Kazimierz Mijal

Kazimierz Romuald Mijal (September 15, 1910 – January 28, 2010) was a Polish communist politician and dissident, best known for founding the illegal Communist Party of Poland (Mijal) in opposition to the Polish United Workers' Party (PZPR) in 1965. He was born in Wilków Pierwszy.

Biography Born in to a poor peasant family, he Graduated from a Tradesmen's Association Commercial School in Warsaw. Prior to WW2, Mijal was a bank clerk and a trade union activist. He was a sympathizer to the communist movement in Poland, yet he was not a member of the Communist Party. After marrying the communist activist and painter , Mijal became politically active during World War II, joining the clandestine communist organization "Proletariusz", and aided in founding the Polish Workers' Party, collaborating with Paweł Finder, Marceli Nowotko and Bolesław Bierut. Mijal is credited with organizing attacks carried out by the People's Guard, during the Nazi occupation of Poland. publishing the article "Long Live Mao Tsetung Thought" and "The Significance of Theory of Three Worlds" shortly following his arrival. Mijal became unsatisfied with the rule of Hua Guofeng following the Sino-Albanian split in 1978, and Deng Xiaoping's seizure of power in 1981. Mijal secretly returned to Poland in 1983.