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Czesław Kiszczak

1925 - 2015

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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). 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Czesław Kiszczak is the 11,547th most popular politician (down from 11,156th in 2024), the 701st most popular biography from Poland (up from 706th in 2019) and the 175th most popular Polish Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Czesław Kiszczak ranks 11,547 out of 19,576. Before him are Giovanni I Participazio, Edgar Jung, Yi Gwang-sik, Ida Saxton McKinley, Thrasymedes, and Philipp von Boeselager. After him are Burnaburiash I, Eutropia, Richard Huelsenbeck, Conan II, Duke of Brittany, Matei Basarab, and Hendrikus Colijn.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Czesław Kiszczak ranks 221. Before him are Elisabeth Domitien, Evelyn Berezin, Lenny Bruce, Edward Gorey, Bobbejaan Schoepen, and Ofelya Hambardzumyan. After him are Cathy Berberian, Robert Jonquet, José Freire Falcão, Armand Razafindratandra, Hermano da Silva Ramos, and Art Pepper. Among people deceased in 2015, Czesław Kiszczak ranks 179. Before him are Galina Prozumenshchikova, Chris Squire, Johanna Quandt, Jackie Collins, Valentin Rasputin, and Nils Christie. After him are Jon Vickers, Movita Castaneda, Douglas Tompkins, László Paskai, Ahmed Chalabi, and Lesley Gore.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Czesław Kiszczak ranks 701 out of 1,694. Before him are Jadwiga of Kalisz (1266), Ursula Happe (1926), Józef Szmidt (1935), Friedrich Gilly (1772), Matthias Habich (1940), and Karl Otfried Müller (1797). After him are Ernst Wiechert (1887), Zenon Grocholewski (1939), Stefan Rowecki (1895), Marek Janowski (1939), August Zaleski (1883), and Rutka Laskier (1929).

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Among POLITICIANS In Poland

Among politicians born in Poland, Czesław Kiszczak ranks 175. Before him are Henryk Jabłoński (1909), Bolesław II the Horned (1217), Vyacheslav Kebich (1936), Julian Marchlewski (1866), Prince Ferdinand, Duke of Castro (1926), and Duchess Frederica of Württemberg (1765). After him are August Zaleski (1883), Nikita Ivanovich Panin (1718), Erika Steinbach (1943), Klaus Hänsch (1938), Haroun Tazieff (1914), and Duke William Frederick Philip of Württemberg (1761).

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