About Józef Pińkowski
Lived 1929 – 2000 (aged 71). Józef Pińkowski was a Polish politician and economist.
Józef Pińkowski (; 17 April 1929 – 8 November 2000) was a Polish Communist politician and economist who served as 35th Prime Minister of Poland from 1980 to 1981.
Career By profession, Pińkowski was an economist. In 1971 he became a member of the central committee of the PZPR. Between 1971 and 1974 he was First Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission of the Ministerial Council. Between August 1980 and February 1981, during the early years of the Solidarity movement, he served with some success as Prime Minister of Poland under the party leadership of Stanisław Kania.
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Who was Józef Pińkowski?
Polish politician (1929-2000)
When was Józef Pińkowski born?
Józef Pińkowski was born on 17 April 1929 in Siedlce.
When did Józef Pińkowski die?
Józef Pińkowski died on 8 November 2000 in Warsaw.
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Józef Pińkowski was a politician and economist.
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Józef Pińkowski was Polish.
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