COMMUNISM'S NEGOTIATED COLLAPSE:
THE POLISH ROUND TABLE TALKS OF 1989,
TEN YEARS LATER
A Conference at the University of Michigan, April 7-10, 1999

Farmer, Solidarity activist responsible for unifying the independent trade union movement in the countryside, and Round Table participant for the opposition, Gabriel Janowski (b. 1947) holds a doctorate in agriculture from the College of Agriculture in Warsaw, where he worked from 1974 to 1988. After his detention from 1981 to 1982, Janowski played a leading role in the Catholic Church's lay ministry among farmers. He was a member of the Citizens' Committee, Vice-Chair (1989-90) and Chair (1990-92) of the National Council of Solidarity of Individual Farmers, and Senator for the Civic Parliamentary Club (1989-91). From 1991 to 1993, Janowski represented the Peasant Alliance as a Deputy to the Sejm and served as Minister of Agriculture. In 1992 he became leader of the Polish Peasant Party-Peasant Alliance. He is currently a Deputy to the Sejm associated with Solidarity Electoral Action.

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