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Kania, Stanislaw

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Kania, Stanisław (stənēē`swäf kä`nyə), 1927–, Polish political leader. He joined the Communist party in 1945, becoming a member of the Central Committee in 1968 and of the Politburo in 1975. Soon after the Solidarity Solidarity, Polish independent trade union federation formed in Sept., 1980. Led by Lech Wałęsa, it grew rapidly in size and political power and soon posed a threat to Poland's Communist government by its sponsorship of labor strikes and other forms of
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 union was formed in 1980 he was named party chairman, but as the crisis precipitated by the union's activities worsened he was replaced (1981) by Gen. Jaruzelski Jaruzelski, Wojciech , 1923–, Polish military and political leader. He fought in World War II, became a general in 1956, and began his rise in the Communist party in 1960.
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