  jan ferdynand olszewski  (born 20 august 1930) is a polish lawyer and political figure.the official website of the president of the republic of poland, "jan olszewski â political advisor to the president",  he is best known for serving as prime minister of the republic of poland from 1991 to 1992. ==early life and world war ii== olszewski, a native of warsaw, came from a worker's family with strong socialist traditions. despite a later right-wing career, he considered himself a socialist during his early political life. many members of his family belonged to the first tier of the polish socialist party. during world war ii, beginning in 1943 he was active in szare szeregi ("grey ranks"), the underground polish scouting association. after the war he was an active supporter and campaigned for stanisÅaw mikoÅajczyk's polish people's party (1946â1947). ==during people's republic of poland== he graduated from secondary school in 1949 and went on to study law at the university of warsaw, graduating in 1953. afterward he was an employee of the ministry of justice and later the polish academy of sciences. in 1956 he became a member of the staff of the weekly po prostu ("simply") magazine. in one of his articles (11 march 1956) he called for the rehabilitation of former armia krajowa soldiers, prosecuted by communist authorities. soon he became one of the best known public critics of the regime, which resulted in a prohibition of publicist activity in 1957 (to 1959). from 1956 to 1962 he was a member of the klub krzywego koÅa ("club of the crooked circle"), a discussion group comprising intellectual elites critical of the communist regime.michael bernhard, henryk szlajfer, "from the polish underground-pod, ls", penn state press, 2004, pg. 419,  during the 1960s 
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