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    Wojciech Witold Jaruzelski (/ˈvɔɪtʃɛx ˌjɑːruːˈzɛlski/ VOY-chekh YAH-roo-ZEL-skee; Polish: [ˈvɔjt͡ɕɛx ˈvitɔlt jaruˈzɛlskʲi] ; 6 July 1923 – 25 May 2014)...
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  • artist and sculptor Wojciech Fibak, Polish tennis player Wojciech Frykowski, Polish actor, murdered in the US in 1969 Wojciech Jaruzelski, Polish political...
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    Secretary, General Wojciech Jaruzelski, was determined to put an end to the demonstrations by force if necessary. On 13 December 1981, Jaruzelski announced the...
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    amendments to the constitution which restored the presidency, general Wojciech Jaruzelski, the existing head of state, took office. In Poland's first direct...
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    fashion designer. She is the daughter of former Polish President Wojciech Jaruzelski and his wife Barbara Jaruzelska. Jaruzelska was born in 1963 in Warsaw...
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    General and First Secretary of the Polish United Workers' Party Wojciech Jaruzelski. It is also the only military junta to ever take charge of an Eastern...
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    by Prime Minister (and Minister of Defence) Gen. Wojciech Jaruzelski. On 11 February 1981, Jaruzelski was elected Prime Minister of Poland and became the...
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    according to which Chairman of the Council of State and Communist leader Wojciech Jaruzelski would become president and a solidarity representative Prime Minister...
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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...
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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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    Wałęsa 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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  • from 1985 to 1990 during the government of her husband, General Wojciech Jaruzelski, the President of the Polish People's Republic (1985–1989) and the...
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    Soviet Second Secretary Mikhail Suslov, and Polish First Secretary Wojciech Jaruzelski persuaded Brezhnev that it would be counterproductive for the Soviet...
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    other Communist leaders, such as Nicolae Ceaușescu, Enver Hoxha, and Wojciech Jaruzelski, all of whom favored more orthodox interpretations of Marxism–Leninism...
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    him to step down in 1981. He was succeeded by Prime Minister Gen. Wojciech Jaruzelski. In 2012, he was tried for his role in the martial law crackdown...
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    Spychalski Józef Cyrankiewicz Henryk Jabłoński Wojciech Jaruzelski Republic of Poland (1990–present) Wojciech Jaruzelski Lech Wałęsa Aleksander Kwaśniewski Lech...
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    after the harsh period of martial law (1981-83) imposed by general Wojciech Jaruzelski. The government's inability to forestall Poland's economic decline...
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    generally under the authority of Gomułka and Minister of Defense Wojciech Jaruzelski. In the aftermath, Edward Gierek replaced Gomułka as first secretary...
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    the majority did not want to impose martial law, as suggested by Wojciech Jaruzelski. The Soviet Union and other states of the Eastern Bloc were unsure...
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    Kremlin would annul the results. However, PZPR general secretary Wojciech Jaruzelski allowed the results to stand. He and his colleagues felt secure with...
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    succeeded by Wojciech Jaruzelski, who had been Defence minister since 1968 and Premier since February. On 13 December 1981, Jaruzelski proclaimed martial...
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  • Honecker together with his wife Margot Honecker, Dimitri Ustinov, Wojciech Jaruzelski, Viktor Kulikov, Fidel Castro together with Raul Castro and Che Guevara...
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    Sy (Prime Minister)  Mozambique Samora Machel (President)  Poland Wojciech Jaruzelski (Prime Minister)  Philippines Imelda Marcos (First Lady)  South Korea...
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    (Solidarity Citizens' Committee), 47 Geremek 18.7 Jaruzelski 16.6 Brzeziński 4.6 Baka 1.9 Fiszbach [pl] 1.7 Jaruzelski 18.5 Geremek 7.7 Baka 2.7 Dieter Nohlen &...
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    support to Solidarity. This would all but force Communist President Wojciech Jaruzelski to appoint a Solidarity member as prime minister, heading the first...
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    war veterans. In 1985 he was replaced as head of state by General Wojciech Jaruzelski. His wife Jadwiga Jabłońska died in 1999. Grand Cross of the Order...
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    died in London, aged 76, in 1989. Coincidentally, on the same day Wojciech Jaruzelski was elected by a still unfree Parliament as the first President of...
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    Spychalski Józef Cyrankiewicz Henryk Jabłoński Wojciech Jaruzelski Republic of Poland (1990–present) Wojciech Jaruzelski Lech Wałęsa Aleksander Kwaśniewski Lech...
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    Wijeweera Gus Hall Harry Pollitt Harpal Brar Gennady Zyuganov Xi Jinping Wojciech Jaruzelski Todor Zhivkov Theoretical works Foundations of Leninism Dialectical...
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    decoration was a matter of controversy. A clerk added the name of General Wojciech Jaruzelski to the list of awardees and President signed the list. Jaruzeski...
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