sentences:  In 1972 he became a candidate member of the Politburo of the PZPR, and in 1980 a full member.Siwicki was appointed to the position of Minister of Defense after Jaruzelski stepped down from that post; he also functioned as Jaruzelski's "top deputy on the defense council".In October 1983, Siwicki was awarded with the Order of the Cross of Grunwald, first class, one of his many decorations.