In 1979, he was promoted to Divisional General. In 1983, he became deputy chief of the General Staff of the Polish Army for operations. In 1983–1990, Chief of the General Staff and Deputy Ministry of National Defense (Poland). In 1951 he joined the Polish United Workers' Party. In 1963 he became a member of the executive of the OOP of the Operations Department of the Staff of Silesian Military District, and from 1964 to 1966 he was secretary of the OOP. In April 1975, he sat on the Provincial Committee of the party in Zielona Góra, as well as in the Party Committee of the Silesian Military District. He was a delegate to the 5th, 7th, 8th and 9th Congresses of the Polish United Workers' Party. From 1980 to 1985, he was a member of the 8th term Sejm of the People's Republic of Poland. From December 13, 1981, to July 21, 1983, a member of the Military Council of National Salvation. From 1986 to 1990, he was a member of the Central Committee of the Polish United Workers' Party. He was the Co-author of the new Polish Defence doctrine, which he presented in January 1990 at the conference of Chiefs of General Staff of European and North American countries in Vienna He lives in Warsaw. He is married and has one son. Awards Commemorative Medal „40th Anniversary of Socialist Bulgaria” (Bulgaria) Commemorative Medal "40th Anniversary of the Liberation of Czechoslovakia by Soviet Army" (Czechoslovakia) Medal "For Strengthening of Brotherhood in Arms" (Soviet Union) Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" (Soviet Union) Jubilee Medal "70 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR" (Soviet Union) Medal „30 years of the People's National Army” (East Germany) Medal „30 years of The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Cuba” (Cuba) References Members of the Sejm of the Polish People's Republic Polish generals Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union alumni Polish People's Army personnel Commanders of the Order of Polonia Restituta Knights of the Order of Polonia Restituta Polish United Workers' Party members 1932 births Living people