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National Unity Front

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Front of National Unity or National Unity Front was a Polish communist political organization supervising elections in People's Republic of Poland

People's Republic of Poland

The People's Republic of Poland was the official name of Poland from 1952 to 1990. Although the Soviet Union took control of the country immediately after the liberation from Nazi Germany in 1944, the name of the state was not changed until eight years later...

 and also acting as a coalition

Coalition

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 for the dominant communist Polish United Workers' Party

Polish United Workers' Party

The Polish United Workers' Party was the Communist party which governed the People's Republic of Poland from 1948 to 1989. Ideologically it was based on the theories of Marxism-Leninism.- The Party's Program and Goals :...

 (PZPR) and its allies. It was founded in 1952 as National Front (Front Narodowy) and renamed to Front of National Unity in 1956. It was the heir of the Democratic Bloc (Blok Demokratyczny) which ran in the elections of 1947

Polish legislative election, 1947

The Polish legislative election of 1947 was held on January 19, 1947 in the People's Republic of Poland. The anti-communist opposition candidates and activists were persecuted and the eventual results were falsified...

 before the merger between communists and socialists.

The Front was created by and subordinate to the PZPR. Its membership included all three legal Polish political parties (PZPR, Democratic Party (SD), United People's Party (ZSL)) and many organizations (such as trade unions). During elections it had a near monopoly (varied depending on particular time) on registering candidates who had the right to participate in the elections; it was de facto used by PZPR to ensure no real opposition candidate would be able to participate in the elections. In 1983 it was disbanded, to be replaced by Patriotic Movement for National Rebirth

Patriotic Movement for National Rebirth

Patriotyczny Ruch Odrodzenia Narodowego was a Polish communist organization. It was created in the aftermath of the martial law in Poland...

 (Patriotyczny Ruch Odrodzenia Narodowego, PRON).

Leaders: : Aleksander Zawadzki

Aleksander Zawadzki

Aleksander Zawadzki was a Polish Communist political figure and head of state of Poland from 1952 to 1964.A member of the Communist Youth Union, Zawadzki went into exile in the Soviet Union in 1931, after spending six years in prison for "subversive activities." He returned to Poland in 1939, just...

 (1956-1964), Edward Ochab

Edward Ochab

Edward Ochab was a Polish Communist politician promoted to the position of the First Secretary of the Communist party in the People's Republic of Poland between 20 March and 21 October 1956, just prior to the Gomułka thaw...

 (1965-1968), Janusz Groszkowski (1971-1976), Henryk Jabłoński (1976-1983)