“Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki’s mother was one of those quiet but great wives and mothers, women – heroines of our freedom,” wrote President Andrzej Duda, offering condolences after the death of Jadwiga Morawiecka. The widow of Kornel Morawiecki, she was also an opposition activist herself.
Condolences from the President
“Today my mother passed away. My teacher of life, love, goodness, and responsibility. Her heart. Her mind. Her hands. The most dreamed-of mother in the world,” Mateusz Morawiecki had written earlier on Facebook.
He emphasized that everything good in him – he owes to his mother. “I owe her my faith, perseverance, and pride in our Homeland. Thanks to my mother, I know that love is stronger than death,” he wrote.
President Andrzej Duda offered condolences to the Morawiecki family.
“Mrs. Jadwiga Morawiecka – the mother of Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki – has passed away. She was one of those quiet but great wives and mothers, women – heroines of our freedom,” the president wrote on social media. “To the Prime Minister and the entire family, Agata and I extend our deepest condolences. We join you in prayer,” he added.
Other politicians also remember and pay tribute to Morawiecka.
Who was Jadwiga Morawiecka?
Jadwiga Morawiecka was born in 1930 in Stanisławów. She was a chemist by education and a graduate of Jagiellonian University. In 1959, she married Kornel Morawiecki, an opposition activist and leader of Fighting Solidarity (SW). They had five children – four daughters and a son.
Between 1979 and 1989, Jadwiga Morawiecka was an active opposition figure. She organized meetings at her apartment for activists associated with the Workers’ Defence Committee (KOR) and the Movement for the Defense of Human and Civil Rights (ROPCiO). She stored and distributed pro-independence publications and actively participated in patriotic events.
From 1982 to 1989, she was under surveillance due to her involvement with Fighting Solidarity in Wrocław. She was repeatedly interrogated by the Security Service (SB), and her apartment was searched, with pro-independence materials being confiscated. As a result, she was banned from traveling abroad between 1985 and 1987.
In 2019, she was awarded the Cross of Freedom and Solidarity by the president.