Polish Prime Minister’s Father Who Was Leading Dissident in Communist Era Dies

Kornel Morawiecki. (Election Committee of the Presidential Candidate Kornel Morawiecki/[CC BY-SA 3.0 (ept.ms/2Bw5evC)])

WARSAW, Poland—Kornel Morawiecki, the father of Poland’s prime minister who was also the country’s most senior lawmaker and a leading dissident during the communist era, has died. He was 78.

Morawiecki died in a Warsaw government hospital on Sept. 30 following a long illness.