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Jaruzelski

American  
[yah-roo-zel-skee] / ˌjɑ ruˈzɛl ski /

noun

  1. Wojciech (Witold) 1923–2014, Polish general and political leader: prime minister 1981–85; president 1989–90.


Jaruzelski British  
/ jaruːˈʒɛlski /

noun

  1. Wojciech (ˈvɔɪtʃɛk). born 1923, Polish statesman and soldier; prime minister (1981–85); head of state 1985–90 (as president from 1989)

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Then-Polish leader Gen. Wojciech Jaruzelski, whose 1981 imposition of martial law had led that country nowhere, opted instead to open up talks with the strikers’ leader, Lech Walesa.

From Seattle Times Apr. 10, 2022

Good software is “becoming the oxygen” for established companies, said Barry Jaruzelski, a principal at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP who focuses on research and development and technology.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 30, 2016

Through repeated crises, Cardinal Glemp was an ally, though a fitful one, of the Solidarity leader Lech Walesa, and a hostile but pragmatic and useful intermediary for Warsaw’s Communist leader, Gen. Wojciech Jaruzelski.

From New York Times Jan. 24, 2013

In April 1989, Jaruzelski legalized Solidarity and agreed to hold Poland’s first free election since the Communists took power.

From Textbooks Jan. 1, 2012

On the night of Dec. 13, 1981, Polish general Wojciech Jaruzelski, who had taken power that October, imposed martial law.

From Washington Post

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