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Wojciech Witold Jaruzelski ( / ˈvɔɪtʃɛx ˌjɑːruːˈzɛlski / 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.
May 21, 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...
May 25, 2014 · Wojciech Jaruzelski was born on 6 Jul 1923 and raised on the family estate in Wysokie. The signing of the German-Soviet non-aggression pact in 1939 persuaded Jaruzelski and...
May 25, 2014 · Poland's last Communist leader General Wojciech Jaruzelski has died aged 90 after a long illness, Polish media say. Gen Jaruzelski led Poland from 1981, when he declared martial law and ordered...
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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.
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...
