Polish United Workers' Party

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The Polish United Workers' Party was the communist ruling party of the People's Republic of Poland, controlling the state as part of the Soviet-aligned Eastern Bloc from the late 1940s until the fall of communism in 1989.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf communist party
political party in Poland
ruling party
alliedWith Soviet Union
controlled Polish People’s Army
surface form: Polish People's Army

government of the People's Republic of Poland
security services of the People's Republic of Poland
country Poland
surface form: People's Republic of Poland
dateFounded 1948-12-15
dissolved 1990-01-29
dominantPeriod late 1940s–1989
foundedBy Polish Socialist Party (pro-communist faction)
Polish United Workers' Party self-linksurface differs
surface form: Polish Workers' Party
headquartersLocation Warsaw
heldMonopolyOfPower yes
ideology Marxism–Leninism
communism
influencedBy Communist Party of the Soviet Union
introducedPolicy central planning
collectivization of agriculture (partial)
nationalization of industry
involvedInEvent 1968 Polish political crisis
1970 Polish protests
1980–1981 strikes in Poland
Polish October 1956
Polish Round Table Agreement
martial law in Poland (1981–1983)
keyLeader Bolesław Bierut
Edward Gierek
Wojciech Jaruzelski
Władysław Gomułka
languageUsed Polish
legalStatus banned after 1990
lostMonopolyOfPower 1989
massOrganization All-Poland Alliance of Trade Unions
memberOf Cominform
Warsaw Pact political structure
mergerOf Polish Socialist Party (pro-communist faction)
Polish Socialist Party (pro-communist faction)
surface form: Polish Workers' Party
nativeName Polish United Workers' Party self-linksurface differs
surface form: Polska Zjednoczona Partia Robotnicza
opposedBy Solidarity movement
surface form: Solidarity (trade union)
partOf Eastern Bloc regimes
surface form: Eastern Bloc
placeFounded Warsaw
politicalPosition far-left
precededBy Polish Socialist Party (pro-communist faction)
Polish Workers' Party
shortName PZPR
stateSystem one-party state
succeededBy Democratic Left Alliance
Social Democracy of the Republic of Poland
womenWing League of Women
youthWing Union of Socialist Youth

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General Czesław Kiszczak memberOfPoliticalParty Polish United Workers' Party
subject surface form: Czesław Kiszczak
this entity surface form: Polish United Workers’ Party
General Czesław Kiszczak memberOf Polish United Workers' Party
subject surface form: Czesław Kiszczak
this entity surface form: Polish United Workers’ Party Central Committee
Karol Modzelewski memberOf Polish United Workers' Party
Aleksander Kwaśniewski memberOfPoliticalParty Polish United Workers' Party
this entity surface form: Polish United Workers’ Party
Poznań 1956 protests opponent Polish United Workers' Party
this entity surface form: Polish United Workers' Party leadership
SdRP precededBy Polish United Workers' Party
Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz, later Prime Minister of Poland memberOf Polish United Workers' Party
subject surface form: Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz
SLD predecessor Polish United Workers' Party
subject surface form: Democratic Left Alliance
First Secretary of the Central Committee politicalParty Polish United Workers' Party
ZOMO governedBy Polish United Workers' Party
this entity surface form: Polish United Workers' Party (indirectly)
1976 Polish protests opponent Polish United Workers' Party
this entity surface form: Polish United Workers’ Party
Edward Ochab memberOf Polish United Workers' Party
Milicja Obywatelska politicalAlignment Polish United Workers' Party
this entity surface form: Polish United Workers’ Party
Leszek Miller memberOf Polish United Workers' Party
1968 Polish political crisis perpetrator Polish United Workers' Party
this entity surface form: Polish United Workers’ Party leadership
Zofia Gomułkowa political affiliation Polish United Workers' Party
Zofia Gomułkowa associated with Polish United Workers' Party
this entity surface form: Polish United Workers' Party leadership
Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz memberOfPoliticalParty Polish United Workers' Party
PPR successor Polish United Workers' Party
subject surface form: Polska Partia Robotnicza
PPR mergedInto Polish United Workers' Party
subject surface form: Polska Partia Robotnicza
Hilary Minc memberOf Polish United Workers' Party
Union of Polish Youth politicalAlignment Polish United Workers' Party
Józef Oleksy memberOf Polish United Workers' Party
Stanisław Kania memberOfPoliticalParty Polish United Workers' Party
Radkiewicz memberOf Polish United Workers' Party
subject surface form: Stanisław Radkiewicz
Marian Spychalski memberOf Polish United Workers' Party
this entity surface form: Polish United Workers’ Party
Jakub Berman memberOf Polish United Workers' Party
Polish 1980 strikes opposedBy Polish United Workers' Party
this entity surface form: Polish United Workers’ Party
Henryk Jabłoński memberOfPoliticalParty Polish United Workers' Party
Henryk Jabłoński employer Polish United Workers' Party
SB supervisedBy Polish United Workers' Party
Józef Cyrankiewicz memberOf Polish United Workers' Party
Polish League of Women affiliatedWith Polish United Workers' Party
Security Office controlledBy Polish United Workers' Party
this entity surface form: Polish United Workers’ Party
Ministry of Public Security subordinateTo Polish United Workers' Party
subject surface form: Ministry of Public Security (Poland)
Komitet do spraw Bezpieczeństwa Publicznego subordinateTo Polish United Workers' Party
this entity surface form: Polska Zjednoczona Partia Robotnicza
Polska Ludowa partiaRządząca Polish United Workers' Party
this entity surface form: Polska Zjednoczona Partia Robotnicza
PRL rulingParty Polish United Workers' Party
subject surface form: Polish People's Republic
Constitution of 1952 dominantParty Polish United Workers' Party
this entity surface form: Polish United Workers’ Party
Stanisław Mazur politicalAlignment Polish United Workers' Party
this entity surface form: Polish United Workers’ Party
Ignacy Loga-Sowiński memberOf Polish United Workers' Party