Misplaced Pages

Edward Ochab: Difference between revisions

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
Browse history interactively← Previous editNext edit →Content deleted Content addedVisualWikitext
Revision as of 16:50, 16 November 2007 editLulo.it (talk | contribs)Extended confirmed users1,231 editsNo edit summary← Previous edit Revision as of 17:56, 16 November 2007 edit undo207.102.64.210 (talk) copyeditNext edit →
Line 2: Line 2:
| name=Edward Ochab | name=Edward Ochab
| image=Edward Ochab(1).jpg | image=Edward Ochab(1).jpg
| order=] | order=First Secretary of the Polish United Workers' Party
| term_start=March 1956 | term_start=March 1956
| term_end=October 1956 | term_end=October 1956
Line 10: Line 10:
}} }}


'''Edward Ochab''' (born 1906, died 1989), a ] ] 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 ] conducted by the governing ] in the ]. '''Edward Ochab''' (born 1906 – died 1989) was a ] ] politician promoted to the position of the First Secretary of the Communist party in the ] between March and October 1956 just prior to ]. Political coniuncturalist with a ] past, Ochab served as the head of state in the years 1964-1968. He withdrew from politics in 1968 in the aftermath of the ] conducted by his own governing ].


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

Revision as of 17:56, 16 November 2007

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) was a Polish communist politician promoted to the position of the First Secretary of the Communist party in the People's Republic of Poland between March and October 1956 just prior to Gomułka thaw. Political coniuncturalist with a Stalinist past, Ochab served as the head of state in the years 1964-1968. He withdrew from politics in 1968 in the aftermath of the anti-Semitic campaign conducted by his own governing Polish United Workers' Party.

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
Logo of the Polish United Workers' Party
Stub icon

This biographical article about a Polish politician is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: