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He was the deputy minister of foreign affairs until August 1980.<ref>{{cite web|title=Protocol (1974)|work=Concordat Watch|access-date=14 June 2013|url=http://www.concordatwatch.eu/showtopic.php?kb_header_id=35481&org_id=931&infoXpg=3}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Polish premier ousted
He was the deputy minister of foreign affairs until August 1980.<ref>{{cite web|title=Protocol (1974)|work=Concordat Watch|access-date=14 June 2013|url=http://www.concordatwatch.eu/showtopic.php?kb_header_id=35481&org_id=931&infoXpg=3}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Polish premier ousted
|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1350&dat=19800825&id=ETFPAAAAIBAJ&pg=6217,4986809|access-date=16 June 2013|newspaper=[[The Blade (Toledo, Ohio)|Toledo Blade]]|date=25 August 1980|agency=[[Reuters]]|location=Warsaw}}</ref> He was appointed minister of foreign affairs in August 1980, replacing [[Emil Wojtaszek]] in the post. In 1981 he was named as the member of the party's secretariat.<ref>{{cite journal
|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1350&dat=19800825&id=ETFPAAAAIBAJ&pg=6217,4986809|access-date=16 June 2013|newspaper=[[The Blade (Toledo, Ohio)|Toledo Blade]]|date=25 August 1980|agency=[[Reuters]]|location=Warsaw}}</ref> He was appointed minister of foreign affairs in August 1980, replacing [[Emil Wojtaszek]] in the post. In 1981 he was named as the member of the party's secretariat.<ref>{{cite journal
|author=Mark Kramer|title=Soviet deliberations during the Polish crisis, 1980 - 1981|journal=Cold War International History Project
|author=Mark Kramer|title=Soviet deliberations during the Polish crisis, 1980 - 1981|journal=Cold War International History Project|series=Special Working Papers|issue=1|page=150|url=https://www.wilsoncenter.org/publication/soviet-deliberations-during-the-polish-crisis-1980-1981}}</ref> Czyrek's tenure as minister of foreign affairs ended in 1982. In December 1982, he was appointed vice-president of the [[Patriotic Movement for National Rebirth]] (PRON).<ref name=dzieje/> Czyrek also acted as top aide to the Polish president and general secretary of the communist party [[Wojciech Jaruzelski]].<ref>{{cite news|author=G. Anne Geyer|title=A nation in waiting|access-date=16 June 2013
|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=EzlSAAAAIBAJ&pg=4891,3915023&dq=j%C3%B3zef+czyrek&hl=en|newspaper=[[The Victoria Advocate]]|date=18 November 1989}}</ref> Czyrek participated in [[Polish Round Table Agreement|round table talks]] between the ruling party and opposition figures that lasted from 6 February to 4 April 1989.<ref>{{cite web|author=Michael D. Kennedy|title=Negotiating revolution in Poland|work=NCEEER
|issue=1|page=150|url=https://www.wilsoncenter.org/publication/soviet-deliberations-during-the-polish-crisis-1980-1981}}</ref> Czyrek's tenure as minister of foreign affairs ended in 1982. In December 1982, he was appointed vice-president of the [[Patriotic Movement for National Rebirth]] (PRON).<ref name=dzieje/> Czyrek also acted as top aide to the Polish president and general secretary of the communist party [[Wojciech Jaruzelski]].<ref>{{cite news|author=G. Anne Geyer|title=A nation in waiting|access-date=16 June 2013|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=EzlSAAAAIBAJ&pg=4891,3915023&dq=j%C3%B3zef+czyrek&hl=en|newspaper=[[The Victoria Advocate]]|date=18 November 1989}}</ref> Czyrek participated in [[Polish Round Table Agreement|round table talks]] between the ruling party and opposition figures that lasted from 6 February to 4 April 1989.<ref>{{cite web|author=Michael D. Kennedy|title=Negotiating revolution in Poland|work=NCEEER|access-date=14 July 2013|year=2002
|year=2002|url=http://www.ucis.pitt.edu/nceeer/2002-815-10g-Kennedy.pdf|access-date=14 July 2013}}</ref>
|url=http://www.ucis.pitt.edu/nceeer/2002-815-10g-Kennedy.pdf}}</ref>


