Wojciech Witold Jaruzelski (pronounced [ˈvɔjtɕɛx jaruˈzɛlskʲi] ( listen); (born 6 July 1923 in Kurów) is a Polish military leader and the country's last leader during the communist rule which was overthrown and Poland became what is constitutionally known as the "Third Polish Republic". . He was leader of the Polish United Workers Party from 1981 to 1989, Prime Minister from 1981 to 1985 and the country's head of state from 1985 to 1990.
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Wojciech Witold Jaruzelski (pronounced [ˈvɔjtɕɛx jaruˈzɛlskʲi] ( listen); (born 6 July 1923 in Kurów) is a Polish military leader and the country's last leader during the communist rule which was overthrown and Poland became what is constitutionally known as the "Third Polish Republic". . He was leader of the Polish United Workers Party from 1981 to 1989, Prime Minister from 1981 to 1985 and the country's head of state from 1985 to 1990.
Wojciech Witold Jaruzelski was born on 6 July 1923, into a family of gentry. He was raised on the family estate near Wysokie (in the vicinity of Białystok). He was educated in a Catholic school during the 1930s.
On 1 September 1939, the September Campaign started when Poland was invaded by Germany, with the latter country aided by another invasion begun sixteen days later by the Soviet Union. The invasions resulted in the defeat of Poland by the following month, and its partition between Soviet and German control. During the campaign, Jaruzelski and...
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