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Polish post-war governments
Stanisław Mikołajczyk
(July 18, 1901 - December 13, 1966)
Prime Minister of the Polish goverment in exile
(July 14, 1943 - February 9, 1945)
Chairman of the Polish Provisional Government
(February 9, 1945 - March 14, 1946)
Prime Minister of Poland
(March 14, 1946 - March 18, 1954)
Achievements:
Imposition of the Polish occupational zone in Germany. (1945)
Acquisition of East Prussia, Pomerania and Silesia. (1945)
Securing war reparations payment for Poland from Germany. (1946)
Membership in the United Nations. (1946)
Creation of national, compulsory education system. (1946)
8 years of basic education.
5 years of high technical education/4 years of high school/3 years of basix technical education.
3,5/5/9 years of Technical University/University.
Creation of national healthcare system - it was hampered by lack of funds and overall destruction of Polish nation following the World War II - but it had slowly been expanded by successive governments of 1950s and 1960s. (1946)
Land Reform - 2 million hectares are divided and distributed to farmers. (1946-1951)
Participation in the European Recovery Program. (1947)
Membership in NATO. (1949)
Economic plans drafted by the Central Bureau of Planning and enacted by Mikołajczyk:
I Four-Years' Plan (1947-1950)
Rise of Gross National Income by 76% (OTL 53%).
II Four-Years' Plan (1951-1954)
Increase in a foreign trade.
Acceleration of urbanization.
Rise of industrial output (mainly in a light industry).
Creation of Warsaw Metro. (1953)
Elections:
Presidential:
1946
Tomasz Arciszewski - Polish Socialist Party (coalition with Polish People's Party) (31%) (61%)
Jędrzej Giertych - National Party (26%) (39%)
Stanisław Michałowski - Democratic Party (22%)
Władysław Gomułka - Polish Workers' Party - (11%)
Bolesław Piasecki - National Radical Camp (10%)
1951
Tomasz Arciszewski - Polish Socialist Party (coalition with Polish People's Party) (44%) (55%)
Stanisław Michałowski - Democratic Party (31%) (45%)
Jędrzej Giertych - National Party (12%)
Władysław Gomułka - Polish Workers' Party - (7%)
Bolesław Piasecki - National Radical Camp (6%)
Parliamentarian:
1946
Senate (total seats: 100):
Polish Socialist Party - 28 seats
National Party - 27 seats
Polish People's Party - 23 seats
Democratic Party - 22 seats
Sejm (total seats: 480):
Polish Socialist Party - 123 seats
Polish People's Party - 118 seats
Democratic Party - 91 seats
National Party - 86 seats
Polish Workers' Party - 29 seats
National Radical Camp - 16 seats
Labour Party - 6 seats
Catholic Club - 5 seats
Silesian Party - 4 seats
Union for Economic Reconstruction - 1 seat
Centre Party - 1 seat
1950
Senate (total seats: 100):
Polish Socialist Party - 40 seats
Democratic Party - 25 seats
Polish People's Party - 23 seats
National Party - 12 seats
Sejm (total seats: 500):
Polish Socialist Party - 133 seats
Polish People's Party - 118 seats
Democratic Party - 91 seats
National Party - 51 seats
Home Army Association - 37 seats
Polish Workers' Party - 26 seats
National Radical Camp - 19 seats
Labour Party - 12 seats
Catholic Club - 5 seats
Silesian Party - 4 seats
Centre Party - 3 seats
Union for Economic Reconstruction - 1 seat
Agrarian Union for Poland - 1 seats
Józef Cyrankiewicz
(April 23, 1911 - January 20, 1989)
Prime Minister of Poland
(March 18, 1954 - March 17, 1958)
Achievements:
Development of Polish coal and steel industry.
Formation of Central European Economic Assistance Union with Czechoslovakia and Hungary. (1956)
Normalization of relationships with the Soviet Union (1957)
III Four-Years' Plan (1955-1958):
Expansion of coal and steel production.
Expansion of state-funded higher education:
Thaddeus Kosciuszko's University of Technology in Krakow. (1955)
Poznan University of Technology. (1955)
Częstochowa University of Technology. (1956)
Kielce University of Technology. (1958)
Rzeszów University of Technology (1958)
Development of civillian nuclear technology.
Polish-American project to build three atomic power plants in Poland.
Elections:
Presidential:
1956
Józef Haller - Independent/Home Army Association - 29% (53%)
Zygmunt Zaremba - Polish Socialist Party - 25% (47%)
Stefan Ignar - United People's Party - 21%
Jan Wende - Democratic Party - 20%
Jędrzej Giertych - National Party - 5%
Parliamentarian:
Senate (100 seats):
Polish Socialist Party - 40 seats
Democratic Party - 23 seats
Home Army Association - 17 seats
Polish People's Party - 11 seats
United People's Party - 9 seats
Sejm (500 seats):
Polish Socialist Party - 128 seats
Democratic Party - 89 seats
Home Army Association - 54 seats
Polish People's Party - 51 seats
United People's Party - 49 seats
National Party - 48 seats
National Radical Camp - 22 seats
Polish Socialist Party (Democratic Revolution) - 21 seats
Polish Workers' Party - 19 seats
Labour Party - 14 seats
Christian Union - 5 seats
Silesian Party - 3 seats
Union for Economic Reconstruction - 2 seats
Centre Party - 2 seats
Neutrality Alliance - 1 seats
Self-Defence Forces - 1 seat
Union of Economical Freedom - 1 seat
Ruling coalition: Polish Socialist Party, Home Army Association, Polish People's Party, Labour Party, Silesian Party, Self-Defence Forces (Total: 251 seats)