Edward Babiuch
Edward Mikołaj Babiuch (born December 28, 1927 in Grabocin near Będzin ) is a former Polish politician .
Life
Coming from a family of miners, he studied at the Central Party School of the PZPR , as well as at the College of Planning and Statistics in Warsaw . In 1948 he joined the communist party. From 1949 to 1955 he worked in the organizational apparatus of the communist youth organization ZMP , then for the ZK of the PZPR. From 1959 to 1963 he acted as secretary of the Warsaw Voivodeship Committee, then until 1965 as deputy head of the organization department of the Central Committee, to which he had belonged since 1964, from 1965 to 1970 as head of the department.
After the fall of Władysław Gomułka , he was accepted into the Politburo in December 1970, and from 1972 to 1980 he was also a member of the State Council . As a close confidante of party leader Edward Gierek, he worked on the failed economic reforms and also served him as Prime Minister from February to August 1980. In the autumn of that year he had to give up all party offices and was expelled from the PZPR in 1981. After the declaration of war on December 13, 1981, he was interned like Gierek. Since then he has played no role in public life.
Honors
- 1976: Grand Cross of the Order of Infante Dom Henrique
literature
- Edward Babiuch , in: Internationales Biographisches Archiv 07/1981 of February 2, 1981, in the Munzinger Archive ( beginning of the article freely available)
Individual evidence
- ^ Biuletyn Informacji Publicznej Instytutu Pamięci Narodowej. Retrieved March 22, 2019 .
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| SURNAME | Babiuch, Edward |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Babiuch, Edward Mikołaj (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish politician, member of the Sejm, Prime Minister of Poland in 1980 |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 28, 1927 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Grabocin near Będzin |