, Zbigniew 1940 births 2014 deaths Members of the Committee for Social Self-Defense KOR Members of the Workers' Defence Committee Politicians from Warsaw Solidarity (Polish trade union) activists Law and Justice politicians Movement for Reconstruction of Poland politicians Members of the Senate of Poland 1989–1991 Members of the Senate of Poland 1991–1993 Members of the Senate of Poland 1993–1997 Members of the Senate of Poland 1997–2001 Members of the Senate of Poland 2001–2005 Members of the Senate of Poland 2005–2007 University of Warsaw alumni Recipients of the Order of the White Eagle (Poland)