FILE- In this Friday, June 17, 1983 file photo Pope John Paul II meets with Polish premier Wojciech Jaruzelski at Belvedere Palace in Warsaw. A military hospital spokesman in Warsaw Sunday May 25, 2014 said Poland's last communist leader, Gen. Wojciech Jaruzelski, has died at age 90. Spokesman Grzegorz Kade said Jaruzelski died in the hospital, where he suffered a stroke earlier this month. He was previously treated for cancer. (AP Photo/Massimo Sambucetti, File)
May 25, 2014 - 8:36 AM
WARSAW, Poland - A military hospital spokesman in Warsaw says Poland's last communist leader, Gen. Wojciech Jaruzelski, has died at age 90.
Spokesman Grzegorz Kade said Jaruzelski died in the hospital, where he suffered a stroke earlier this month. He was previously treated for cancer.
On Dec. 13, 1981, Jaruzelski imposed martial law in Poland against the wishes of the nationwide pro-democratic Solidarity union. Solidarity eventually prevailed, ousting the communists from power in 1989 election.
Jaruzelski is survived by his wife Barbara and a daughter Monika.
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