This project has received funding from the European Research Council under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme
(Grant Agreement n. 669194)
(Wrocanka, 8/3/1927 - Warsaw, 3/3/2020)
Member - Political Bureau of the Central Committee (1975-1981)First Secretary - Central Committee (1980-1981)
Initially, Kania was a supporter of Gierek's leadership. Within the PUWP in the 1970s, he was responsible for security services. This role allowed him to grow to the position of one of the most influential members of the PUWP leadership. In the second half of the decade, he increasingly turned against the General Secretary. Alongside Stefan Olszowski and Wojciech Jaruzelski, he became a critic of Gierek's economic policy and a prominent candidate for his replacement. During the events of summer 1980, he took over the position of the General Secretary, which he managed to maintain only for one year.
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As a general, with an impressive career in the Polish Army, and the Minister of Defence, Jaruzelski had an incontestable authority over military affairs. His reports from the 1970s often contained a critique of political rapprochement with the... |
