Wojciech Witold Jaruzelski (/ ˈvɔɪtʃɛx ˌjɑːruːˈzɛlski / VOY-chekh YAH-roo-ZEL-skee; Polish: [ˈvɔjt͡ɕɛx ˈvʲitɔlt jaruˈzɛlskʲi] ⓘ; 6 July 1923 – 25 May 2014) was a Polish military general, politician and de facto leader of the Polish People's Republic from 1981 until 1989.

Wojciech Witold Jaruzelski ⓘ (ur. 6 lipca 1923 w Kurowie, zm. 25 maja 2014 w Warszawie) – polski polityk komunistyczny i dowódca wojskowy, generał armii ludowego Wojska Polskiego.

Wojciech Witold Jaruzelski (born July 6, 1923, Kurow, Poland—died May 25, 2014, Warsaw) was a Polish army general and political leader who served as premier (1981–85), chairman of the Council of State (1985–89), and president (1989–90) during the final years of communist rule in Poland, but he eventually oversaw the country’s move to ...

May 25, 2014 · Jaruzelski became the chief "political officer" of the Polish armed forces in 1960, chief of staff in 1964, and defence minister in 1968 shortly before the Soviet invasion...

Wojciech Jaruzelski was a Polish military officer and politician who served as the General Secretary of the Polish United Workers' Party and the head of state of Poland.

May 25, 2014 · WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Gen. Wojciech Jaruzelski, the communist leader who imposed harsh military rule on Poland in 1981 in an attempt to crush the pro-democracy Solidarity movement but years later allowed reforms that ended up …

Wojciech Jaruzelski przyszedł na świat 6 lipca 1923 r. w Kurowie, zmarł 25 maja 2014 roku w Warszawie. Był polskim wojskowym i politykiem – I sekretarzem Komitetu Centralnego Polskiej Zjednoczonej Partii Robotniczej, prezydentem Polskiej Rzeczypospolitej Ludowej oraz później prezydentem III Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej.

Jun 18, 2014 · Polish general and former President Wojciech Jaruzelski, who led efforts to crush Solidarność, the pro-democracy labor movement, was despised by many, but Pope John Paul II believed the...

May 25, 2014 · Gen. Wojciech Jaruzelski, the last Communist leader of Poland, who sent tanks to crush Solidarity’s stirrings for democracy in 1981 and went on to preside over the death of the system that...

May 29, 2018 · A career soldier, General Wojciech Witold Jaruzelski (born 1923) became Poland's head of state in 1981. After reaching a historic compromise with the Solidarity trade unions he took the presidency in 1989 but resigned 18 months later.