Edward Nowak (engineer)

Edward Edmund Nowak (born 16 November 1950 in Kraków) is a Polish engineer, opposition activist in the Polish People's Republic, administrator, state official and politician. He has been a member of NSZZ “Solidarność” since 1980. He took part in the strikes at the Lenin Steelworks. He was arrested following the imposition of martial law in Poland and sentenced by a military court to three years and six months’ imprisonment. He was released under an amnesty in 1983. He was subsequently placed under surveillance by Security Service officers and was detained and interrogated on numerous occasions. He served as a member of the Sejm for the 10th term. Deputy Mayor of Kraków from 1990 to 1991; Undersecretary of State in Ministry of Industry and Trade from 1992 to 1993 and from 1993 to 1995; Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of the Economy from 2000 to 2001. He was instrumental in reviving the Kraków Chamber of Industry and Commerce; he served as its president from 1989 to 1994.