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==Political career== |
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Pyka was educated in the [[engineering]] of [[metallurgy]]. Pyka was a deputy to the [[Sejm]], the Polish legislative body, for three consecutive terms from 1972 to 1980. In 1974, he became a deputy to the Chairman of the Planning Commission of the [[Central Committee of the Polish United Workers Party]].<ref name=przeglad/> He was also a Deputy Prime Minister of Poland from October 23 1975 to August 24 1980, and a member of the Central Committee of the Polish United Workers Party until 1980. In 1980, he was also briefly a deputy to a member of the [[Politburo of the Polish United Workers' Party]].<ref name=przeglad/> During the period of [[martial law in Poland]] in 1981 he was interned for a year and had charges pressed against him.<ref name=FILES>{{cite web | last=Stefanowski | first=Roman | title=Poland under Martial Law | date=1983-07-01 | url=http://files.osa.ceu.hu/holdings/300/8/3/text/47-4-1.shtml | accessdate=2008-11-30}}</ref><ref name=Inter>{{cite web | title=Internowania byłych prominentów PRL | url=http://internowani.xg.pl/index.php?type=article&aid=302 | accessdate=2008-11-30}}</ref> |
Pyka was educated in the [[engineering]] of [[metallurgy]]. Pyka was a deputy to the [[Sejm]], the Polish legislative body, for three consecutive terms from 1972 to 1980. In 1974, he became a deputy to the Chairman of the Planning Commission of the [[Central Committee of the Polish United Workers Party]].<ref name=przeglad/> He was also a Deputy Prime Minister of Poland from October 23, 1975 to August 24 1980, and a member of the Central Committee of the Polish United Workers Party until 1980. In 1980, he was also briefly a deputy to a member of the [[Politburo of the Polish United Workers' Party]].<ref name=przeglad/> During the period of [[martial law in Poland]] in 1981 he was interned for a year and had charges pressed against him.<ref name=FILES>{{cite web | last=Stefanowski | first=Roman | title=Poland under Martial Law | date=1983-07-01 | url=http://files.osa.ceu.hu/holdings/300/8/3/text/47-4-1.shtml | accessdate=2008-11-30}}</ref><ref name=Inter>{{cite web | title=Internowania byłych prominentów PRL | url=http://internowani.xg.pl/index.php?type=article&aid=302 | accessdate=2008-11-30}}</ref> |
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===Gdańsk negotiations=== |
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In August 1980, due to economic difficulties, workers in the Polish city of [[Gdańsk |
In August 1980, due to economic difficulties, workers in the Polish city of [[Gdańsk]] went on strike. Around the middle of that month, the Polish government declared that it had created a commission that would converse with the strikers.<ref name=PEP>{{cite book | last=Hunter | first=Richard J. | coauthors=Leo V. Ryan | title=From Autarchy to Market: Polish Economics and Politics 1945-1995 | pages=48 | url=http://books.google.com/books?id=LY-YwBw1SVUC&pg=PA48&dq=Mieczyslaw+Jagielski&as_brr=3#PPA48,M1}}</ref> The commission was led by Pyka, who was a relative newcomer to the inner circle of the communist [[Polish United Workers' Party]], and a "junior man"<ref name=KINGMAN/> when compared to Poland's other Deputy Prime Ministers.<ref name=KINGMAN/> He was described as a "minor Party functionary"<ref name=PEP/> and a "close ally of [[Edward Gierek]]",<ref name=PEP/> the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Polish United Workers' Party. Pyka stated that he would have "nothing to do"<ref name=PEP/> with the [[Inter-Enterprise Strike Committee]], the main representative body of the Gdańsk strikers, especially with members [[Lech Wałęsa]] and [[Andrzej Gwiazda]], as well as [[Anna Walentynowicz]].<ref name=PEP/> Pyka argued that the Strike Committee was illegal, and that it did not represent the workers it claimed to.<ref name=PEP/> He was replaced as leader of the commission with [[Mieczysław Jagielski]] on August 21.<ref name=PEP/> Polish state radio at the time gave no explanation as to why Pyka was replaced.<ref name=KINGMAN>{{cite news | last=Schafer | first=Susanne | title=Efforts by Polish government to end worker unrest stalled | publisher=Kingman Daily Miner | date=1980-08-21 | url=http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=gFoLAAAAIBAJ&sjid=8FIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4207,5778036&dq=tadeusz-pyka | accessdate=2008-11-30}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> |
