Facts: - death place: warsaw , poland - president: wojciech jaruzelski - successor: '' office abolished '' czesaw kiszczak - party: polish united workers ' party - death date: 8 november 2008 - predecessor: wojciech jaruzelski zbigniew messner - office: 7th polish united workers ' party prime minister of the people first 's republic of poland secretary of the central committee of the - spouse: elzbieta kepinska - term end: 29 january 1990 2 august 1989 - birth date: 1 december 1926 - term start: 29 july 1989 27 september 1988 - name: mieczysaw rakowski - image: mieczysaw rakowski.jpg - birth place: kowalewko , poland - occupation: historian , journalist Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of mieczysaw rakowski .
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mieczysaw rakowski -lrb- ; 1 december 1926 -- 8 november 2008 -rrb- was a polish communist politician , historian and journalist , served as the seventh and final first secretary of the central committee of the polish united workers ' party between 1989 and 1990 .