Jaruzelski's martial law thumb|right|270px|PZPR's newspaper "Trybuna Ludu" issue 13 December 1981 reports martial law in Poland. On 11 February 1981, Jaruzelski was elected Prime Minister of Poland. On October 16-18, 1981 At the IV Plenum of the Central Committee of the Polish United Workers' Party, the First Secretary, Stanislaw Kania, resigned, and the Central Committee, by a vote of 180:4, elected Wojciech Jaruzelski as his successor, as Prime Minister and Minister of National Defence, and now the First Secretary has all the power in his hands. The number of military personnel in the highest authorities of the Polish United Workers' Party and the administration has been growing.
Jaruzelski's martial law thumb|right|270px|PZPR's newspaper "Trybuna Ludu" issue 13 December 1981 reports martial law in Poland. On 11 February 1981 Jaruzelski was elected Prime Minister of Poland. On October 16-18, 1981 At the IV Plenum of the Central Committee of the Polish United Workers' Party, the First Secretary, Stanislaw Kania resigned, and the Central Committee, by a vote of 180:4, elected Wojciech Jaruzelski as his successor, as Prime Minister and Minister of National Defence, and now the First Secretary has all the power in his hands. The number of military personnel in the highest authorities of the Polish United Workers' Party and the administration has been growing.