# Władysław Gomułka - First Secretary of the PZPR

URL: https://poland-history.com/rulers/wladyslaw-gomulka
Reign: 1956–1970
Born-Died: 1905 - 1982
Dynasty: Polish United Workers' Party (PZPR)
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_Gomu%C5%82ka

Returned to power in October 1956 promising a 'Polish road to socialism'; ousted after the December 1970 massacres.

## Succession
- Preceded by: [Wojciech Jaruzelski](https://poland-history.com/rulers/wojciech-jaruzelski)
- Succeeded by: [Edward Gierek](https://poland-history.com/rulers/edward-gierek)

## Timeline events during this reign
- 1956 - [Poznań protests](https://poland-history.com/timeline/1956-poznan-protests)
- 1956 - [Polish October](https://poland-history.com/timeline/1956-polish-october)
- 1956 - [Władysław Gomułka takes office](https://poland-history.com/timeline/1956-wladyslaw-gomulka-takes-office)
- 1957 - [Rapacki Plan](https://poland-history.com/timeline/1957-rapacki-plan)
- 1964 - [Letter of 34](https://poland-history.com/timeline/1964-letter-of-34)
- 1964 - [Edward Ochab takes office](https://poland-history.com/timeline/1964-edward-ochab-takes-office)
- 1965 - [Bishops' letter of reconciliation](https://poland-history.com/timeline/1965-bishops-letter-of-reconciliation)
- 1966 - [Millennium of Poland's Baptism](https://poland-history.com/timeline/1966-millennium-of-poland-s-baptism)
- 1968 - [Marian Spychalski takes office](https://poland-history.com/timeline/1968-marian-spychalski-takes-office)
- 1968 - [March 1968](https://poland-history.com/timeline/1968-march-1968)
- 1968 - [Invasion of Czechoslovakia](https://poland-history.com/timeline/1968-invasion-of-czechoslovakia)
- 1970 - [December 1970 protests](https://poland-history.com/timeline/1970-december-1970-protests)
- 1970 - [Treaty of Warsaw](https://poland-history.com/timeline/1970-treaty-of-warsaw)
- 1970 - [Edward Gierek takes office](https://poland-history.com/timeline/1970-edward-gierek-takes-office)
- 1970 - [Józef Cyrankiewicz takes office](https://poland-history.com/timeline/1970-jozef-cyrankiewicz-takes-office)