Piotr Paweł Morta (born 19 June 1959 in

Wieluń Wieluń () is a town in south-central Poland with 21,624 inhabitants (2021). The town is the seat of the Gmina Wieluń and Wieluń County, and is located within the Łódź Voivodeship. Wieluń is a capital of the historical Wieluń Land. W ...

) is a Polish political activist, dissident, economist, co-inventor, activist in underground "Solidarity", Krajowy Mistrz Racjonalizacji 1983 (Polish master of rationalization in 1983), and vice-chairman of

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AG.

Life

Education

He is an alumnus of the

Poznań University of Economics and Business The Poznań University of Economics and Business is a business school in Poland. The Poznań University of Economics and Business (PUEB) is an academic institution in the western part of the country attracting students from many parts of Poland. ...

(then: Academy of Economics in

Poznań Poznań ( ) is a city on the Warta, River Warta in west Poland, within the Greater Poland region. The city is an important cultural and business center and one of Poland's most populous regions with many regional customs such as Saint John's ...

). He studied management and marketing there.

Political career

In 1989 he created 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 Obywatel ...

Wieruszów Wieruszów () is a town in south-central Poland with 8,446 inhabitants (2020). Situated in the southwestern part of Łódź Voivodeship, it is the seat of the Gmina Wieruszów and Wieruszów County. Wieruszów is located in the historical Wieluń ...

. He was a member of City Council Board of Managers in years 1990-1994. He was also councillor of

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at the same time. Councillor of

Wieruszów County __NOTOC__ Wieruszów County () is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Łódź Voivodeship, central Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. ...

over the period 1998-2002, 2002-2006, 2006–2010 and 2010-2014.

Other activities

In years 1998-2014 he was a chairman of the National Secretariat of Construction and Wood Workers of Independent Self-governing Labour Union "Solidarity". He has served as a chairman of the National Secretariat of Construction, Wood Workers and Environmental Protection of Independent Self-governing Labour Union "Solidarity"-80 since 2014. As a result of his efforts,"Solidarity"-80 became a member of the European Federation of Building and Woodworkers (EFBWW) on 1 July 2018. Moreover, he was vice-chairman of European Works Council

AG from 2007 to 2014. Since March 28, 2017, he has been a member of The Council for the Protection of Struggle and Martyrdom Sites at the Wrocław branch of the Institute of National Remembrance.

Publications

Co-author of the publication "Szanse i zagrożenia rozwoju Zakładów Płyt Wiórowych Prospan S.A. będące wynikiem prywatyzacji" (Opportunities and threats to the Development of Particleboard Manufacturing Plant Prospan S.A. resulting from

privatization Privatization (rendered privatisation in British English) can mean several different things, most commonly referring to moving something from the public sector into the private sector. It is also sometimes used as a synonym for deregulation w ...

), which was published by

1997.

Honours

* 1998: Bronze Cross of Merit * 2010: Silver Cross of Merit * 2014:

Cross of Freedom and Solidarity The Cross of Freedom and Solidarity (''Krzyż Wolności i Solidarności'') was established on 5 August 2010, to honor members of the democratic opposition in Poland who between the years 1956 and 1989 were killed, seriously wounded or injured, arr ...

* 2016: Odznaka honorowa "Działacza opozycji antykomunistycznej lub osoby represjonowanej z powodów politycznych" (Decoration of Honor for activist of anti-communist opposition or repressed person for political reasons) * 2016: Krzyż Niezłomni Niepokorni 1956-1989 (Cross for unbreakable and disobedient person) * 2016: Pro Patria Medal * 2017: Primus in Agendo * 2017: Złoty Kordelas Leśnika Polskiego (Gold cutlass of Polish forester) * 2018:

Order of Polonia Restituta The Order of Polonia Restituta (, ) is a Polish state decoration, state Order (decoration), order established 4 February 1921. It is conferred on both military and civilians as well as on alien (law), foreigners for outstanding achievements in ...

(English: Order of the Rebirth of Poland) * 2020: Medal of the Centenary of Regained Independence * 2021: Medal "Pro Bono Poloniae" Piotr Morta is a co-inventor of chain link - this

invention An invention is a unique or novelty (patent), novel machine, device, Method_(patent), method, composition, idea, or process. An invention may be an improvement upon a machine, product, or process for increasing efficiency or lowering cost. It m ...

was patented by the

Polish Patent Office The Patent Office of the Republic of Poland (, abbreviated UPRP) is the patent office of Poland. It is based in Warsaw, the capital and largest city of the country. The Office was established on 28 December 1918, shortly after Poland regained ...

. He received a certificate from the

Institute of National Remembrance The Institute of National Remembrance – Commission for the Prosecution of Crimes against the Polish Nation (, abbreviated IPN) is a Polish state research institute in charge of education and archives which also includes two public prosecutio ...

- Commission for the Prosecution of Crimes against the Polish Nation. According to the certificate he is a victim in the meaning of the Act on the Institute of National Remembrance. In 2017 he was awarded the title of "Meritorious for

". On September 21, 2022, during the Solidarity-80 Delegates' Convention, he was awarded the Medal of Merit for Community Accords for his outstanding contributions to the democratic transition in Poland.

Personal life

Piotr Morta is married to Maria Jolanta, who is a teacher. Together they have three daughters: Natalia, Martyna, and Julia.

References

Bibliography

Encyclopedia of Solidarity

Recipients of Cross of Freedom and Solidarity - Biography
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