Chairman of the Council of State of the Polish People's Republic

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The Chairman of the Council of State of the Polish People's Republic was the collective head of state and a key communist-era political office overseeing state functions in socialist Poland.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf collective head of state
head of state
political office
abolished 1989
appliesToJurisdiction Polish People's Republic
appointedBy Sejm of the Polish People's Republic
associatedWithParty Polish United Workers' Party
basedOn Constitution of the Polish People's Republic (1952)
belongsTo Eastern Bloc political institutions
linked to: Eastern Bloc
constitutionalBody Council of State
constitutionalRole head of state of the Polish People's Republic
country Polish People's Republic
deFactoPowerStructure Polish United Workers' Party
electedBy Sejm of the Polish People's Republic
endTime 1989
firstHolder Aleksander Zawadzki
followedBy President of Poland
governmentForm socialist state
hasJurisdictionOver state functions of the Polish People's Republic
ideology Marxism–Leninism
communism
inception 1952
lastHolder Wojciech Jaruzelski
lastOfficeholder Wojciech Jaruzelski
locatedInTime Eastern Bloc period
linked to: Eastern Bloc
memberOf Council of State of the Polish People's Republic
officeCreatedBy 1952 Constitution of the Polish People's Republic
officeType chairmanship
collective head of state office
partOf Council of State of the Polish People's Republic
politicalEra Cold War
politicalSystem communist one-party state
positionHeldIn government of the Polish People's Republic
state apparatus of the Polish People's Republic
replaced President of Poland
replacesOffice President of Poland
reportsTo Sejm of the Polish People's Republic
residence Warsaw
roleIn Council of State of the Polish People's Republic
scopeOfAuthority command over the armed forces (formally shared within the Council of State)
convening the Sejm
issuing decrees
promulgation of laws
representation of the state in external relations
startTime 1952

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Order of the Builders of People's Poland awardedBy Chairman of the Council of State of the Polish People's Republic
Marian Spychalski positionHeld Chairman of the Council of State of the Polish People’s Republic
linked to: Chairman of the Council of State of the Polish People's Republic