Anicet Brodawski
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Anicet Brodawski is an activist of the Polish minority in Lithuania, from 1989 to 1991 he was a deputy in the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union, and was known one of the promoters of the territorial autonomy of the Vilnius region in 1991.

Biography

Brodawski graduated from the Lithuanian Academy of Agriculture. For 17 years, he was the director of the Vilnius Agronomic-Zoological Technical School. He belonged to the Communist Party of Lithuania
Communist Party of Lithuania
The Communist Party of Lithuania was a communist party in Lithuania, established in early October 1918. The party was banned in December 1926.-History:...

 and was a member of the Vilnius rayon
Vilnius region
Vilnius Region , refers to the territory in the present day Lithuania, that was originally inhabited by ethnic Baltic tribes and was a part of Lithuania proper, but came under East Slavic and Polish cultural influences over time,...

 Soviet of deputies for 7 convocations and also served as its chairman. Also also served in the capacity of the acting chairman of the Lithuanian SSR council of the professional secondary education as well as chairman of the council of education of the Vilnius region.

In 1989, Anicet Brodawski was one of the 8 deputies of Polish ethnicity to be elected to the Supreme Soviet of the USSR – along with Jan Ciechanowicz
Jan Ciechanowicz
Jan Ciechanowicz ; born 2 July 1946 in Worniany) is a politician of the Polish minority in Lithuania...

, Bradowski was elected from Lithuania.

In 1991 Brodawski acted as the chairman of the Vilnius rayon Soviet, that was dominated by Communists of Polish ethnicity. Along with Czesław Wysocki, who chaired the regional Soviet of Šalčininkai rayon
Šalcininkai district municipality
Šalčininkai district municipality is one of 60 municipalities in Lithuania.It has one of biggest Polish minority populations in Lithuania, with 31,223 or over 80% of the population claiming Polish ethnicity. Šalčininkai is the largest town in and the center of the region.-References:...

, he sought to establish a Polish autonomy in the Vilnius region
Polish National-Territorial Region
The Polish National-Territorial Region was an autonomous region in Lithuania, self-proclaimed by the local Poles on 6 September 1990. The region included areas surrounding Vilnius , capital of Lithuania, where Poles formed the majority...

.

After Lithuania regained independence, Anicet Brodawski was a member of the Związek Polaków na Litwie. In 1994, he participated in the foundation of the Akcja Wyborcza Polaków na Litwie; he supports co-operation with the Lithuanian left
Left-wing politics
In politics, Left, left-wing and leftist generally refer to support for social change to create a more egalitarian society...

, e.g. the party of Kazimiera Prunskienė.

Brodawski is currently the chairman of the Agency of Agricultural Development.
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