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Stanisław Kania
First Secretary of the Polish United Workers' Party
In office
6 September 1980 – 18 October 1981
Preceded byEdward Gierek
Succeeded byWojciech Jaruzelski
Personal details
Born(1927-03-08)8 March 1927
Wrocanka, Kraków Voivodeship, Poland
Died3 March 2020(2020-03-03) (aged 92)
Warsaw, Poland
Political partyPolish United Workers' Party

Stanisław Kania (Polish pronunciation: [staˈɲiswaf ˈkaɲa]; 8 March 1927 – 3 March 2020)[1] was a Polish communist politician.

Life and career[edit]

Kania joined the Polish Workers' Party in April 1945 when the Germans were driven out by the Red Army and Polish Communists began to take control of the country. He partook in campaigns organised by the party, such as the Volunteer Reserve of the Citizens' Militia and the national referendum in 1946. He became deputy representative of the constituency for Jasielski. In February 1947 he was elected chairman of the ZWM board in Jaslo. Then in December he was appointed head of the Rural Youth DepartmentinRzeszow. In 1948, at the age of 21 he was elected as delegate to the unification congress of the Polish United Workers Party.[2] After Edward Gierek was forced to resign as General Secretary amidst much social and economic unrest, Kania was elected his successor on 6 September 1980. He admitted that the party had made many economic mistakes, and advocated working with Catholic and trade unionist opposition groups. He met with Solidarity Union leader Lech Wałęsa, and other critics of the party.

After a KGB bug caught Kania criticizing the Kremlin, the Soviets forced him to step down in 1981. He was succeeded by Prime Minister Gen. Wojciech Jaruzelski.[3] In 2012, he was tried for his role in the martial law crackdown in 1981, but acquitted.[4]

Kania died on 3 March 2020 of pneumonia and heart failure, five days before his 93rd birthday.[5][6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Profile of Stanisław Kania
  • ^ Eisler. J, December '70, (pp 318-320), School of Pedagogical Publishing House, Warsaw, 1995
  • ^ Sebetsyen, Victor (2009). Revolution 1989: The Fall of the Soviet Empire. New York City: Pantheon Books. ISBN 978-0-375-42532-5.
  • ^ "Poland finds ex-general guilty over 1981 martial law - BBC News".
  • ^ "Wyborcza.pl". wyborcza.pl. Retrieved 2020-03-03.
  • ^ "Stanislaw Kania, 92, Polish Leader During Solidarity's Rise, Dies - The New York Times". The New York Times.
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