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Edward Gierek(1913-2001)

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Edward Gierek
Edward Gierek was born on 6 January 1913 in Porabka, Poland, Russian Empire [now Porabka, Sosnowiec, Slaskie, Poland]. He died on 29 July 2001 in Cieszyn, Slaskie, Poland.
BornJanuary 6, 1913
DiedJuly 29, 2001(88)
BornJanuary 6, 1913
DiedJuly 29, 2001(88)
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Known for

Ekaterina Andreeva and Igor Kirillov in Vremya (1968)
Vremya
3.0
TV Series
  • Self - First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Polish United Workers' Party
Edvard Gjerek u Jugoslaviji
Short
  • Self(as Edvard Gjerek)
  • 1973

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  • Ekaterina Andreeva and Igor Kirillov in Vremya (1968)
    Vremya
    3.0
    TV Series
    • Self - First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Polish United Workers' Party
    • 1975
  • Edvard Gjerek u Jugoslaviji
    Short
    • Self (as Edvard Gjerek)
    • 1973

Archive Footage

  • The Helsinki Effect (2025)
    The Helsinki Effect
    6.9
    • Self (archive footage)
    • 2025
  • Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War (2024)
    Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War
    8.4
    TV Series
    • Self - Communist Leader of Poland 1970 - 1980 (archive footage)
    • 2024
  • The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu (2010)
    The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu
    7.5
    • Self (archive footage)
    • 2010
  • Zylem 17 razy
    TV Movie
    • Self (archive footage)
    • 2010
  • Piotr Fronczewski in Ballada o prawdziwym klamstwie (2007)
    Ballada o prawdziwym klamstwie
    6.3
    • Self (archive footage)
    • 2007

Personal details

  • Alternative name
    • Edvard Gjerek
  • Height
    • 6′ 1¼″ (1.86 m)
  • Born
    • January 6, 1913
    • Porabka, Poland, Russian Empire [now Porabka, Sosnowiec, Slaskie, Poland]
  • Died
    • July 29, 2001
    • Cieszyn, Slaskie, Poland

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    First Secretary of the Polish United Workers' Party (20 December 1970-6 September 1980).

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