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Edward Ochab


First Secretary of the Polish United Workers' Party
In office March 1956 – October 1956
Preceded by	Bolesław Bierut
Succeeded by	Władysław Gomułka

Personal details
Spouse	Liwa 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."

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

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