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    son Waldemar. In June 1986, a spokesman for the Soviet-backed Jaruzelski regime, Jerzy Urban, revealed Kukliński's existence to the world in order to...
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    Jerzy Urban (born Jerzy Urbach, 3 August 1933 – 3 October 2022) was a Polish journalist, commentator, writer and politician, best known as the founder...
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    Revolution of 1956, and thus left the Polish leadership under General Wojciech Jaruzelski to impose martial law to deal with the opposition on their own. Contrary...
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    Prime Minister (and Minister of Defence) Gen. Wojciech Jaruzelski. On 11 February 1981, Jaruzelski was elected Prime Minister of Poland and became the first...
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    Jerzy Karol Buzek ([ˈjɛʐɨ ˈbuzɛk] ; born 3 July 1940) is a Polish politician and former Member of the European Parliament from Poland. He has served as...
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    Kiszczak co-chaired the meetings. The Polish communists, led by General Jaruzelski, hoped to co-opt prominent opposition leaders into the ruling group without...
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  • Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez Fabrice Scott as Jerzy Popiełuszko Paolo Maria Scalondro as Wojciech Jaruzelski Website at CBC Television Karol: The Pope, The...
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    Jerzy Harasymowicz-Broniuszyc (born on July 24, 1933, in Puławy, died on August 21, 1999, in Krakow) - Polish poet, founder of the poetic groups of Muszyna...
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    Jerzy Władysław Pawłowski (Polish pronunciation: [ˈjɛʐɨ pavˈwɔfskʲi]; 25 October 1932 – 11 January 2005) was a Polish fencer and double agent. He is regarded...
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  • to the opinion of the Minister of National Defense, General Wojciech Jaruzelski, who succinctly praised the film after an improvised screening. The film...
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  • (Polish: Polska Partia Robotnicza). Jerzy Borejsza Tadeusz Hołuj Mieczysław Jagielski Piotr Jaroszewicz Wojciech Jaruzelski Stefan Jędrychowski Stanisław Kania...
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    Józef Cyrankiewicz Henryk Jabłoński Wojciech Jaruzelski Republic of Poland (1990–present) Wojciech Jaruzelski Lech Wałęsa Aleksander Kwaśniewski Lech Kaczyński...
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  • strength and activity of the opposition caused the government of Wojciech Jaruzelski to declare martial law in December 1981. However, with the reforms of...
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    former's support for the election of Communist leader Wojciech Jaruzelski as President. Jaruzelski was elected president on 19 July, and designated Interior...
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    met Wojciech Jaruzelski for the first time in the office building of the Council of Ministers for three hours. During the meeting, Jaruzelski and Wałęsa...
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    units happened to be Wojciech Jaruzelski, the future communist leader of Poland, who declared martial law in 1981. Jaruzelski's official website, in the "Diariusz"...
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    to 2001 served as the minister of national defence in the government of Jerzy Buzek. In 2001, while still a minister in the minority AWS government, Komorowski...
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    feature film Death of a President (Pol: Śmierć prezydenta), directed by Jerzy Kawalerowicz. List of presidents of Poland "Gabriel Narutowicz". Archived...
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  • Thumbnail for Czesław Kiszczak
    was the second most important person in Poland, after General Wojciech Jaruzelski, the nation's top leader. Together they orchestrated the crackdown aimed...
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  • the harsh period of martial law (1981-83) imposed by general Wojciech Jaruzelski. The government's inability to forestall Poland's economic decline led...
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    Marian Spychalski as chairman of the Council of State. General Wojciech Jaruzelski, the armed forces chief of staff, replaced Spychalski as the minister...
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    remain at the helm, while another, led by Stanisław Kania and Wojciech Jaruzelski, was less interested in preserving his leadership. In May 1980, after...
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    Suchocka Preceded by Jerzy Kropiwnicki Succeeded by Leszek Miller In office 12 September 1989 – 12 December 1990 President Wojciech Jaruzelski Prime Minister...
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    taking office. Later, he formed a coalition with the rightist government of Jerzy Buzek with few major conflicts and on several occasions, he stood against...
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  • Jabłoński Wacław Jagas Michał Jakubik Wojciech Jaruzelski Antoni Jasiński Franciszek Kamiński Józef Kamiński Jerzy Kirchmayer Czesław Kiszczak Henryk Koczara...
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    persecution and imposition of martial law in 1981 by General Wojciech Jaruzelski, it eroded the dominance of the Polish United Workers' Party and by 1989...
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  • Thumbnail for Hanna Krall
    for the well known magazine Polityka ("Politics"). In 1981, Wojciech Jaruzelski, then Prime Minister of the former People's Republic of Poland, declared...
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  • designer, journalist, daughter of former Polish President Wojciech Jaruzelski Jerzy Jedlicki (1930–2018), historian of ideas, anti-communist activist Jarosław...
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  • Thumbnail for Edward Osóbka-Morawski
    Osóbka-Morawski Cyrankiewicz Bierut Cyrankiewicz Jaroszewicz Babiuch Pińkowski Jaruzelski Messner Rakowski Kiszczak Mazowiecki Republic of Poland (1990–present)...
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  • contested; the majority of these were by candidates supported by Solidarity. Jaruzelski was elected by the Sejm as President of Poland. The May 1990 local elections...
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