Michał Janiszewski Michał Janiszewski Division General Michał Janiszewski (June 15, 1926 – February 3, 2016) was a Polish officer and public official. A close aide of General Wojciech Jaruzelski, he served for a number of years as his chief of cabinet. First when Jaruzelski was Minister of Defense (1972–1981). When Jaruzelski became a Prime Minister in 1981, Janiszewski was a head of the office of the Council of Ministers under him and two next Prime Ministers - Zbigniew Messner and Mieczysław Rakowski. After Jaruzelski was elected President, Janiszewski became first chief of the Office of the President of the Republic of Poland
Wojciech Jaruzelski why he never apologized for his involvement, but he had an option of resigning open to him, especially after the resignation of foreign minister Adam Rapacki, and Jaruzelski did not. Jaruzelski became a candidate member for the Politburo of the Polish United Workers' Party, the chief executive body of the party, obtaining full membership the following year. On 11 February 1981, Jaruzelski was named Chairman of the Council of Ministers (Prime Minister). On 18 October, Stanisław Kania was ousted as First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Polish United Workers' Party after a listening device recorded him criticising the