Stanisław Kociołek
Stanisław Kociołek | |
|---|---|
| Deputy Prime Minister of Poland | |
| In office 30 June 1970 – 23 December 1970 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 13 March 1929 Warsaw, Second Polish Republic |
| Died | 1 October 2015 (aged 82) Warsaw, Poland |
| Political party | Polish United Workers' Party |
| Alma mater | Warsaw University |
| Profession | Economist |
Stanisław Kociołek (3 May 1933, Warsaw – 1 October 2015), often referred to as the "butcher of Tri-City", was a Communist official who served as deputy prime minister of Poland for six months in 1970. After the fall of Communism, he was charged with crimes committed in Gdańsk and Gdynia during the Polish 1970 protests. Kociołek personally approved the Polish United Workers' Party (PZPR) order issued with Zenon Kliszko, for the regular Army to fire at striking workers in Polish shipyards, which resulted in at least tens of people being killed indiscriminately and hundreds wounded.