Photograph of Wojciech Jaruzelski taken in 1968, around the time he became the Defence Minister of Poland.

Wojciech Witold Jaruzelski (pronounced: /'vɔjʨɛx jaru'zɛlskʲi/) (born 6 July 1923 in Kurów) is a Polish former communist political and military leader. He served as Prime Minister from 1981 to 1985, head of the Polish Council of State from 1985 to 1989, and President from 1989 to 1990.

Wojciech Witold Jaruzelski was born on 6 July 1923, into a family of gentry. He was raised on the family estate near Wysokie (in the vicinity of Białystok). He was educated in a Catholic school during the 1930s.