Zbigniew Messner

Zbigniew Stefan Messner ['zbiɡɲɛf ˈmɛssnɛr] (listen) (13 March 1929 – 10 January 2014) was a Polish economist and politician. He was a member of the Central Committee of Polish United Workers' Party from 1981 until 1988. This is a Communist party. Messner was deputy prime minister from 1983 to 1985, and Prime Minister from 1985 to 1988.

Zbigniew Messner
Prime Minister of the People's Republic of Poland 9th Premier of Communist Poland
In office 6 November 1985 – 27 September 1988
Preceded by	Wojciech Jaruzelski
Succeeded by	Mieczysław Rakowski
Personal details
Born	(1929-03-13)March 13, 1929 Stryi, Second Polish Republic
Died	10 January 2014(2014-01-10) (aged 84)
Political party	Polish United Workers' Party
Profession	Economist

He was born in Stryj.

Other websites

• (in Polish) Photograph and short biography of Zbigniew Messner Archived 2008-05-17 at the Wayback Machine