First Secretary of the Central Committee

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party leadership position political office

The First Secretary of the Central Committee was the top leadership position in the Polish United Workers' Party, effectively serving as the country's most powerful political figure during the communist era.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Polish United Workers' Party 2
First Secretary of the Central Committee canonical 1
First Secretary of the PUWP Central Committee 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf party leadership position ⓘ
political office ⓘ
abolished end of communist rule in Poland ⓘ
appliesToOrganization Polish United Workers' Party ⓘ
associatedEvent imposition of martial law in Poland ⓘ
associatedMovement Eastern Bloc communist parties ⓘ
associatedWith Soviet sphere of influence ⓘ
authorityOver government appointments ⓘ
security apparatus of the state ⓘ
state policy in the Polish People's Republic ⓘ
branch party executive branch ⓘ
constitutionalStatus de facto supreme political authority ⓘ
not always explicitly defined as head of state ⓘ
controls Central Committee of the Polish United Workers' Party ⓘ
Politburo of the Polish United Workers' Party ⓘ
country Poland ⓘ
Polish People’s Republic ⓘ
surface form: Polish People's Republic
deFactoPower most powerful political figure in the country ⓘ
governmentTypeContext people's republic ⓘ
headquartersLocation Warsaw ⓘ
hierarchicalPosition highest office in the Polish United Workers' Party ⓘ
ideology Marxism–Leninism ⓘ
communism ⓘ
inception post‑1948 consolidation of communist rule in Poland ⓘ
languageOfTitle Polish ⓘ
officeHolder Bolesław Bierut ⓘ
Edward Gierek ⓘ
Stanisław Kania ⓘ
Wojciech Jaruzelski ⓘ
Władysław Gomułka ⓘ
officeType single‑person leadership position ⓘ
politicalParty Polish United Workers' Party ⓘ
politicalSystem communist one‑party state ⓘ
powerBasis backing of the Soviet Union ⓘ
control of the ruling party ⓘ
relatedOffice General Secretary of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party ⓘ
surface form: First Secretary of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party

General Secretary of the Communist Party ⓘ
surface form: General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
residence Warsaw ⓘ
roleInGovernment de facto leader of Poland ⓘ
scopeOfInfluence nationwide ⓘ
selectionBody Central Committee of the Polish United Workers' Party ⓘ
shortName First Secretary of the Central Committee self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: First Secretary of the PUWP Central Committee
succeededBy democratically elected political leadership ⓘ
timePeriod Cold War ⓘ
post‑World War II era ⓘ
titleInPolish First Secretary of the Central Committee self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Pierwszy Sekretarz Komitetu Centralnego Polskiej Zjednoczonej Partii Robotniczej
typicalMethodOfSelection chosen within the party leadership ⓘ
elected by the Central Committee ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

PZPR → firstSecretaryTitle → First Secretary of the Central Committee ⓘ
subject surface form: Polish United Workers' Party
Edward Gierek → positionHeld → First Secretary of the Central Committee ⓘ
this entity surface form: First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Polish United Workers' Party
Bierut → positionHeld → First Secretary of the Central Committee ⓘ
subject surface form: Bolesław Bierut
this entity surface form: First Secretary of the Polish United Workers' Party
First Secretary of the Central Committee → shortName → First Secretary of the Central Committee self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: First Secretary of the PUWP Central Committee
First Secretary of the Central Committee → titleInPolish → First Secretary of the Central Committee self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pierwszy Sekretarz Komitetu Centralnego Polskiej Zjednoczonej Partii Robotniczej
Stanisław Kania → positionHeld → First Secretary of the Central Committee ⓘ
this entity surface form: First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Polish United Workers' Party