Person in history
Czesław Kiszczak
Czesław Kiszczak, Polish general and politician, 11th Prime Minister of the People's Republic of Poland (born 1925)
Life at a glance
- Died
- 2015 · November 5
- Known as
- military officer, politician. Citizenship: Poland
Their story
Who they were
Czesław Kiszczak, Polish general and politician, 11th Prime Minister of the People's Republic of Poland (born 1925)
Path and career
Awards / honours: Medal of the 10th Anniversary of People's Poland, Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class, Order of the Cross of Grunwald, 3rd class, and Order of the Builders of People's Poland.
Military career After the war Kiszczak returned to Poland, joined the communist Polish Workers' Party almost immediately, and was sent to the Central Party School in Łódź , which was training civilian and military Party apparatchiks . [ 1 ] Kiszczak entered the Polish Army , where he fought guerrilla groups that were resisting the communist takeover . [ 2 ] Guerrillas beat his father and spared his life only after his mother intervened. [ 2 ]
Why this date
Czesław Kiszczak appears on our November 5 calendar for 2015 as a death entry.
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November 5 2015.
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