Mieczysław Rakowski
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| Mieczysław Franciszek Rakowski | |
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| In office September 27, 1988 – August 2, 1989 |
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| Preceded by | Zbigniew Messner |
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| Succeeded by | Czesław Kiszczak |
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| In office July 29, 1989 – January 29, 1990 |
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| Preceded by | Wojciech Jaruzelski |
| Succeeded by | Dissolution of Communist Party |
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| Born | December 1, 1926 Kowalewko, Poland |
| Political party | Polish United Workers' Party |
| Spouse | Elżbieta Kępińska |
| Occupation | Historian, Journalist |
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Mieczysław Franciszek Rakowski (b. December 1, 1926, Kowalewko, Poland) is a Polish historian and journalist. He served as an officer in the Polish People's Army from 1945 to 1949. He began his political career in 1946 as a member of the Polish Workers' Party, and from 1948 to 1990 he was a member of the Polish United Workers' Party (PZPR), serving on its Central Committee from 1975 to 1990.
He received a doctorate in history from Warsaw's Institute for Social Sciences in 1956. Rakowski served as the second-to-last communist Prime Minister of Poland from September 1988 to August 1989, and the last communist First Secretary (defacto Head of State) of Poland from July 1989 to January 1990.
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| Preceded by Zbigniew Messner |
Prime Minister of Poland 1988–1989 |
Succeeded by Czesław Kiszczak |
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| Preceded by Wojciech Jaruzelski |
General Secretary of the Polish United Workers' Party 1989–1990 |
Party dissolved |
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