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Born January 6, 1913
Died July 29, 2001 (aged 88) • Cieszyn • Poland
Political Affiliation Polish United Workers’ Party
Władysław Gomułka
Polish politician
Aleksander Kwaśniewski
Aleksander Kwaśniewski
president of Poland
Wojciech Witold Jaruzelski
Wojciech Witold Jaruzelski
Polish general
Bolesław Bierut
Polish statesman
Mieczysław Moczar
Polish politician
Jerzy Putrament
Polish author and editor
Adam Rapacki
Polish politician and economist
Mateusz Morawiecki
Mateusz Morawiecki
prime minister of Poland
Donald Tusk
Donald Tusk
prime minister of Poland
Tadeusz Kościuszko
Tadeusz Kościuszko
Polish general and statesman
Józef Piłsudski
Józef Piłsudski
Polish revolutionary and statesman
Carel Allardt: engraving of Jan (John III) Sobieski
John III Sobieski
king of Poland
Casimir III
Casimir III
king of Poland
Casimir IV
Casimir IV
king of Poland
Lech Wałęsa
Lech Wałęsa
president of Poland
Jarosław Kaczyński
Jarosław Kaczyński
prime minister of Poland
Lech Kaczyński
Lech Kaczyński
president of Poland
Beata Szydło
Beata Szydło
prime minister of Poland
, Bronisław Komorowski
Bronisław Komorowski
president of Poland
Jerzy Buzek
prime minister of Poland