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Dismissal

Poland · Government / Government of Poland. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

4Records
1949–1981Date range
3Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1949

Wladyslaw Gomulka1949

Government / Government of Poland

Dismissed for supporting Yugoslavia

1981

Stanislaw KaniaJanuary 1981

Warsaw · Government / Government of Poland

Dismissed as Prime Minister after the Warsaw demonstrations & replaced by Jaruzelski

Wojciech Jaruzelski12 June 1981

Warsaw · Government / Government of Poland

Dismisses 5 cabinet ministers

Wojciech Jaruzelski3 July 1981

Warsaw · Government / Government of Poland

Dismisses 8 cabinet ministers

Names involved

Stanislaw KaniaWladyslaw GomulkaWojciech Jaruzelski

Provenance

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