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PM Morawiecki pays tribute to late PM Olszewski

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Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki on Thursday laid flowers at the tomb of former Polish Prime Minister Jan Olszewski, marking the former PM's 90th birthday anniversary.

Polish top officials pay tribute to late PM Olszewski

Representatives of the presidential and prime minister's offices, and government officials laid flowers and lit candles at the tomb of Former Polish Prime Minister Jan Olszewski, who died one year ago today.

Former PM Olszewski laid to rest

Former Polish Prime Minister Jan Olszewski, who died on February 7, was laid to rest on Saturday at Warsaw's Powązki Military Cemetery among other eminent Poles.

Ex-PM Olszewski's memorial services held on Saturday

The main memorial services for the former Polish Prime Minister Jan Olszewski will be held in Warsaw on Saturday. The funeral mass will start at 11 a.m. at Warsaw Cathedral.

National mourning starts in Poland after ex-PM's death

A two-day period of national mourning started on Friday in honour of former Polish Prime Minister Jan Olszewski, who died at the age of 88 a week before.

President says national mourning should be observed for late PM

President Andrzej Duda said on Friday that a farewell to Jan Olszewski, an eminent lawyer and politician, prime minister of the government of a free and sovereign Poland, deserves appropriate respect.

Former PM and ‘defender of the people’, Jan Olszewski, dies at 88

Before becoming prime minister in 1991, Olszewski had won fame as a lawyer defending opposition activists during the communist period. For his stance he incurred the wrath of the state, which banned him from practicing law for two years.

Poland's former PM Jan Olszewski dies aged 88

Jan Olszewski, who served as Poland's prime minister in 1991-1992, has died, ruling party Law and Justice (PiS) senior member Antoni Macierewicz told PAP on Friday.

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