Zbigniew Messner
Zbigniew Stefan Messner (Polish: [ˈzbiɡɲɛf ˈmɛsnɛr] (
Zbigniew Messner | |
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Prime Minister of Poland | |
In office 6 November 1985 – 27 September 1988 | |
Preceded by | Wojciech Jaruzelski |
Succeeded by | Mieczysław Rakowski |
Personal details | |
Born | Zbigniew Stefan Messner 13 March 1929 Stryi, Stanisławów Voivodeship, Second Polish Republic |
Died | 10 January 2014 84) Warsaw, Poland | (aged
Political party | Polish United Workers' Party |
Profession | Economist |
In 1988, Messner's cabinet received a motion of no confidence in the Sejm (Parliament) and had to transfer power to Mieczysław Rakowski. This was an unprecedented event in the Communist world, one of the strongest signs of democratic change brought by Mikhail Gorbachev. Alternatively, this change in cabinet could easily be viewed as one of many similar steps of internal reorganization conducted periodically by regimes in all Communist-dominated countries.
He died in Warsaw on 10 January 2014.[1]
References
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 14 January 2014. Retrieved 13 January 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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Preceded by Wojciech Jaruzelski |
Prime Minister of Poland 1985–1988 |
Succeeded by Mieczysław Rakowski |
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