Polish United Workers' Party

The Polish United Workers' Party (PUWP; in Polish, Polska Zjednoczona Partia Robotnicza, PZPR), was a Polish communist party. It was the governing political party in communist-ruled People's Republic of Poland from its creation (through a fusion of the communist Polish Workers' Party and the left wing of the Polish Socialist Party) in December 1948 until the regime's electoral defeat in 1989.

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Polish - Polish - Communist party - Political party - Communist - People's Republic of Poland - Polish Workers' Party - Polish Socialist Party

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In January 1990 the party reconstituted itself as the Social Democracy of the Republic of Poland Socjaldemokracja Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej, SdRP), since April 1999 the principal constituent of the Alliance of the Democratic Left (Sojusz Lewicy Demokratycznej, SLD).

Related Topics:
Social Democracy of the Republic of Poland - Alliance of the Democratic Left

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The PUWP's first secretaries were:

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• Boles?aw Bierut (1948 - 1956)
• Edward Ochab (March - October 1956)
• W?adys?aw Gomu?ka (1956 - 1970)
• Edward Gierek (1970 - 1980)
• Stanis?aw Kania (1980 - 1981)
• Wojciech Jaruzelski (1981 - 1989)
• Mieczys?aw Rakowski (1989 - 1990)
 
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