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12 people

By birth A–Z List Cards

Stefan Staszewski Stefan Staszewski The PZPR Warsaw first secretary whose unauthorized print run of 15,000 copies broke Khrushchev's Secret Speech out of party control Political and party leadership · Polish United Workers' Party (PZPR) 1906–1989
Wojciech Jaruzelski Wojciech Jaruzelski Poland's leader between martial law and the Round Table Political and party leadership · Polish United Workers' Party (PZPR) 1923–2014
Mieczysław Franciszek Rakowski Mieczysław Franciszek Rakowski Poland's last communist prime minister, rejected by voters in the 1989 election Political and party leadership · Polish United Workers' Party (PZPR) 1926–2008
Tadeusz Mazowiecki Tadeusz Mazowiecki Catholic intellectual of Solidarity who became the Eastern Bloc's first non-communist prime minister Government and administration · Poland 1927–2013
Stanisław Kania Stanisław Kania A party leader who lost power while seeking compromise Political and party leadership · Polish United Workers' Party (PZPR) 1927–2020
Tadeusz Rudolf Fiszbach Tadeusz Fiszbach A reform-minded party official caught between control and negotiation Political and party leadership · Polish United Workers' Party (PZPR) 1935–
Zdzisław Kurowski Zdzisław Kurowski A party cadre shaped by the youth movement Political and party leadership · Poland 1937–
Adam Michnik Adam Michnik The dissident strategist who negotiated a peaceful transition with communist power Social movements and organizing · Workers' Defence Committee (KOR) 1946–
Leszek Balcerowicz Leszek Balcerowicz Architect of Poland's shock therapy and symbol of the post-communist transition Economy, finance and planning · Poland 1947–
Bogdan Michał Borusewicz Bogdan Borusewicz The Solidarity strategist who planned the 1980 Gdańsk strike, shaped the 21 Demands, and co-founded the MKS Social movements and organizing · Solidarity (Solidarność) 1949–
Alina Pienkowska Alina Pienkowska The shipyard nurse who, when the regime declared the strike over, held workers back and turned it into a solidarity strike Social movements and organizing · Free Trade Unions of the Coast (WZZ) 1952–2002
Jerzy Borowczak Jerzy Borowczak The shipyard worker who helped launch independent unionism Social movements and organizing · Solidarity (Solidarność) 1957–