Statue of Jan Olszewski
The statue of Jan Olszewski is a bronze statue in Warsaw, Poland, placed in front of the Building of the Chancellery of the Prime Minister at 1/3 Ujazdów Avenue, within the neighbourhood of Ujazdów in the Downtown district. It is dedicated to Jan Olszewski, a lawyer and politician, who was the Prime Minister of Poland from 1991 to 1992. It was unveiled on 21 December 2022.
History
The construction of the monument was approved by the Warsaw City Council in February 2019, shortly after death of Jan Olszewski, the Prime Minister of Poland from 1991 to 1992.On 4 June 2019, on the 27th anniversary of the disbandment of the Olszewski's cabinet, was held a ceremony of lying the cornerstone. The ceremony was attended by numerous government officials, including the Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, Piotr Gliński, the deputy prime minister, Julia Przyłębska, the head of the Constitutional Tribunal, and Jarosław Kaczyński, the leader of the Law and Justice party.
The monument was unveiled on 21 December 2022, in front of the Building of the Chancellery of the Prime Minister. The ceremony was attended by Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, Elżbieta Witek, the Marshal of the Sejm, and other government officials.