Czesław Kiszczak
Czesław Jan Kiszczak (Polish pronunciation: [ˈt͡ʂɛswaf ˈkʲiʂt͡ʂak] ⓘ; 19 October 1925 – 5 November 2015) was a Polish general, communist-era interior minister (1981–1990) and prime minister (1989).
Czesław Kiszczak | |
|---|---|
| Prime Minister of Poland | |
| In office 2 August 1989 – 19 August 1989 | |
| President | Wojciech Jaruzelski |
| Preceded by | Mieczysław Rakowski |
| Succeeded by | Tadeusz Mazowiecki |
| Minister of Internal Affairs 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, Kraków Voivodeship, Second Polish Republic |
| Died | 5 November 2015 (aged 90) Warsaw, Poland |
| Resting place | Orthodox Cemetery (Warsaw) |
| Political party | Polish United Workers' Party |
| Spouse | Maria Teresa Kiszczak |
| Children | Ewa Kiszczak Jarosław Kiszczak |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Poland |
| Branch/service | Polish People's Army |
| Years of service | 1945–1990 |
| Rank | Generał broni |
In 1981 he played a key role in imposing martial law and suppression of the Solidarity movement in Poland. But eight years later he presided over the country's transition to democracy as its last communist prime minister and a co-chairman of the Round Table conference, in which officials of the ruling Polish United Workers' Party faced the democratic opposition leaders. The conference led to the reconciliation with and reinstatement of Solidarity, the 1989 elections, and the formation of Poland's first non-communist government since 1945.
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