Henryk Wujec (25 December 1940[1] – 15 August 2020) was a Polish politician who served as a member of the Sejm.[2]
Wujec was born in Podlesie, Biłgoraj County. As a child, he was interned at Majdanek concentration camp. He graduated from Warsaw University with a degree in Physics and went on to study electron technology as a postgraduate in 1970.[3] Wujec also married his wife, physics teacher and dissident Ludwika Wujec, in 1970 as well.[4]
A physicist by profession,[1] Wujec was an activist in the Solidarity movement of the 1980s.[5] In 1984, he was imprisoned at Białołęka for his political activities.[1]
Wujec was Secretary of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in the government of Jerzy Buzek in 1999-2000. He acted as an advisor to Bronisław Komorowski when the latter became President of Poland in 2010.[3]
He died at the age of 79 on 15 August 2020 after a long illness. He was buried at the Powązki Military Cemetery and posthumously awarded Poland's highest order, the Order of the White Eagle.[6]
References
edit- ^ a b c Michael Szporer (2012). Solidarity: The Great Workers Strike of 1980. Lexington Books. p. 229. ISBN 978-0-7391-7487-6.
- ^ "Henryk Wujec nie żyje. Legenda "Solidarności" i działacz KOR miał 79 lat". gazetapl. 15 August 2020.
- ^ a b "Polish anti communist activist, 'Solidarity' legend Henryk Wujec dies at 79". Poland In. 15 August 2020. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
- ^ "Nie żyje Ludwika Wujec. Miała 83 lata". Polsat News. 26 May 2024. Archived from the original on 26 May 2024. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
- ^ Barbara Wejnert (9 January 2014). Diffusion of Democracy: The Past and Future of Global Democracy. Cambridge University Press. p. 128. ISBN 978-1-107-04711-2.
- ^ "Henryk Wujec odznaczony Orderem Orła Białego. Został pochowany na Powązkach Wojskowych". Retrieved 25 August 2020.
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