Emil Wojtaszek
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
2 December 1976 – 24 August 1980
Preceded byStefan Olszowski
Succeeded byJózef Czyrek
Personal details
Born(1927-08-22)22 August 1927
Kraków, Kraków Voivodeship, Poland
Died17 June 2017(2017-06-17) (aged 89)
Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland
Resting placePowązki Military Cemetery
Political partyPolish United Workers' Party

Emil Wojtaszek (22 August 1927 – 17 June 2017) was a Polish politician who served as the minister of foreign affairs of the People's Republic of Poland from 1976 to 1980.

Biography

Wojtaszek was born in Kraków on 22 August 1927.[1][2] He was central committee secretary of the Polish United Workers' party.[3] He was also an alternate member of the party's political committee responsible for foreign affairs.[4][5]

Wojtaszek served as foreign minister from 2 December 1976 to 24 August 1980. He signed an air service agreement with India on 25 January 1977.[6] He was succeeded by Józef Czyrek in the post.[7] He continued to serve at the party's central committee secretariat for foreign affairs after leaving the office.[8] His term at the committee ended in April 1981 during the protests in the country.[5][9] He also resigned from the Sejm in February 1982.[10] The same year he was appointed ambassador of Poland to Italy.[11]

Wojtaszek died in Warsaw on 17 June 2017 aged 89.[12] He was buried in Powązki Military Cemetery, Warsaw.[13]

References

  1. ^ "Ministerstwo Spraw Zagranicznych" (in Polish). Polish Government.
  2. ^ Contemporary Poland. Warsaw: Polska Agencja Interpress. 1980.
  3. ^ George Sanford (1986). Military Rule in Poland: The Rebuilding of Communist Power, 1981-1983. New York: St. Martin's Press. p. 143. ISBN 978-0-7099-3323-6.
  4. ^ János Tischler. "Kádár and the Polish Crisis 1980–1981". REV. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
  5. ^ a b John Darnton (30 April 1981). "Two workers added to Polish politburo". The New York Times. Warsaw. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
  6. ^ "Indo-Polish Agreement on Air Services" (PDF). Foreign Affairs Record. XXIII (1): 2. January 1977.
  7. ^ "Polish premier ousted". Toledo Blade. Warsaw. Reuters. 25 August 1980. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
  8. ^ Andrew A. Michta (1990). The Red Eagle: The Army in Polish Politics, 1944-1988. Stanford, CA: Hoover Press. p. 242. ISBN 978-0-8179-8863-0.
  9. ^ Leon Shapiro (1983). "Soviet Bloc Nations". The American Jewish Year Book. 83: 223–230. JSTOR 23604817.
  10. ^ "Polish parliament to consider reforms". Eugene Register Guard. Warsaw. AP. 26 February 1982. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
  11. ^ Gertrude Gibbons (30 May 2020). "'From the Italian Land to Poland' and Back: A Conversation with Giovanni Pampiglione". The Theatre Times. Rome. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  12. ^ "Emil Wojtaszek, Warszawa, 21 June 2017 - nekrolog". nekrologi.wyborcza.pl.
  13. ^ "Cmentarz Wojskowy" (in Polish). ZCK. Retrieved 21 March 2021.

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