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    Edward Gierek (Polish pronunciation: [ˈɛdvart ˈɡʲɛrɛk]; 6 January 1913 – 29 July 2001) was a Polish Communist politician and de facto leader of Poland...
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  • Edward Gierek's Economic Revival Movement (Polish: Ruch Odrodzenia Gospodarczego im. Edwarda Gierka, ROG) is a Polish left-wing party with a communist...
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    American politician from Maine Edward Dembowski (1822–1846), Polish leftist, philosopher and columnist Edward Gierek (1913–2001), First Secretary of...
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    late 1970s, communist Poland had been in a deep economic recession. Edward Gierek, First Secretary of the Polish United Workers' Party (PZPR), had obtained...
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    stroke). A dynamic younger man, Edward Gierek, took over the Party leadership and tensions eased. In the late 1960s, Edward Gierek had created a personal power...
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    and retirement. In a generational replacement of the ruling elite, Edward Gierek took over the Party leadership and tensions eased. Władysław Gomułka...
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    and it faltered after the 1973 oil crisis. In 1976, the government of Edward Gierek was forced to raise prices again which led to the June 1976 protests...
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  • Gierek may refer to: Adam Gierek (born 1938), Polish post-communism politician and son of Edward Gierek Ariadna Gierek-Łapińska [pl] (1938–2020), Polish...
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  • Parliament's Committee on Industry, Research and Energy. He is a son of Edward Gierek. Gierek was also a substitute for the Committee on Culture and Education...
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    after the brief one-year term of Stanisław Kania. Kania's predecessor, Edward Gierek, left Poland severely indebted by accepting loans from foreign creditors...
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