Albin Siwak

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Albin Siwak in 1981

Albin Siwak (January 27, 1933 – April 4, 2019[1]) was a Polish politician, author of memoirs and a social activist. Later in his career, Siwak held nationalist and anti-semitic views.[2]

Biography

Son of Józef and Czesława née Mielczarek.

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In 1950 he went to Warsaw in search of work. He was directed to the masonry brigade. He quickly became a shock worker.[6] From the 1950s he was an active activist in trade unions. From 1968 he belonged to the Polish United Workers' Party.[7] He was delegate for the VIII, IX and X Congress of the Polish United Workers' Party. In 1979, the Congress of Trade Unions elected him a member of the World Federation of Trade Unions.

From July 1981 was a member of the Central Committee of the Polish United Workers' Party. From 1981 to 1986 was a member of the Politburo of the Polish United Workers' Party. In the 1980s, he was an opponent and critic of Solidarity movement. From 1986 he was a councilor of the Polish Embassy in Tripoli. Dismissed from his diplomatic position in March 1990 by Foreign Minister Krzysztof Skubiszewski.[8][6][9]

After 1990, he was a member of the Social Democracy of the Republic of Poland. He was removed from the party after the conflict with Leszek Miller.

References

  1. ^ Eckardt, Maciej (13 April 2019). "Wczoraj pochowano Albina Siwaka - ikonę PRL-u". salon24.pl (in Polish). Salon24. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
  2. ^ "www.jednodniowka.pl". www.jednodniowka.pl. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
  3. ^ a b "Aferyprawa - Albin Siwak - Bez strachu - WSPOMNIENIA STARE I NOWE - czyli jak ujarzmiano Polskę i Polaków". www.aferyprawa.eu. Retrieved 2020-01-12.
  4. ^ "Biuletyn Informacji Publicznej Instytutu Pamięci Narodowej". katalog.bip.ipn.gov.pl. Retrieved 2020-01-13.
  5. ^ "Historia. Ochrzcili mnie betonem i ciemniakiem". gazetaolsztynska.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2020-01-12.
  6. ^
    ISBN 9781845455101
    . Retrieved 26 March 2016.
  7. ^ "Trwały ślad po Siwaku… | Myśl Polska". www.mysl-polska.pl. Retrieved 2020-01-13.
  8. ^ "Doc. 4880: Situation in Poland and East-West Relations". Documents: Working Papers of the Thirty-Fourth Ordinary Session, First Part, Volume 2. Stausborg: Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. 19 April 1982. p. 58. 10. The most prominent of hardliners are Albin Siwak, a member of the Politburo and Tadeusz Grebski
  9. ISBN 9780520922495
    . Retrieved 26 March 2016.


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