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Kazimierz Barcikowski (; 22 March 1927 – 10 July 2007) was a Polish politician. As a member of
Polish United Workers Party The Polish United Workers' Party (, ), commonly abbreviated to PZPR, was the communist party which ruled the Polish People's Republic as a one-party state from 1948 to 1989. The PZPR had led two other legally permitted subordinate minor parti ...
, he served on the Central Committee of the Party and on the Political Bureau. Among his other posts were those of
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to
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and minister of agriculture. Barcikowski served as head of government negotiations with striking workers in
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in 1980 and was one of four deputy chairmen of the
Polish Council of State The Council of State of the Polish People's Republic, Republic of Poland () was introduced by the Small Constitution of 1947 as an organ of executive (government), executive power. The Council of State consisted of the President of Poland, Presid ...
from 1985 to 1989.


Biography

Son of Jan and Stefania. During World War II he fought in the Home Army. In 1949 he graduated from the Higher School of Rural Economy in Łódź, in 1966 he obtained a doctorate in economics at the Higher School of Social Sciences at the Central Committee of the Polish United Workers' Party. In 1946 he joined the Union of Rural Youth of the Republic of Poland Wici, and later the Union of Polish Youth. He was the organizational manager of the provincial board of Wici (1947–1948) and ZMP (1948–1949) in Łódź. He served as vice-chairman of the Provincial Board of ZMP in Bydgoszcz, and then until 1957 as secretary and vice-chairman of the main board of ZMP. From 1957 to 1960 he was vice-chairman of the main board of the Union of Rural Youth, and in the years 1963–1965 chairman. He was a member of the People's Party and the United People's Party. Since 1954 member of the Polish United Workers' Party. In the years 1954-1956 he was deputy editor-in-chief of the State Publishing House "Iskry". He completed doctoral studies at the Higher School of Social Sciences at the Central Committee of the Polish United Workers' Party. In the years 1965-1968 deputy head of the Organizational Department of the Central Committee, at the same time editor-in-chief of the magazine "Życie Parti". In the years 1964-1968 deputy member of the Central Committee of the Polish United Workers' Party, in the years 1968-1990 member of the Central Committee, in the years 1971-1980 deputy member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee, and in the years 1980-1989 member of the Political Bureau. From 1968 to 1970 he was the First Secretary of the Provincial Committee in Poznań, in the years 1970–1974 and 1980–1985 the Secretary of the Central Committee, and in the years 1977–1980 the First Secretary of the Kraków Committee and the Chairman of the Presidium of the Provincial National Council. In the years 1974–1977 he was the Minister of Agriculture, and in 1980 he took the office of the Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers. In the period 1980–1985 he was a member, and in 1985–1989 he was the Deputy Chairman of the Council of State. He held a mandate as a Member of Parliament in the Sejm of the Polish People's Republic of the 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th term (1965–1989), in the years 1980–1985 he was the Chairman of the PZPR Deputies' Club in the Sejm of the 8th term. In 1980 he became the representative of Poland in the Executive Committee of the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance, in the same year he also became co-chairman of the Joint Commission of the Government and the Episcopate. He chaired the government commission conducting negotiations with the Inter-Enterprise Strike Committee in Szczecin in August 1980. He signed the agreement between the government and the Inter-Enterprise Strike Committee, whose chairman in Szczecin was Marian Jurczyk. It contained consent to the establishment of independent trade unions. In the years 1981-1983 he was a member of the Commission of the Central Committee of the Polish United Workers' Party, established to explain the causes and course of social conflicts in the history of the People's Republic of Poland On September 2, 1982, by decision of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Polish United Workers' Party, he joined the Honorary Committee of the funeral ceremony of Władysław Gomułka. Buried at the
Powązki Military Cemetery Powązki Military Cemetery (; ) is an old military cemetery located in the Żoliborz district, western part of Warsaw, Poland. The cemetery is often confused with the older Powązki Cemetery, known colloquially as "Old Powązki". The Old Pową ...
in Warsaw.


Awards and decorations

* Polish: **
Order of the Builders of People's Poland Order of the Builders of People's Poland () was the highestORDER BUDOWNICZYCH POLSKI LUDOWEJ ...
(1977) **
Order of the Banner of Labour The Order of the Banner of Labour () was a governmental award in Poland during the 20th-century era of the Polish People's Republic, a former Marxist-Leninist state. The order was established by the Sejm (a chamber of the Polish parliament) on 2 ...
, 1st Class ** Order of the Banner of Labour, 2nd Class ** Officer's Cross of the
Order of Polonia Restituta The Order of Polonia Restituta (, ) is a Polish state decoration, state Order (decoration), order established 4 February 1921. It is conferred on both military and civilians as well as on alien (law), foreigners for outstanding achievements in ...
(1964) ** Gold Cross of Merit (1955) ** Medal of the 30th Anniversary of People's Poland (1974) **
Medal of the 40th Anniversary of People's Poland The Medal of the 40th Anniversary of People's Poland ( Polish: ''Medal 40-lecia Polski Ludowej'') is a former civil decoration of Poland established by the Sejm on 26 April 1984 to recognize the contribution of working people in the development of ...
(1984) **
Medal of the 10th Anniversary of People's Poland The Medal of the 10th Anniversary of People's Poland (Polish: ''Medal 10-lecia Polski Ludowej'') is a former Polish civil state award established by the Council of State on 23 May 1954 to recognize services to the state. It was created to mark ...
(1955) ** Gold
Medal of Merit for National Defence The Medal of Merit for National Defence () is a military decoration, decoration of the Ministry of National Defence (Poland), Ministry of National Defence of Poland. Established 21 April 1966 and revised in 1991, the medal recognizes meritorious s ...
** Silver Medal of Merit for National Defence ** Bronze Medal of Merit for National Defence ** Badge of the 1000th Anniversary of the Polish State (1966) * Foreign: **
Order of Friendship of Peoples The Order of Friendship of Peoples () was an order of the Soviet Union, and was awarded to persons (including non-citizens), organizations, enterprises, military units, as well as administrative subdivisions of the USSR for accomplishments in s ...
(USSR, 1987) **
Jubilee Medal "Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" The Jubilee Medal "Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" () was a state commemorative medal of the Soviet Union established on April 25, 1975, by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR to denote the thi ...
(USSR, 1975) **
Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" The Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" () was a state commemorative medal of the Soviet Union established on April 12, 1985, by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR to denote th ...
(USSR, 1985) ** 90th Anniversary of the Birth of Georgi Dimitrov Medal (Bulgaria) ** 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Georgi Dimitrov Medal (Bulgaria) ** Gold Star of Peoples' Friendship (East Germany, 1986)


References


Robert Gillette, "Poland Completes Leadership Reshuffle," ''Los Angeles Times,'' 13 November 1985
1927 births 2007 deaths People from Mińsk County People from Warsaw Voivodeship (1919–1939) Members of the Politburo of the Polish United Workers' Party Government ministers of Poland Members of the Polish Sejm 1965–1969 Members of the Polish Sejm 1969–1972 Members of the Polish Sejm 1972–1976 Members of the Polish Sejm 1976–1980 Members of the Polish Sejm 1980–1985 Members of the Polish Sejm 1985–1989 Home Army members Recipients of the Order of the Builders of People's Poland Recipients of the Order of the Banner of Work Burials at Powązki Military Cemetery Recipients of the Medal of the 10th Anniversary of the People's Republic of Poland {{Poland-Sejm-politician-stub