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Place of Birth: Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland
About Andrzej Celiński
- Andrzej Bohdan Celinski (pronounced ['and??i? t?s?'li?ski]; born 26 February 1950 in Warsaw) is a Polish politician.
- Until 1989 activist of the democratic opposition in Poland.
- Former Member of Senate and Sejm.
- Minister of Culture in the government of Prime Minister Leszek Miller (2001-2002). He was a member of Social Democracy of Poland (SdPl), and previously Democratic Left Alliance and Freedom Union.
- As Sejm Member he was a member of Left and Democrats caucus. He is a graduate of University of Warsaw (social sciences).
- After this he became prominent member of independent scouting movement, Workers' Defence Committee and later Solidarity.
- He was one of the leaders of independence movement during the communist time in Poland.
- From September 1980 he was a secretary of the Inter-Enterprise Strike Committee in Gdansk, and then head of the cabinet for the Chairman of Solidarity Lech Walesa.
- Arrested after declaration of maritial law in Poland on 13 Debcember 1981; he was incarcerated for 12 months until 7 December 1982.
- In years 1983-1989 he was a close advisor to Lech Walesa. He took part in the Round Table Negotiations that lasted from February to April 1989.
- Elected Senator from Solidarity he served from 1989 to 1993 (two terms).
- He later became Sejm member (1993-2005). Originally a member of the Democratic Union and Freedom Union, where he was a member of left-wing, be joined Democratic Left Alliance (SLD) in 1999. He was one of the party vice chairmen.
- After SLD electoral victory he was named Minister of Culture in Leszek Miller's cabinet.
- He served in the government from 19 October 2001 until 6 July 2002. He left SLD with a group of fellow MP's, led by Sejm Marshal Marek Borowski and created new party - SdPl.
- He lost re-election to Sejm in 2005 and SdPl lost all seat as well.
- However, after SLD, SdPl, Labor Union and Democratic Party created coalition Lewica i Demokraci, he returned to the Sejm.Celinski is a nephew of Jan Józef Lipski, socialist and opposition leader.
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