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Poland was a dictatorship country, there had been a significant change since 1981 to 1989. During that particular period, Poland gone through three political systems, from dictatorship in 1981 to 1986 to broadened dictatorship between 1986 to 1989 and finally changed to negotiated democracy in 1989[1]. The impact of the Soviet had a huge influence towards the changes in Poland political system. The more intervention from the Soviet Union, the more repressive for the Poland government refuse for the change. The less intervention from the Soviet Union, Poland government more willing to seek for radical reforms. Which shows that during that time, the high level of intervention from the Soviet Union enhances the stability of the communist dictatorship system.
Polish People's Republic | |||||||||
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1947–1989 | |||||||||
Status | Member of the Warsaw Pact (1955–1989) Satellite state of the Soviet Union | ||||||||
Capital | Warsaw | ||||||||
Common languages | Polish (official) Silesian, Kashubian, German | ||||||||
Demonym(s) | Pole, Polish | ||||||||
Government | Unitary Marxist–Leninist one-party socialist republic Under a military junta (1981–83) | ||||||||
First Secretary of the Polish United Workers' Party | |||||||||
• 1947–1948 | Władysław Gomułka (first) | ||||||||
• 1989–1990 | Mieczysław Rakowski (last) | ||||||||
Head of State | |||||||||
• 1947–1952 | Bolesław Bierut (first) | ||||||||
• 1985–1989 | Wojciech Jaruzelski (last) | ||||||||
Prime Minister | |||||||||
• 1944–1947 | Edward Osóbka-Morawski (first) | ||||||||
• 1989 | Tadeusz Mazowiecki (last) | ||||||||
Historical era | Cold War | ||||||||
19 January 1947 | |||||||||
• Workers' Party established | 16–21 December 1948 | ||||||||
22 July 1952 | |||||||||
30 December 1989 | |||||||||
Area | |||||||||
312,685 km2 (120,728 sq mi) | |||||||||
Population | |||||||||
• 1989 | 37,970,155 | ||||||||
Currency | Polish złoty | ||||||||
ISO 3166 code | PL | ||||||||
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