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Aleksander Zawadzki Aleksander Zawadzki A communist leader who helped shape postwar Poland's state Political and party leadership · Poland 1899–1964
Władysław Gomułka Władysław Gomułka The national communist who returned in the Polish October of 1956 to test a 'Polish road to socialism' Political and party leadership · Poland 1905–1982
Adam Rapacki Adam Rapacki A diplomat who widened room for negotiation amid East-West tension Diplomacy and international organization · Poland 1909–1970
Piotr Jaroszewicz Piotr Jaroszewicz The premier of technocratic growth Government and administration · Poland 1909–1992
Józef Cyrankiewicz Józef Cyrankiewicz A resistance survivor who became a guardian of the system Government and administration · Poland 1911–1989
Roman Fidelski Roman Fidelski The minister whose broken promise sparked the Poznań Uprising Industry and production · Poland 1912–1988
Marian Rybicki Marian Rybicki A legal functionary who defined order against a workers’ revolt Law and justice · Poland 1915–1987
Józef Światło Józef Światło Deputy head of Poland’s security Department X whose 1953 defection and broadcasts exposed the ministry’s torture and purges Security, intelligence and policing · Poland 1915–1994
Mieczysław Zygmunt Jagielski Mieczysław Jagielski A party official who contained crisis through concessions Economy, finance and planning · Poland 1924–1997
Czesław Jan Kiszczak Czesław Jan Kiszczak Poland's interior minister who imposed martial law then co-chaired the Round Table Security, intelligence and policing · Poland 1925–2015