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Wladyslaw Gomulka Biography

Historical biography and chronological timeline for Wladyslaw Gomulka, based on 18 World History Database records associated with Poland.

18 records1905–198213 events2 places

Chronological biography

1905

Birth of Wladyslaw GomulkaFebruary 1905

Politics / Communist Party · Krosno

Birth of Wladyslaw Gomulka

1926

Communist Party1926

Politics / Communist Party · Member of Communist Party

Appointed Member of secret Communist Party in Poland

1936

Arrest of Wladyslaw Gomulka1936

Politics / Communist Party · Member of Communist Party

Gomulka is arrested

1939

Arrest of Wladyslaw Gomulka1939

Politics / Communist Party · Member of Communist Party

Escapes after the German invasion of Poland

1943

Polish Workers1943

Politics / Polish Workers Party · Secretary General PWP

Helps establish the Polish Workers Party

Secretary General of Polish Workers Party1943

Government / Government of Poland · Secretary General of Polish Workers Party

Appointed Secretary General of the Polish Workers Party

1945

Deputy Prime Minister1945

Government / Government of Poland · Deputy Prime Minister

Appointed Deputy Prime Minister

Minister of Annexed Territories1945

Government / Government of Poland · Minister of Annexed Territories

Appointed Minister of territories annexed from Germany

1949

Dismissal1949

Government / Government of Poland · Deputy Prime Minister

Dismissed for supporting Yugoslavia

Purge1949

Government / Government of Poland · Deputy Prime Minister

Purged for supporting Yugoslavia

1951

Arrest of Wladyslaw Gomulka1951

Government / Government of Poland · Warsaw

Kept in "protective custody" for being considerred too nationalistic by Moscow

Arrest of Wladyslaw Gomulka1951

Politics / Polish Workers Party

Gomulka is arrested

1954

Arrest of Wladyslaw Gomulka1954

Politics / Polish Workers Party

Gomulka is released from prison

1956

Arrest of Wladyslaw Gomulka1956

Politics / PUWP · Member of PUWP

Readmitted into the Polish United Workers Party

First Secretary1956

Politics / PUWP · First Secretary of PUWP

Appointed First Secretary of the Polish United Workers Party

Party Leader1956

Politics / PUWP · Party Leader of PUWP

Appointed Party Leader of the Polish United Workers Party

PUWP1956

Politics / PUWP · Member of PUWP

Appointed Member of PUWP, readmitted

1982

Death of Wladyslaw Gomulka1982

Politics / Communist Party

Death of Wladyslaw Gomulka

Titles and roles

Deputy Prime Minister · First Secretary of PUWP · Member of Communist Party · Member of PUWP · Minister of Annexed Territories · Party Leader of PUWP · Secretary General of Polish Workers Party · Secretary General PWP

Record provenance

This biography is assembled from World History Database records filtered by country and personal-name fields. Exact duplicate display records are removed. The database is an index rather than a complete narrative biography; formal research should verify entries against relevant primary or specialist sources.