Jan Szydlak

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Jan Szydlak

Jan Marian Szydlak (born November 24, 1925 in Siemianowice Śląskie , Silesia ; † September 13, 1997 ) was a politician in the People's Republic of Poland , who was among other things first secretary of the Polish United Workers' Party PZPR ( Polska Zjednoczona Partia Robotnicza ) in between 1960 and 1968 of the Poznan Voivodeship , secretary from 1968 to 1977 and also a member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the PZPR between 1970 and 1980. He was also vice-chairman of the Council of Ministers from 1976 to 1980 and briefly chairman of the central council of the trade union federation CRZZ (Zrzeszenie Związków Zawodowych) in 1980 .

Life

Youth functionary and member of the Central Committee

Szydlak worked as a locksmith after attending middle school. After the end of the Second World War he joined the Polish Workers' Party PPR ( Polska Partia Robotnicza ) and the youth association ZWM (Związek Walki Młodych) . After the merger of the PPR with the Polish Socialist Party ( Polska Partia Socjalistyczna , PPS) to form the Polish United Workers' Party ( Polska Zjednoczona Partia Robotnicza ) in December 1948, he joined them. After completing the party school of the PZPR Central Committee, he became an employee of the PZPR City Committee Katowice and was then secretary of the Central Council of the Union of Polish Youth ZMP (Związek Młodzieży Polskiej) , the youth association of the PZPR from 1954 to 1957 . In 1958 he became a candidate for the Central Committee of the PZPR. He later served as First Secretary of the PZPR Committee of the Poznan Voivodeship between 1960 and 1968 . In the election of April 16, 1961, he was elected a member of the Sejm and was a member of it until December 19, 1980. At the same time he became a member of the ZK of the PZPR in 1962 and was a member of this body until 1980.

Central Committee Secretary, Vice Prime Minister and disempowerment

After the Fifth Party Congress (November 11-16, 1968) Szydlak became Secretary of the Central Committee of the PZPR for Ideology and held this position until 1977. At the same time he was also a candidate for the Politburo of the Central Committee at this Fifth Party Congress 1980 was a member of the Politburo of the Central Committee. As such, after the workers' uprising from December 14 to 22, 1970, in February 1971, he became chairman of a Politburo commission to investigate the background to the unrest. In addition, between 1970 and 1981 he was a member of the Presidium of the National Committee of the National United Front FJN (Front Jedności Narodu) and, in 1972, Prime Minister Piotr Jaroszewicz and Willi Stoph and Hermann Axen participated in negotiations with the GDR on travel facilitation. He also served as chairman of the Polish-Soviet Friendship Society (Towarzystwa Przyjaźni Polsko-Radzieckiej) from 1974 to 1980 . On December 2, 1976 he became Vice-Chairman of the Council of Ministers and held this office until February 18, 1980. After leaving the Council of Ministers, he replaced Władysław Kruczek on February 18, 1980 as Chairman of the Central Council of the CRZZ (Zrzeszenie Związków Zawodowych) but only exercised this function until August 26, 1980.

In 1980, Szydlak lost his membership in the Politburo and Central Committee as well as in the Sejm, before he was also excluded from the PZPR in 1981. After martial law was declared in 1981 under General Wojciech Jaruzelski , he was interned as a supporter of the former First Secretary of the Central Committee, Edward Gierek .

honors and awards

Szydlak was honored several times for his services in the People's Republic of Poland and received, among other things, the Order of Builders of People 's Poland (Order Budowniczych Polski Ludowej) , the Order of the Banner of Labor (Order Sztandaru Pracy) Second Class and later First Class and the title of Commander of the Order of Polonia Restituta (Order Odrodzenia Polski) awarded.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Szydlak Jan - Blisko Polski. Retrieved March 22, 2019 (Polish).
  2. ↑ POLAND: This shame . In: Der Spiegel from June 28, 1971
  3. ↑ POLAND / GDR: Big step . In: Der Spiegel from December 25, 1972
  4. ↑ “A mighty monument will be erected for him” . In: Der Spiegel of March 8, 1982
personal data
SURNAME Szydlak, Jan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Szydlak, Jan Marian (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish politician, member of the Sejm
DATE OF BIRTH November 24, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH Siemianowice Śląskie , Silesia
DATE OF DEATH September 13, 1997