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 a member of the Sejm in the first and second electoral periods.

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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 a co-founder of the Solidarność trade union in the Ursus tractor works in Warsaw. From 1980 to 1981 he was a member of the state commission of the union and was then a member of the presidium of the state commission. After martial law was imposed , he stayed underground. He was chairman of the Executive Regional Commission of Solidarność for the Mazovia Region and a member of the Temporary Coordination Commission . Of all the members of this body, he stayed underground the longest. He was arrested in May 1986 and released on an amnesty in September of that year. From 1986 to 1987 he was a member of the Interim Trade Union Council and from 1987 to 1989 the Executive State Commission.

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

In the parliamentary elections in 1991 he was elected a member of the RDS list for Warsaw. In the Sejm of the 1st electoral term, he joined the Solidarność Pracy (Solidarność der Arbeit) group. In 1992, after the merger of RDS, Solidarność Pracy and Polska Unia Socjaldemokratyczna (Polish Social Democratic Union - PSU), he became one of the three chairmen of Unia Pracy (Union of Labor - UP) (alongside Ryszard Bugaj and Wiesława Ziółkowska ). In 1993 he won another MP from the UP list. In the 1997 elections to the Sejm, he ran for re-election as a member of parliament without success.

After unsuccessful opposition to the cooperation between Unia Pracy and Sojusz Lewicy Demokratycznej (Federation of the Democratic Left - SLD) in 1998, he left the UP and joined Unia Wolności (Freedom Union - UW). From 1999 to 2001 he was the head of the main customs authority in Jerzy Buzek's government . In 2002 he became a candidate of the Unia Samorządowa (Self-Governing Union) for the office of Mayor of Warsaw. He got about 3% of the votes cast. Two years later he ran unsuccessfully from the list of UW for elections to the European Parliament . He belongs to the "Association of the Free Word".

Web links

• Page of the Sejm for members of the second electoral term
• Biographical entry in the Encyklopedia Solidarności