Post by Bonobo on Apr 19, 2019 14:37:37 GMT 1
Great politician, although I often disagreed with his rightist stance.
Jan Ferdynand Olszewski (['jan ɔlˈʂɛfskʲi] (About this soundlisten); 20 August 1930 – 7 February 2019) was a Polish conservative lawyer and politician who served as the Prime Minister of Poland for five months between December 1991 and early June 1992 and later became a leading figure of the national conservative Movement for the Reconstruction of Poland. Olszewski's premiership was the second shortest in the history of the Third Republic.
Early life and World War II
Born in Warsaw on 20 August 1930,[1] Olszewski originated from a working-class family employed in the railway industry who were strongly connected to the Polish Socialist Party.[2] Olszewski was related to Stefan Aleksander Okrzeja, a Polish socialist nationalist from the turn of the 20th century who was executed by Russian authorities in 1905 for leading insurgent activities.[3] Despite Olszewski's active preference to right-wing politics later in life, he considered himself sympathetic to socialist causes during his early formative years.[4]
During World War II, Olszewski was active in the Szare Szeregi (Grey Ranks), an underground part of the Polish Scouting Association. According to biographical information published at footnote five, Olszewski participated in the Warsaw Uprising in 1944.[5][6].
Jan Ferdynand Olszewski (['jan ɔlˈʂɛfskʲi] (About this soundlisten); 20 August 1930 – 7 February 2019) was a Polish conservative lawyer and politician who served as the Prime Minister of Poland for five months between December 1991 and early June 1992 and later became a leading figure of the national conservative Movement for the Reconstruction of Poland. Olszewski's premiership was the second shortest in the history of the Third Republic.
Early life and World War II
Born in Warsaw on 20 August 1930,[1] Olszewski originated from a working-class family employed in the railway industry who were strongly connected to the Polish Socialist Party.[2] Olszewski was related to Stefan Aleksander Okrzeja, a Polish socialist nationalist from the turn of the 20th century who was executed by Russian authorities in 1905 for leading insurgent activities.[3] Despite Olszewski's active preference to right-wing politics later in life, he considered himself sympathetic to socialist causes during his early formative years.[4]
During World War II, Olszewski was active in the Szare Szeregi (Grey Ranks), an underground part of the Polish Scouting Association. According to biographical information published at footnote five, Olszewski participated in the Warsaw Uprising in 1944.[5][6].