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==Post-political career== |
==Post-political career== |
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He was a [[professor]] of [[economics]] at the [[Górnośląska Wyższa Szkoła Handlowa]] in [[Katowice]].<ref name=przeglad>{{cite web | last=Przegląd | first=Tygodnig | title=Oni bali się nas, a my ich | url=http://www.przeglad-tygodnik.pl/index.php?site=historia&name=54 | accessdate=2008-11-30}}</ref> He died on May 23, 2009.<ref> |
He was a [[professor]] of [[economics]] at the [[Górnośląska Wyższa Szkoła Handlowa]] in [[Katowice]].<ref name=przeglad>{{cite web | last=Przegląd | first=Tygodnig | title=Oni bali się nas, a my ich | url=http://www.przeglad-tygodnik.pl/index.php?site=historia&name=54 | accessdate=2008-11-30}}</ref> He died on May 23, 2009.<ref>The date of death was announced at the main page of the http://www.gwsh.pl/ Katowice School of Economics] (retrieved on 25 May 2009). [http://www.gwsh.pl/wyd_npyka.php The obituary] published there gave the date of the funeral for 27 May (it however did no contain the death of the date).</ref> |
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Revision as of 00:48, 17 January 2013
Tadeusz Pyka (May 17, 1930 – May 23, 2009) was a former Polish communist politician, who served as a Deputy Prime Minister of Poland. In August 1980, he led a government commission which attempted to end a strike in the Polish city of Gdańsk, but he was replaced on August 21 without an explanation offered by state radio at the time for the change.
Political career
Pyka was educated in the engineering of metallurgy. Pyka was a deputy to the Sejm, the Polish legislative body, for three consecutive terms from 1972 to 1980. In 1974, he became a deputy to the Chairman of the Planning Commission of the Central Committee of the Polish United Workers Party.[1] He was also a Deputy Prime Minister of Poland from October 23, 1975 to August 24 1980, and a member of the Central Committee of the Polish United Workers Party until 1980. In 1980, he was also briefly a deputy to a member of the Politburo of the Polish United Workers' Party.[1] During the period of martial law in Poland in 1981 he was interned for a year and had charges pressed against him.[2][3]
Gdańsk negotiations
In August 1980, due to economic difficulties, workers in the Polish city of Gdańsk went on strike. Around the middle of that month, the Polish government declared that it had created a commission that would converse with the strikers.[4] The commission was led by Pyka, who was a relative newcomer to the inner circle of the communist Polish United Workers' Party, and a "junior man"[5] when compared to Poland's other Deputy Prime Ministers.[5] He was described as a "minor Party functionary"[4] and a "close ally of Edward Gierek",[4] the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Polish United Workers' Party. Pyka stated that he would have "nothing to do"[4] with the Inter-Enterprise Strike Committee, the main representative body of the Gdańsk strikers, especially with members Lech Wałęsa and Andrzej Gwiazda, as well as Anna Walentynowicz.[4] Pyka argued that the Strike Committee was illegal, and that it did not represent the workers it claimed to.[4] He was replaced as leader of the commission with Mieczysław Jagielski on August 21.[4] Polish state radio at the time gave no explanation as to why Pyka was replaced.[5]
Post-political career
He was a professor of economics at the Górnośląska Wyższa Szkoła Handlowa in Katowice.[1] He died on May 23, 2009.[6]
See also
References
- ^ a b c Przegląd, Tygodnig. "Oni bali się nas, a my ich". Retrieved 2008-11-30.
- ^ Stefanowski, Roman (1983-07-01). "Poland under Martial Law". Retrieved 2008-11-30.
- ^ "Internowania byłych prominentów PRL". Retrieved 2008-11-30.
- ^ a b c d e f g Hunter, Richard J. From Autarchy to Market: Polish Economics and Politics 1945-1995. p. 48.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - ^ a b c Schafer, Susanne (1980-08-21). "Efforts by Polish government to end worker unrest stalled". Kingman Daily Miner. Retrieved 2008-11-30. [dead link]
- ^ The date of death was announced at the main page of the http://www.gwsh.pl/ Katowice School of Economics] (retrieved on 25 May 2009). The obituary published there gave the date of the funeral for 27 May (it however did no contain the death of the date).
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