Władysław Ciastoń

Władysław Ciastoń (16 December 1924 – 4 June 2021) was a Polish state official.

[1][2] A member of the Polish Workers' Party (PPR) and Polish United Workers' Party (PZPR), he served as Major General of Milicja Obywatelska and Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs.

Ciastoń was acting head of the Ministry of Public Security in Wrocław and Bolesławiec from 1947 to 1949.

[3] He also directed Department IV of the Committee of Public Security [pl] from March to November 1956.

[6] In 2019, Ciastoń was charged with suppressing the opposition in 1982 by unlawfully drafting them into the military.

Grave of Ciastoń in Warsaw