Emil Wojtaszek

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.

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

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. 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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