Czesław Kiszczak
Czesław Kiszczak | |
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| Prime Minister of the People's Republic of Poland 11th and last Polish United Workers' Party Prime Minister of People's Poland | |
| In office 2 August 1989 – 19 August 1989 | |
| President | Wojciech Jaruzelski |
| Preceded by | Mieczysław Rakowski |
| Succeeded by | Tadeusz Mazowiecki |
| Minister of Interior of the People's Republic of Poland | |
| In office 31 July 1981 – 6 July 1990 | |
| President | Wojciech Jaruzelski |
| Prime Minister | Wojciech Jaruzelski, Zbigniew Messner, Mieczysław Rakowski, Czesław Kiszczak, Tadeusz Mazowiecki |
| Preceded by | Mirosław Milewski |
| Succeeded by | Krzysztof Kozłowski |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 19 October 1925 Roczyny, Second Polish Republic |
| Died | 5 November 2015 (aged 90) Warsaw, Poland |
| Political party | Polish United Workers' Party |
Czesław Jan Kiszczak ([ˈt͡ʂɛswaf ˈkiʂt͡ʂak] (
listen); 19 October 1925 – 5 November 2015) was a Polish politician. He was active during the Polish People's Republic, the Communist period in Poland.
Kiszczak was a member of the Polish Workers' Party and later the Polish United Workers' Party (PZPR). He served as a high-ranking officer of the Polish Army, a chief of secret services and Minister of Internal Affairs (MSW) between 1981 and 1990.
He served during the years of Martial Law in Poland. He was an assistant of Wojciech Jaruzelski. He was also the last Communist Prime Minister of Poland, serving briefly in 1989.[1]
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