Czesław Kiszczak, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Czesław Kiszczak

Polish general

Date of Birth: 19-Oct-1925

Place of Birth: Roczyny, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 05-Nov-2015

Profession: politician, military officer

Nationality: Poland

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Czeslaw Jan Kiszczak ['t???swaf 'ki?t??ak] (listen) (19 October 1925 – 5 November 2015) was a Polish general, communist-era interior minister (1981–1990) and prime minister (1989).In 1981 he played a key role in imposing martial law and suppression of the Solidarity movement in Poland.
But eight years later he presided over the country’s transition to democracy as its last communist prime minister and a co-chairman of the Round Table conference, in which officials of the ruling Polish United Workers' Party faced the democratic opposition leaders.
The conference led to the reconciliation with and reinstatement of Solidarity, the 1989 elections, and the formation of Poland’s first non-communist government since 1945.