What is Władysław Gomułka?
{{One source|date=June 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder| name=Władysław Gomułka | image=Wladyslaw Gomulka na trybunie.jpg | order=[[Polish United Workers' Party|First Secretary of the <br> Polish United Workers' Party]] | term_start=21 October 1956 | term_end=20 December 1970 | predecessor=[[Edward Ochab]] | successor=[[Edward Gierek]] | order2=[[Polish Workers' Party|First Secretary of the Polish Workers' Party]] | term_start2=1943 | term_end2=1948 | predecessor2=[[Paweł Finder]] | successor2=[[Bolesław Bierut]] | birth_date={{Birth date|1905|2|6|df=y}} | birth_place=[[Krosno]], [[Austria-Hungary]] | death_date={{death date and age|1982|9|1|1905|2|6|df=y}} | death_place=[[Konstancin-Jeziorna|Konstancin]], [[Polish People's Republic|Poland]] | profession=}} '''Władysław Gomułka''' ({{IPA-pl|vwaˈdɨswaf ɡɔˈmuwka|lang}}; 6 February 1905 &ndash; 1 September 1982) was a [[Poland|Polish]] [[Communism|communist]] politician. After [[World War II]] he was the leader of Poland until 1948. Following the [[Polish October]] he became leader again from 1956 to 1970. Gomułka was one of the key leaders of the [[Warsaw Pact]]. He supported Poland's participation in [[Prague Spring]] in August 1968.<ref>{{cite web|title=WLADYSLAW GOMULKA OF POLAND IS DEAD|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/09/02/obituaries/wladyslaw-gomulka-of-poland-is-dead.html?pagewanted=all|publisher=New York Times |access-date= 27 September 2016 |date=2 September 1982}}</ref> One of his notable achievements was negotiating the [[Treaty of Warsaw (1970)]] with [[West Germany]]. The treaty meant Germany agreed to the [[Oder–Neisse line|post-World War II borders]]. ==Decorations and awards== * [[Order of the Builders of People's Poland]] * Grand Cross of the [[Order of Polonia Restituta]] * [[Partisan Cross]] * [[Order of the Cross of Grunwald]], 1st class ==References== {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Gomulka, Wladyslaw}} [[Category:1905 births]] [[Category:1982 deaths]] [[Category:Atheists]] [[Category:Polish communist politicians]] [[Category:Recipients of the O