Zbigniew Messner

Zbigniew Messner
Prime Minister of Poland
In office 6 November 1985 – 27 September 1988
Preceded by	Wojciech Jaruzelski
Succeeded by	Mieczysław Rakowski
Member of Sejm
In office 6 November 1985 – 30 May 1989
Personal details
Born	Zbigniew Stefan Messner (1929-03-13)13 March 1929 Stryj, Stanisławów Voivodeship, Second Polish Republic (now Stryi, Ukraine)
Died	10 January 2014(2014-01-10) (aged 84) Warsaw, Poland
Political party	Polish United Workers' Party (1954-1990)
Profession	Economist

Zbigniew Stefan Messner (Polish: [ˈzbiɡɲɛf ˈmɛsnɛr] ^ⓘ; 13 March 1929 – 10 January 2014) was a Polish communist politician and economist. His ancestors were of German Polish descent who had assimilated into Polish society. In 1972, he became Professor of Karol Adamiecki University of Economics in Katowice. In the 1980s, Messner held numerous high ranking posts within communist party apparatus. He was a member of the Central Committee of the Polish United Workers' Party (PZPR) from 1981 to 1990, when PZPR was dissolved, member of the PZPR Politburo from 1981 to 1988, Deputy Prime Minister from 1983 to 1985, member of Sejm from 1985 to 1989, Prime Minister of Polish People's Republic from 1985 to 1988 and member of the State Council of the Polish People's Republic from 1988 to 1989.^[1] Additionally in the 1960s Messner was the chairman of Piast Gliwice football club.^[2]