Władysław Gomułka
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Władysław Gomułka was a Polish communist politician who served as the de facto leader of Poland from 1956 to 1970, overseeing a period of limited political liberalization followed by renewed repression.
Aliases (1)
- Gomułka ×1
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Polish politician
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communist politician → head of government → human → political leader → |
| causeOfDeath |
lung cancer
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| countryLed |
Poland
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| countryOfCitizenship |
Poland
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| dateOfBirth |
1905-02-06
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| dateOfDeath |
1982-09-01
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| deFactoLeaderOf |
Poland
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| ethnicGroup |
Poles
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| familyName |
Gomułka
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| givenName |
Władysław
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| ideology |
Marxism–Leninism
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national communism → |
| languageSpoken |
Polish
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| memberOfPoliticalParty |
Polish United Workers' Party
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Polish Workers' Party → |
| movement |
communism
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| name |
Władysław Gomułka
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| officeEndTime |
1970-12-20
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| officeStartTime |
1956-10-21
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| opposedBy |
student movement in Poland
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workers' protests on the Baltic coast → |
| participatedIn |
Polish October
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| placeOfBirth |
Krosno
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| placeOfDeath |
Warsaw
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| policy |
alignment with the Soviet Union
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collectivization of agriculture (partially reversed) → limited political liberalization in late 1950s → repression of political opposition → support for Warsaw Pact → |
| positionHeld |
Deputy Prime Minister of Poland
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First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Polish United Workers' Party → Minister of the Recovered Territories of Poland → |
| precededBy |
Bolesław Bierut
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| reasonForEndOfOffice |
forced resignation after 1970 protests
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| religion |
atheism
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| replacedBy |
Edward Gierek
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| sexOrGender |
male
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| significantEvent |
1968 Polish political crisis
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1968 antisemitic campaign in Poland → 1970 Polish protests → Polish October 1956 → |
| spouse |
Zofia Gomułkowa
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| workPeriod |
interwar period
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post–World War II period → |