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Front of National Unity

Front of National Unity

FieldValue
nameNational Unity Front
native_nameFront Jedności Narodu
logo_size125
colorcode
colorsRed
logoLogo of the Front of National Unity.svg
leader1_titleFirst leader
leader1_nameBolesław Bierut
leader2_titleLast leader
leader2_nameHenryk Jabłoński
foundation1947 (as Democratic Bloc)
dissolution1983
successorPatriotic Movement for National Rebirth
ideology
positionFar-left
countryPoland
abbreviationFJN
FNU election poster from mid 1970s.

Front of National Unity or National Unity Front (, FJN) was a popular front supervising elections in the Polish People's Republic which also acted as a coalition for the dominant communist Polish United Workers' Party (PZPR) and its allies. It was founded in 1952 as National Front (Front Narodowy) and renamed to Front of National Unity in 1956. It was the heir of the Democratic Bloc (Blok Demokratyczny) which ran in the elections of 1947 before the merger between communists and socialists.

The Front was created by and was subordinate to the PZPR. During elections it had a near monopoly (varied depending on particular time) on registering candidates who had the right to participate in the elections. As was the case with other popular fronts in the Soviet bloc, the member parties of the Front were largely subservient to the PZPR; they had to accept the PZPR's "leading role" as a condition of their existence.

On 16 July 1983 at a meeting in Warsaw of the presidium of the National Committee of the Front of National Unity, the dissolution of that organization was announced and an appeal was made for FJN members to join Patriotic Movement for National Rebirth (Patriotyczny Ruch Odrodzenia Narodowego, PRON).

Leaders

  • Bolesław Bierut (1947–1956)
  • Aleksander Zawadzki (1956–1964)
  • Edward Ochab (1965–1968)
  • Janusz Groszkowski (1971–1976)
  • Henryk Jabłoński (1976–1983)

Electoral history

Sejm elections

ElectionVotes%Seats+/–PositionGovernment
19479,003,68280.1%3941stSuper-majority
195215,459,84999.8%311stSole legal coalition
195716,563,31498.4%341stSole legal coalition
196117,342,57098.3%11stSole legal coalition
196518,742,15298.8%1stSole legal coalition
196920,473,11499.2%1stSole legal coalition
197221,746,24299.5%1stSole legal coalition
197623,502,98399.4%1stSole legal coalition
198024,683,05699.5%1stSole legal coalition

References

References

  1. Its membership included all three legal Polish political parties (the PZPR, [[Democratic Party (Poland). Democratic Party]], and [[United People's Party (Poland). link. (2011-06-07 in [[Internetowa encyklopedia PWN). Encyklopedia PWN]]
  2. {{in lang. pl [http://portalwiedzy.onet.pl/27487,,,,front_jednosci_narodu,haslo.html Front Jedności Narodu] {{Webarchive. link. (2016-03-04 in [[WIEM Encyklopedia]])
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