Military Council of National Salvation
| Wojskowa Rada Ocalenia Narodowego | |
Meeting of the Military Council of National Salvation on 14 December 1981 | |
| Agency overview | |
|---|---|
| Formed | 13 December 1981 |
| Dissolved | 22 July 1983 |
| Jurisdiction | Polish People's Republic |
| Motto | Ocalimy ojczyznę naszą Polske |
| Agency executive | |
The Military Council of National Salvation (Polish: Wojskowa Rada Ocalenia Narodowego, abbreviated to WRON) was a military junta administering the Polish People's Republic during the period of martial law in Poland between 1981 and 1983.
It was headed by General and First Secretary of the Polish United Workers' Party Wojciech Jaruzelski. It is also the only military junta to ever take charge of an Eastern Bloc nation, as all other contemporaries were headed by political communists rather than their military counterparts. Depending on the classification of the Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin, Jaruzelski's rule (1981-1990) was also either the only one or one of two times in history where a communist nation was led by a career army commander.