Role Polish Politician Name Emil Wojtaszek | Nationality Polish Succeeded by Jozef Czyrek | |
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Born 27 August 1927 (age 96) Krakow, Poland ( 1927-08-27 ) Party Polish United Workers' Party | ||
Emil Wojtaszek (22 August 1927 – 17 June 2017) was a Polish politician who served as the minister of foreign affairs of the People's Republic of Poland from 1976 to 1980.
Biography
Wojtaszek was born in Krakow in August 1927. He was central committee secretary of the Polish United Workers' party. He was also an alternate member of the party's political committee responsible for foreign affairs.
He served as foreign minister from 2 December 1976 to 24 August 1980. He signed an air service agreement with India on 25 January 1977. He was succeeded by Józef Czyrek in the post. He continued to serve at the party's central committee secretariat for foreign affairs after leaving the office. His term ended in April 1981. He also resigned from the Sejm in February 1982. He died in 2017, aged 89.