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Tadeusz Mazowiecki

1927 – 2013 · aged 86

Polish politician and prime minister (1927-2013)

Born
18 Apr 1927 · Płock
Died
28 Oct 2013 · Warsaw
Part ofPoland967 CE – today

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 99 years
  1. 18 Apr 1927BornBorn in Płock
  2. 1961 – 1972RoleMember of the Sejm
  3. 1989 – 1991RolePrime Minister of Poland
  4. 1991 – 2001RoleMember of the Sejm
  5. 1995AwardMedal of honor Dag Hammarskjold
  6. 1995AwardOrder of the White Eagle
  7. 1997AwardGrand Officer of the Legion of Honour
  8. 1999AwardLothar Kreyssig Peace Prize
  9. 2000AwardGreat Cross with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
  10. 2000AwardKnight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
  11. 2001AwardCommander with Star of the Order of Merit of Hungary
  12. 2001AwardGerman National Prize
  13. 2002AwardGrand Cross of the Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas
  14. 2002AwardOrder Ecce Homo
  15. 2004AwardPelikán Award
  16. 2005AwardRobert Schuman Medal
  17. 28 Oct 2013DiedDied in Warsaw

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1927 – 2013).

  1. 1933 – 1945The Holocaust
  2. 19341934 FIFA World Cup
  3. 19361936 Summer Olympics
  4. 1937 – 1945Second Sino-Japanese War
  5. 19381938 FIFA World Cup
  6. 1938Munich Agreement
  7. 1939 – 1940Winter War
  8. 1939 – 1945World War II
  9. 1940 – 1945Auschwitz concentration camp
  10. 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
  11. 1941 – 1945Eastern Front
  12. 1941Operation Barbarossa
  13. 1942 – 1943Battle of Stalingrad
  14. 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  15. 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials
  16. 19501950 FIFA World Cup
  17. 1950 – 1953Korean War
  18. 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
  19. 19541954 FIFA World Cup
  20. 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
  21. 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
  22. 1956Suez Crisis
  23. 19581958 FIFA World Cup
  24. 1959Antarctic Treaty System
  25. 19621962 FIFA World Cup
  26. 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
  27. 19661966 FIFA World Cup
  28. 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
  29. 1968Prague Spring
  30. 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
  31. 19721972 Summer Olympics
  32. 19741974 FIFA World Cup
  33. 19781978 FIFA World Cup
  34. 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
  35. 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
  36. 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
  37. 19841984 Summer Olympics
  38. 1985Schengen Agreement
  39. 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
  40. 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall

Biography

Tadeusz Mazowiecki (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.

He was the founder and leader of Democratic Union and Freedom Union. Between 1991 and 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.

Text from the Wikipedia article Tadeusz Mazowiecki, CC BY-SA 4.0

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