Bronislaw Geremek, a key anti-communist dissident and former Polish foreign minister, has been killed in a car crash, police have announced.
Mr Geremek, 76, died when the car he was driving hit an oncoming vehicle in western Poland on Sunday afternoon.
He was one of the key advisers to Lech Walesa, the Solidarity union leader which helped topple communist rule.
Mr Geremek was foreign minister from 1997-2000 and European Parliament member since 2004.
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(BBC)
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