National Coordinating Commission (, KKP), later called the National Commission (Komisja Krajowa, KK) was the executive branch of the Solidarity trade union. It was created on September 17, 1980, in Gdaà Âsk, as a national body which coordinated activities of regional and factory structures of Solidarity, and it included members of the Interfactory Founding Committees (MiÃÂdzyzakà Âadowy Komitet Zaà Âoà ¼ycielski – MKZ) in Polish cities.
Lech Waà ÂÃÂsa was the head of the KKP, and the deputies were Andrzej Gwiazda and Ryszard Kalinowski. There were around 30 founding members of the KKP, in the course of the time, this number grew significantly, and at the beginning of 1981 it was announced that each Voivodeship was assigned only one member to the KKP.
Within the Commission, a special body, called Eleven (Jedenastka) was created on November 19, 1980. It included representatives of 11 biggest centers of the growing movement: Bydgoszcz, Gdaà Âsk, JastrzÃÂbie-Zdrój, Kraków, Lublin, à Âódà º, Poznaà Â, Rzeszów, Szczecin, Warsaw, Wrocà Âaw. Statutes of Solidarity, accepted on September 20, 1980, defined competences of the KKP. These were:
In 1980âÂÂ1981, the Presidium consisted of Lech Waà ÂÃÂsa, Andrzej Gwiazda, Ryszard Kalinowski, and members: Zbigniew Bujak from Warsaw, Tadeusz Jedynak from Jastrzebie, Jan Rulewski from Bydgoszcz, Andrzej Slowik from à Âódà º, Stanisà Âaw Wàdoà Âowski from Szczecin, and secretary of KKP, Andrzej Celià Âski, as well as a spokesperson, Karol Modzelewski (replaced by Janusz Onyszkiewicz).