President Lech Walesa Succeeded by August Chelkowski Role Polish Politician | Name Andrzej Stelmachowski | |
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President Wojciech Jaruzelski, Lech Walesa Prime Minister Tadeusz Mazowiecki, Jan Krzysztof Bielecki Deputy Zofia Kuratowska, Andrzej Slisz, Andrzej Wielowieyski Preceded by VacantBoguslaw Miedzinski in 1939 Education Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan | ||
Andrzej Stelmachowski ([ˈand.ʐɛj stɛlmaˈxɔfskʲi], January 28, 1925, Poznań – April 6, 2009, Warsaw) was a Polish academic and politician.
Life
Stelmachowski was a member of Armia Krajowa, the Polish resistance during Second World War. A Lawyer, professor of University of Wrocław (from 1962) and University of Warsaw (from 1967), he was a Solidarity advisor in 1980 and took part in the Polish Round Table Agreement. He also served as Marshal of the Senate (1989–1991), Minister of Education (1991–1992), and presidential advisor from (2007–2009). In his advisory capacity he suggested doing away with the secrecy of the Union of Solidarity; his idea was to "break away" and "create open structures as much as possible".
Stelmachowski was the founder and then president of Stowarzyszenie "Wspólnota Polska", serving until 11 May 2008.
Stelmachowski died on April 6, 2009. The Polish President Lech Kaczynski expressed his condolences to family and friends as did politicians from across the political spectrum in Poland, end representatives of Polish emigrant organizations in Belarus, Lithuania and United States.