Czesław Kiszczak Czesław Kiszczak ( born 19 October 1925 ) , was a Polish communist - era soldier and Communist politician . A member of the PPR and later the Polish United Workers ' Party ( PZPR ) , during the years of the Polish People ' s Republic he served as a high - ranking officer of the Polish Army , a chief of secret services and Minister of Internal Affairs ( MSW ) between 1981 and 1990 , during the years of the Martial Law in Poland . Associate of Gen . Wojciech Jaruzelski , he was also the last Communist Prime Minister of Poland , who served briefly in 1989 . Biography . Born in Roczyny ( a part of Gmina Andrychów ) near Bielsko - Biała in southern Poland in 1925 . From November 1945 soldier in Main Directorate of Information of the Polish Army , then Military Counter - intelligence agency . Also from 1945 member of Polish Workers ' Party ( PPR ) and later PZPR . In 1951 he was Chief of Department of Information in 18 infantry division in the city of Ełk , and in 1952 was transfer to Warsaw where he took over position of chief of Department of Information in Directorate of Information of Military District number 1 . Later Kiszczak was moved to headquarters of the Ministry of National Defense ( Ministerstwo Obrony Narodowej ) , and become chief of General Section in Department of Finances , and year later ( 1954 ) was a student in Academy of General Staff of the Polish Army . In 1957 he was moved to newly formed Counter - intelligence agency the Military Internal Service ( WSW – Wojskowa Służba Wewnętrzna ) . From 1957 to 1965 , he was the head of Counter - intelligence for the Navy , and in 1967 become deputy head of WSW . From the end of the 1960s Kiszczak had occupied top positions in Polish military , and secret services . In 1972 he become the head of 2nd Directorate of General Staff of the Polish Army ( Zarząd II Sztabu Generalnego Wojska Polskiego ) , that was Military Intelligence , he occupied this positions till 1979 , and in 1978 he become deputy head of General Staff of the Polish Army . June 1979 Kiszczak had returned to military Counter - intelligence , and till 1981 was the head of Military Internal Service or WSW . July 1981 he become the Minister of Internal Affairs ( Minister Spraw Wewnętrznych ) which , beside Ministry of National Defense ( MON ) , was one of biggest and most powerful administrations in Poland , responsible for – Intelligence , Counter - espionage , anti - state activity in country ( SB ) , government protection , confidential communications , supervision of the local governments , militsiya , correctional facilities and fire service . On this position he participated in preparation and realization of martial law declared in Poland on 13 December 1981 . He was a member of WRON ( short for Military Council of National Salvation , " Wojskowa Rada Ocalenia Narodowego " ) , a Military dictatorship quasi - government administering Poland during the martial law ( 1981 – 1983 ) . He issued orders for the pacification of the striking miners at the Wujek coalmine . Subsequently in 2004 , after the fall of communism , he was judged responsible for the massacre that occurred and sentenced to four years in prison . As part of an amnesty , the sentence was commuted to 2 years suspended prison term . By 6 July 1990 , he had been taken off from position as head of MSW . Kiszczak was also the last polish communist party Prime Minister of Poland , a position he served briefly in 1989 .