Janusz Åšniadek
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Janusz Åšniadek (born 1955) is a Polish politician who has been leader of Solidarity since 2002.
He studied in the department of shipbuilding of the Gdańsk University of Technology from 1975, and got a Master of Engineering in 1981. He worked then at the Stocznia Gdynia and joined the Solidarity anticommunist movement. During the period of Martial law in Poland, he participated in clandestine activities while contributing to the underground bulletin Kadłub.[1]
From 1989 to 1998, he was a chairman of the Institutional Commission of Solidarity at the Stocznia Gdynia. From 1992 to 1995, he was a member of the Gdansk area's office, and from 1995 of the Union's national commission. In 1997, Janusz Åšniadek became the vice-chairman of Solidarity. As a AWS member, he ran for 1997 parliamentary election but without any success.
In 1998, he was selected chairman of Gdansk area's office. In 2002, he was elected as the chairman of Solidarity[1], replacing Marian Krzaklewski who was criticized because of AWS' defeat in the 2001 parliamentary election.[2] Janusz Åšniadek was reelected in September 2006. He supported European Constitution while considering it lacking in references to Christianity.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Janusz Śniadek on Encyklopedia Solidarności
- ^ Meet the New Boss, Warsaw Voice, November 12, 2002
- ^ Interview on the French CFDT website
