Editing Zbigniew Messner (section)

{{Short description|Polish communist politician and economist (1929–2014)}}
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| image               = Zbigniew Messner 1988.jpg
| name                = Zbigniew Messner
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| caption             = Messner in 1988
| office              = [[Prime Minister of Poland]]
| term_start          = 6 November 1985
| term_end            = 27 September 1988
| vicepresident       = 
| viceprimeminister   = 
| deputy              = 
| president           = 
| primeminister       = 
| predecessor         = [[Wojciech Jaruzelski]]
| successor           = [[Mieczysław Rakowski]]
| birth_name          = Zbigniew Stefan Messner
| birth_date          = {{Birth date|df=y|1929|03|13}}
| birth_place         = [[Stryi|Stryj]], [[Stanisławów Voivodeship]], [[Second Polish Republic]] (now [[Stryi]], [[Ukraine]])
| death_date          = {{Death date and age|2014|01|10|1929|03|13|df=yes}}
| death_place         = [[Warsaw]], [[Poland]]
| constituency        = 
| party               = [[Polish United Workers' Party]] (1954-1990)
| spouse              = 
| profession          = [[Economist]]
| religion            = 
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| footnotes           = 
| legislature         = Sejm
| office1             = [[Sejm|Member of Sejm]]
| termstart2          = 6 November 1985
| termend2            = 30 May 1989
}}

'''Zbigniew Stefan Messner''' ({{IPA|pl|ˈzbiɡɲɛf ˈmɛsnɛr|lang|Pl-Zbigniew Messner.ogg}}; 13 March 1929 – 10 January 2014) was a Polish [[communist]] politician and economist. His ancestors were of German Polish descent who had assimilated into Polish society. In 1972, he became Professor of Karol Adamiecki University of Economics in [[Katowice]]. In the 1980s, Messner held numerous high ranking posts within [[Nomenklatura|communist party apparatus]]. He was a member of the [[Central Committee of the Polish United Workers' Party|Central Committee]] of the [[Polish United Workers' Party]] (PZPR) from 1981 to 1990, when PZPR was dissolved, member of the PZPR [[Politburo of the Polish United Workers' Party|Politburo]] from 1981 to 1988, Deputy Prime Minister from 1983 to 1985, member of [[Sejm]] from 1985 to 1989, [[Prime Minister of Poland|Prime Minister of Polish People's Republic]] from 1985 to 1988 and member of the [[State Council of the Polish People's Republic]] from 1988 to 1989.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Parlamentarzyści - Pełny widok rekordu |url=https://bs.sejm.gov.pl/F?func=direct&local_base=ARS10&doc_number=000005147 |access-date=2024-05-22 |website=bs.sejm.gov.pl}}</ref> Additionally in the 1960s Messner was the chairman of [[Piast Gliwice]] football club.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2014-01-10 |title=Zmarł Zbigniew Messner, były prezes Piasta |url=https://piast.gliwice.pl/2014/01/10/zmarl-zbigniew-messner-byly-prezes-piasta/ |access-date=2024-05-22 |website=Piast Gliwice |language=pl-PL}}</ref>