Kazimierz Czesław Switala (Rakoniewice, Poland on 21 April 1923 – Warsaw, 6 March 2011) was a Polish communist politician. He was the Minister of Internal Affairs from 1968 to 1971, but was forced to resign as a result of the December 1970 massacre of 44 revolting Polish workers. He was a member of the Central Committee of the Polish United Workers' Party from 1968 to 1971, and the head of the Chancellery of the Sejm of the Polish People's Republic (1972–1986).
Kazimierz Czesław Switala (Rakoniewice, Poland on 21 April 1923 – Warsaw, 6 March 2011) was a Polish communist politician. He was the Minister of Internal Affairs from 1968 to 1971, but was forced to resign as a result of the December 1970 massacre of 44 revolting Polish workers. He was a member of the Central Committee of the Polish United Workers' Party from 1968 to 1971, and the head of the Chancellery of the Sejm of the Polish People's Republic (1972–1986).
0 comentarii11 vizualizări0 reacții
Kazimierz Switalaa adăugat o fotografie
acum 10 zile
R.I.P Kazimierz
Biography Son of Wacław and Maria. In August 1944 he joined the Polish Army. He was assigned to the 37th Artillery Regiment, then sent to the Officers' School of Artillery at the 2nd Polish Army. He graduated at the end of 1944 with the rank of second lieutenant. He took part in the fights of the 2nd Polish Army, as a commander of a fire platoon and a liaison officer of the artillery staff. He was demobilized in 1946 with the rank of lieutenant. From 1948 he was a member of the Polish United Workers' Party. In 1951 he graduated from law studies at the Higher School of Law in Warsaw, and then from the University of Poznań, obtaining a master's degree in law. From 1951 he was a judge of the District Court and the Provincial Court in Poznań. He also held the position of Provincial Director of Ideological and Professional Training. In the years 1955–1958 he was the president of the Provincial Court in Katowice. From 1958 he was the vice-president of the Provincial Court for the capital city of Warsaw, and then the president of the Provincial Court for the Warsaw Voivodeship. In the years 1960–1961 he…
0 comentarii11 vizualizări0 reacții
Kazimierz Switalaa lăsat un gând
acum 10 zile
Awards and decorations
Order of the Banner of Labour, 1st Class
Commander's Cross with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta (1978)
Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta
0 comentarii11 vizualizări0 reacții
Kazimierz Switalaa lăsat un gând
acum 10 zile
Silver Cross of Merit (1955)
Medal of the 30th Anniversary of People's Poland
Medal of the 40th Anniversary of People's Poland
Medal of the 10th Anniversary of People's Poland (1955)
Gold Medal of Merit for National Defence
Silver Medal of Merit for National Defence
Bronze Medal of Merit for National Defence
Badge of the 1000th Anniversary of the Polish State
Order of the Red Banner (USSR, 1968)
Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" (USSR, 1985)
0 comentarii11 vizualizări0 reacții
Kazimierz Switalaa lăsat un gând
acum 10 zile
Bibliography
Z. Branach, Pierwszy grudzień Jaruzelskiego, Wydawnictwo Cetera, 1998
Dzieje Sejmu Polskiego (opracowanie zbiorowe), Wydawnictwo Sejmowe, Warszawa 1997
W. Jaruzelski, Przeciwko bezprawiu, Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek, Toruń 2004
Kto jest kim w Polsce 1984. Informator encyklopedyczny, Wydawnictwo Interpress, Warszawa 1984, str. 985
H. Kula, Grudzień 1970: „oficjalny” i rzeczywisty, Wydawnictwo L&L, 2006
Leksykon Historii Polski, Wydawnictwo „Wiedza Powszechna”, Warszawa 1996
T. Mołdawa, Ludzie władzy 1944–1991, Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, Warszawa 1991
P. Pytlakowski, Republika MSW, Wydawnictwo Andy Grafik, 1991
B. Seidler, Kto kazał strzelać: Grudzień ’70, Polska Oficyna Wydawnicza „BGW”, Warszawa 1991
Tajne dokumenty Biura Politycznego. Grudzień 1970, Wyd. „Aneks”, Londyn 1991
A. Walicki, Polskie zmagania z wolnością: widziane z boku, Biblioteka „Kuźnicy”, Universitas, 2000
„Za Wolność i Lud”, 1985, nr 21 (1118), str. 5
VI Kongres ZBoWiD Warszawa 7–8 maja 1979, Wydawnictwo ZG ZBoWiD, Warszawa 1979
VII Kongres ZBoWiD, Wydawnictwo ZG ZBoWiD, Warszawa 1985
