Andrzej Stelmachowski

Andrzej Stelmachowski
Marshal of the Senate
In office 22 November 1989 – 26 November 1991
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	August Chełkowski
Minister of National Education
In office 23 December 1991 – 5 June 1992
President	Lech Wałęsa
Prime Minister	Jan Olszewski
Preceded by	Robert Głębocki
Succeeded by	Zdobysław Flisowski
Personal details
Born	28 January 1925 Poznań, Poland
Died	6 April 2009 (2009-04-07) (aged 84) Warsaw, Poland
Profession	Academician

Andrzej Stanisław Ksawery Stelmachowski (Polish pronunciation: [ˈand.ʐɛj stɛlmaˈxɔfskʲi], 28 January 1925, Poznań – 6 April 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 6 April 2009. The Polish President Lech Kaczynski expressed his condolences to family and friends as did politicians from across the political spectrum in Poland, representatives of Polish emigrant organizations in Belarus, Lithuania and United States.

See also

• List of Poles