Tadeusz Mazowiecki

Tadeusz Mazowiecki OOB OPR
Mazowiecki in September 1990
Prime Minister of Poland
In office 24 August 1989 – 12 January 1991
President	Wojciech Jaruzelski Lech Wałęsa
Deputy	Leszek Balcerowicz Czesław Janicki Jan Janowski Czesław Kiszczak
Preceded by	Edward Szczepanik (Exile) Czesław Kiszczak
Succeeded by	Jan Krzysztof Bielecki
Chairman of the Freedom Union
In office 23 April 1994 – 1 April 1995
Preceded by	Himself (As Chairman of the Democratic Union)
Succeeded by	Leszek Balcerowicz
Chairman of the Democratic Union
In office 20 May 1991 – 24 April 1994
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Himself (As Chairman of the Freedom Union)
Personal details
Born	(1927-04-18)18 April 1927 Płock, Poland
Died	28 October 2013(2013-10-28) (aged 86) Warsaw, Poland
Political party	PAX Association (1949–1955) Znak (1961–1972) Solidarity (1980–1991) Democratic Union (1991–1994) Freedom Union (1994–2005) Democratic Party (2005–2006)
Spouse(s)	Krystyna (d.1948) Ewa (d.1970)
Children	3
Profession	Author, journalist, social worker
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Tadeusz Mazowiecki (IPA: [taˈdɛ.uʂ mazɔˈvjɛt͡skʲi] ^ⓘ; 18 April 1927 – 28 October 2013) was a Polish author, journalist, philanthropist and politician, formerly one of the leaders of the Solidarity movement, and the first non-communist Polish prime minister since 1946, having held the post from 1989 to 1991.^[1]

He was the founder and leader of Democratic Union and Freedom Union. Between 1991–2001, he was a member of the Polish Parliament. In the years 2010–2013, he served as advisor to President Bronisław Komorowski. He is the recipient of Poland's highest order of merit, the Order of the White Eagle.