Edward Gierek
(1913-2001)
Polish politician
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Edward Gierek (6 January 1913 – 29 July 2001) was a Polish communist politician and de facto leader of Poland between 1970 and 1980. Gierek replaced Władysław Gomułka as First Secretary of the ruling Polish United Workers' Party (PZPR) in the Polish People's Republic in 1970. He is known for opening communist Poland to Western influence and for his economic policies based on foreign loans, which ultimately failed. He was removed from power after labour strikes led to the Gdańsk Agreement between the communist state and workers of the emerging Solidarity free trade union movement.
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6 January 1913 Porąbka, Russian Empire
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29 July 2001 (aged 88) Cieszyn, Poland
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