See Also: Mazowiecki, Tadeusz(encyclopedia)

Mazowiecki, Tadeusz (sh)




born April 18, 1927, P?ock, Pol.

Polish politician.

After studying law, he cofounded and edited the independent Catholic monthly Wie?? (1958-81). A principal adviser to the Solidarity labour movement, he was appointed its newspaper editor (1981) by Lech Wa?esa. After the 1989 national elections, he was appointed prime minister of a coalition government of Solidarity and communist members. He undertook radical economic reforms to develop a free-market economy, which helped stabilize Poland's consumer-goods market and increased exports but caused high unemployment. He lost his bid for president in 1990 and was replaced as prime minister in 1991.