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Wojciech Witold Jaruzelski (/ ˈ v ɔɪ tʃ ɛ x ˌ j ɑː r uː ˈ z ɛ l s k i / VOY-chekh YAH-roo-ZEL-skee; Polish: [ˈvɔjt͡ɕɛx ˈvʲitɔlt jaruˈzɛlskʲi] ⓘ; 6 July 1923 – 25 May 2014) was a Polish military general, politician and de facto leader of the Polish People's Republic from 1981 until 1989.
Wojciech Witold Jaruzelski ⓘ Wojciech Witold Jaruzelski (ur. 6 lipca 1923 w Kurowie, zm. 25 maja 2014 w Warszawie) – polski polityk komunistyczny i dowódca wojskowy, generał armii ludowego Wojska Polskiego.
Jul 2, 2024 · Wojciech Witold Jaruzelski (born July 6, 1923, Kurow, Poland—died May 25, 2014, Warsaw) was a Polish army general and political leader who served as premier (1981–85), chairman of the Council of State (1985–89), and president (1989–90) during the final years of communist rule in Poland, but he eventually oversaw the country’s move to ...
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May 25, 2014 · Gen. Wojciech Jaruzelski, the last Communist leader of Poland, who sent tanks to crush Solidarity’s stirrings for democracy in 1981 and went on to preside over the death of the system that had...
May 25, 2014 · WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Gen. Wojciech Jaruzelski, the communist leader who imposed harsh military rule on Poland in 1981 in an attempt to crush the pro-democracy Solidarity movement but years later allowed reforms that ended up dismantling the regime, has died at age 90.
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May 25, 2014 · Jaruzelski became the chief "political officer" of the Polish armed forces in 1960, chief of staff in 1964, and defence minister in 1968 shortly before the Soviet...
May 25, 2014 · Wojciech Jaruzelski, the expressionless Polish general behind dark glasses who imposed martial law in 1981 to crush the independent trade union Solidarity and nearly eight years later...
