Franciszek Jóźwiak

Franciszek Jóźwiak (20 October 1895 – 23 October 1966) was a Polish communist politician and military commander.

Jóźwiak was active in the communist movement of the Second Polish Republic and was often imprisoned for his ties to the Soviet Union. Jóźwiak fled to Soviet-occupied Poland in 1939, joining the Polish Workers' Party, becoming the commander of its paramilitary wings the ''Gwardia Ludowa'' and the ''Armia Ludowa'', and participating in the Soviet partisans in Poland. Jóźwiak held a number of high offices in the early Polish People's Republic, including chief of the Citizen's Militia, deputy chairman of the Council of Ministers, and member of the Politburo of the Polish United Workers' Party. Jóźwiak was removed from government after the Polish October in 1956. Provided by Wikipedia