His term as top aide ended on 30 July 1989 when Jaruzelski resigned from the leadership of the communist party.<ref>{{cite news|author=John Tagliabue|title=Jarzelski quits as party leader; Premier gets post|work=[[The New York Times]]|page=1|date=30 July 1989|access-date=16 June 2013
His term as top aide ended on 30 July 1989 when Jaruzelski resigned from the leadership of the communist party.<ref>{{cite news|author=John Tagliabue|title=Jarzelski quits as party leader; Premier gets post|work=[[The New York Times]]|page=1|date=30 July 1989|access-date=16 June 2013
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==Death==
==Death==
Czyrek died on 3 June 2013.<ref>{{cite news|title=Józef Czyrek|url=http://nekrologi.wyborcza.pl/0,11,,221360,J%C3%B3zef-Czyrek-nekrolog.html|accessdate=16 June 2013|newspaper=Gazeta|date=7 June 2013|language=pl}}</ref>
Czyrek died on 3 June 2013.<ref>{{cite news|title=Józef Czyrek|url=http://nekrologi.wyborcza.pl/0,11,,221360,J%C3%B3zef-Czyrek-nekrolog.html
|accessdate=16 June 2013|newspaper=Gazeta|date=7 June 2013|language=pl}}</ref>


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 04:47, 21 July 2023

Józef Czyrek
Czyrek in 1981
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
1980–1982
Preceded byEmil Wojtaszek
Succeeded byStefan Olszowski
Personal details
Born(1928-07-20)20 July 1928
Białobrzegi, Lwów Voivodeship, Poland
Died3 June 2013(2013-06-03) (aged 84)
Political partyPolish United Workers' Party
Alma materJagiellonian University

Józef Czyrek (20 July 1928 – 3 June 2013) was a Polish politician who served as the minister of foreign affairs of the People's Republic of Poland from 1980 to 1982.

Early life and education

Czyrek was born in Białobrzegi, in the Lwów Voivodeship of Poland, in 1928.[1] He graduated with a bachelor's degree in economics from Jagiellonian University in 1950.[1]

Career

Czyrek began his career as a researcher at Jagiellonian University and Cracow University of Economics.[1] In 1952 he joined the ministry of foreign affairs.[1] He was a member of the Politburo of the Polish United Workers' party to which he joined in 1955.[1][2] He served as the counsel in Belgrade (1962–1968) and deputy director as well as director of studies and programming department at the ministry of foreign affairs (1969–1971).[1]

He was the deputy minister of foreign affairs until August 1980.[3][4] He was appointed minister of foreign affairs in August 1980, replacing Emil Wojtaszek in the post. In 1981 he was named as the member of the party's secretariat.[5] Czyrek's tenure as minister of foreign affairs ended in 1982. In December 1982, he was appointed vice-president of the Patriotic Movement for National Rebirth (PRON).[1] Czyrek also acted as top aide to the Polish president and general secretary of the communist party Wojciech Jaruzelski.[6] Czyrek participated in round table talks between the ruling party and opposition figures that lasted from 6 February to 4 April 1989.[7]

His term as top aide ended on 30 July 1989 when Jaruzelski resigned from the leadership of the communist party.[8] Czyrek also resigned from the communist party's central committee on that date.[9][10]

Death

Czyrek died on 3 June 2013.[11]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Józef Czyrek". dzieje (in Polish). 1 June 2009. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
  2. ^ Svetlana Savranskaya; Thomas S. Blanton; Vladislav Martinovich Zubok, eds. (2010). Masterpieces of History: The Peaceful End of the Cold War in Eastern Europe, 1989. Budapest; New York: Central European University Press. p. 292. ISBN 978-963-9776-77-7.
  3. ^ "Protocol (1974)". Concordat Watch. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
  4. ^ "Polish premier ousted". Toledo Blade. Warsaw. Reuters. 25 August 1980. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
  5. ^ Mark Kramer. "Soviet deliberations during the Polish crisis, 1980 - 1981". Cold War International History Project (1): 150.
  6. ^ G. Anne Geyer (18 November 1989). "A nation in waiting". The Victoria Advocate. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
  7. ^ Michael D. Kennedy (2002). "Negotiating revolution in Poland" (PDF). NCEEER. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
  8. ^ John Tagliabue (30 July 1989). "Jarzelski quits as party leader; Premier gets post". The New York Times. p. 1. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
  9. ^ Paula Butturini (30 July 1989). "Solidarity Foe Is New Polish Party Chief". Chicago Tribune. Warsaw. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
  10. ^ "Polish communists pick Hard-liner to lead party". Deseret News. 30 July 1989. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
  11. ^ "Józef Czyrek". Gazeta (in Polish). 7 June 2013. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
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