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| 1913 | Gierek, Edward |  |
| Porabka Birth of Edward Gierek
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| 1931 | Gierek, Edward | |
| Appointed Member of the French Communist Party
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| Deported from France for organizing a strike
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| 1956 | Gierek, Edward | |
| Appointed Member of the Politburo
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| 1956 | Gomulka, Wladyslaw | |
| Appointed First Secretary of the Polish United Workers Party
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| Appointed Member of the PUWP, readmitted
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| Appointed Party Leader of the Polish United Workers Party
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| Readmitted into the Polish United Workers Party
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| 1957 | Gierek, Edward | |
| Katowice Appointed First Secretary of the Katowice City Party
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| Elected to the Polish Parliament
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| 1959 | Gierek, Edward | |
| Appointed Member of the Politburo
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| 1970 | Gierek, Edward | |
| Appointed First Secretary of the Communist Party
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| With the aid of foreign loans promises to rejuvenate Polish industry
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| 1971 | Gierek, Edward | |
| Promises lower food prices & higher wages
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| 1976 | Gierek, Edward | |
| Widespread strikes over price increases & broken promises
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| 1980 | Gierek, Edward | |
| Dismissed & replaced by Kania
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| Forced to grant legal status to Solidarity
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| Price rises, food shortages & debt force Poland to reform the economy
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| 31st Aug Gdansk The government is forced to negotiate the Gdansk Agreement
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| 2001 | Gierek, Edward | |
| Death of Edward Gierek
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