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Edward Ochab
First Secretary of the Polish United Workers' Party
In office
March 1956 – October 1956
Preceded byBolesław Bierut
Succeeded byWładysław Gomułka
Personal details
SpouseLiwa Ochab née Oshpitzin

Edward Ochab (born 1906, died 1989), a Polish communist politician who was First Secretary of the Communist party between March and October 1956 and served as head of state in the years 1964-1968. Ochab withdrew from politics in 1968 in the aftermath of the anti-Semitic campaign conducted by the governing Polish United Workers' Party in the People's Republic of Poland.

The wife of Edward Ochab, Liwa, stemmed from a Hasidic family of Oshpitzin, residing in Israel, with whom the couple maintained correspondence.

References

  • Chaim Wolnerman, "Water Carriers".
  • The New York Times, May 3, 1989, "Edward Ochab Is Dead; Poland Ex-Official."

See also

Preceded byBolesław Bierut General Secretary of the Polish United Workers' Party
1956
Succeeded byWładysław Gomułka
Preceded byAleksander Zawadzki Chairman of the Polish Council of State
1964–1968
Succeeded byMarian Spychalski
Chairmen of the Polish Council of State
Coat of Arms of the People's Republic of Poland
First Secretaries of the Central Committee of the PZPR
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