Zbigniew Bujak

Zbigniew Bujak ( born November 29, 1954 in Łopuszno ) is a Polish politician. He was active in the democratic opposition during the People's Republic of Poland ( PRL) and member of the Sejm in the First and Second legislature.

Curriculum vitae

In 1977 he finished the Technical School in Żyrardów. In 1998, he graduated in political science at the Faculty of Journalism and Political Science at the University of Warsaw.

In 1980, he became involved in the democratic opposition and was co-founder of the Solidarity trade union in the Ursus tractor works in Warsaw. In the years 1980 to 1981 he sat in the state committee of the union, was then a member of the Presidium of the National Commission. After the imposition of martial law, he remained underground. He was Chairman of the Executing Regional Commission of Solidarity for the Mazovia region and member of the injunction Coordination Commission. Of all the members of this body he remained longest underground. He was arrested in May 1986 and released in September of the same year due to an amnesty. From 1986 to 1987, he entered, and from 1987 to 1989 in the injunction of Trade Unions in the Executing state committee.

In 1989 he took part in the plenary sessions of the Round Table, but did not run in the elections to the Sejm. He was also one of the three "founding fathers" of Agora SA, the editor of Gazeta Wyborcza (next Andrzej Wajda and Aleksander Paszyński ). In 1990, he supported the candidacy of Tadeusz Mazowiecki in the election for president. He was co-founder of Ruch Obywatelski Akcja Demokratyczna ( Citizens' Movement for Democratic Action - ROAD ) and after joining this group for Unia Demokratyczna (Democratic Union - UD ) he was at the head of the small Ruch Demokratyczno - Społeczny ( Democratic- Social Movement - RDS). In 1991 he published (together with Janusz Rolicki ) the interview series I apologize for Solidarity.

In the parliamentary elections in 1991, he was appointed deputy from the list of RDS for Warsaw. In the Sejm I. legislature, he entered the Chamber of Deputies circle Solidarity Pracy at ( Solidarity of the work). He was in 1992 after the merger of the RDS, the Solidarity Pracy and Polska Unia Socjaldemokratyczna (Polish Social Democratic Union - PSU ) one of the three chairmen of the Unia Pracy ( Union work - UP ) (next Ryszard Bugaj and Wiesława Ziółkowska ). In 1993, he won again a deputy's mandate from the list of UP. In the elections to the Sejm in 1997 he applied unsuccessfully for re-election as an MP.

After futile opposition to the cooperation of the Unia Pracy with the Sojusz Lewicy Demokratycznej ( Democratic Left Alliance - SLD) in 1998, he resigned from the UP and joined the Unia Wolności ( Freedom Union - UW) at. 1999 to 2001 he was head of the customs authority in the government of Jerzy Buzek. He was the candidate of the Unia Samorządowa ( self-governing Union) for the office of mayor of Warsaw in 2002. He scored about 3% of the votes cast. Two years later he ran unsuccessfully from the list of UW for the elections to the European Parliament. He is one of the "Association of Free word " to.