Bolesław Bierut

Bolesław Bierut was a Polish Communist leader. He became President of Poland after the Soviet Union took leadership of the country. Bierut was a strong supporter of Stalinism.

His Excellency Bolesław Bierut
File:PL Bolesław Bierut (1892-1956).jpg Bolesław Bierut
President of the Republic of Poland
In office 5 February 1947 – 20 November 1952
Prime Minister	Józef Cyrankiewicz
Preceded by	Himself as President of the Popular Council
Succeeded by	Office abolished Aleksander Zawadzki (as Chairman of the Council of State) Wojciech Jaruzelski (After office was restored)
President of the Popular Council
In office 31 December 1944 – 4 February 1947
Prime Minister	Edward Osóbka-Morawski
Preceded by	Władysław Raczkiewicz as President in Exile
Succeeded by	Himself as President of Poland
Prime Minister of the People's Republic of Poland
In office 21 November 1952 – 18 March 1954
Preceded by	Józef Cyrankiewicz
Succeeded by	Józef Cyrankiewicz
Personal details
Born	(1892-04-18)18 April 1892 Rury, Lublin Governorate, Congress Poland
Died	12 March 1956(1956-03-12) (aged 63) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Political party	Communist Party of Poland Polish Workers' Party Polish United Workers' Party
Spouse(s)	Wanda Górska (1903-1983)

Bolesław Bierut Media

• Bolesław Bierut ok. 1927.jpg

  Bolesław Bierut. Fotografia z akt policyjnych z 1927 roku znaleziona w czasie rozbiórki domu w rejonie ul. Marszałkowskiej w 1951

• Bolesław Bierut policja 1933.jpg

  Bolesław Bierut in 1933, after his arrest by Polish Police

• Bierut na Krajowym Zlocie ZWM.jpg

  Bolesław Bierut inspecting members of the Union of Polish Youth, 1946

• Bolesław Bierut przodownicy pracy Most Poniatowskiego.jpg

  Bierut decorating the most productive workers on the rebuilt Poniatowski Bridge in Warsaw, 1946

• Bolesław Bierut - Film nr 55-56 - 1948-12-23.JPG

  Bolesław Bierut

• Bolesław Bierut 1949.jpg

  Bolesław Bierut, President of Poland and General Secretary of the PZPR

• BM OderNeisse.jpg

  1951 East German stamp commemorative of the Treaty of Zgorzelec, which established the Oder–Neisse line as a "border of peace"; presidents Wilhelm Pieck (GDR) and Bolesław Bierut are featured shaking hands over the border

• Bolesław Bierut wśród dziatwy 1951.jpg

  Bierut was often photographed with children, which was meant to contribute to his cult of personality

• Bierut2.jpg

  Bierut reading Trybuna Ludu ('The People's Tribune'), the official newspaper of the Polish United Workers' Party

• Funeral of Bierut.jpg

  Bierut's funeral bier attended by Józef Cyrankiewicz, Edward Ochab and Aleksander Zawadzki