Short Biography

Find relations

Czesław Kiszczak

Native name: Czesław Kiszczak

Place of birth:

Roczyny Show on Google Maps

Birth date:

1925-10-19 • Birth Sign: Libra

Citizenship:

Poland

Death date:

2015-11-05 (90 years old)

Short Bio:

Czesław Jan Kiszczak (19 October 1925 – 5 November 2015) was a Polish general, communist-era interior minister (1981–1990) and prime minister (1989). 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.

Tags:

Politics and public service Military military officer politician Roczyny Poland