Viletsky, Tadeusz

In 1963 he graduated from secondary school in the city of Olesnica .

In 1967 he graduated from the Officer School of Tank Forces. Stefan Charnecki ( Polish . Oficerska Szkoła Wojsk Pancernych im. Stefana Czarnieckiego ) in Poznan . He was a platoon commander, and then a company in the 25th Nysk mechanized regiment in Opole .

In 1971 - 1974 he studied at the Academy of the General Staff of Poland . armor general Karol Sverchevsky ( Polish . Akademia Sztabu Generalnego im. gen. broni Karola Świerczewskiego, ASG ) in Rembertow .

In 1976 - 1979, the commander of the 18th Regiment of Medium Tanks in Vegin ( commune of Sulecin Suleцинinsky County Lubusz Voivodeship) .

Since 1979, the deputy commander of the 10th Sudetskaya Tank Division. Heroes of the Soviet Army ( Polish 10 Sudecka Dywizja Pancerna im. Bohaterów Armii Radzieckiej ) in Opole .

In 1980 - 1982 he studied at the Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the USSR . KE Voroshilov.

In 1982-1984 , he was Chief of Staff, and in 1984-1986 , Commander of the 5th Saxon Tank Division ( Polish 5 Saska Dywizja Pancerna ) in Gubin . He was also a member of the local committee of the PUWP in Zielona Góra .

In 1987 - 1989 - Chief of Staff - Deputy Commander of the Silesian Military District.

In September 1989, he was appointed commander of the Silesian Military District ( Polish. Ląski Okręg Wojskowy, SOW ) with headquarters in Wroclaw .

In August 1992, on the proposal of the Minister of National Defense of Poland Janusz Onyshkevich, he was appointed by the President of Poland Lech Walesa to the post of the Chief of the General Staff of the Polish Army .

September 30, 1994 was one of the main participants in the events known in Poland under the name of “Dravsky Lunch” ( Polish: Obiad drawski ), which took place at the Dravsky military training ground ( Dravsky district of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship ) during the training course of the highest command Polish troops. The events were attended by the highest generals of the Polish Army, led by Wilecki, and the civilian Minister of National Defense of Poland, retired Vice Admiral Peter Kolodzeychik . Under the pretext of visiting the army, Polish President Lech Walesa arrived. During his studies, Walesa criticized the entire civilian leadership of the Ministry of Defense and the national defense commission of the Sejm. Then, at a dinner in which the commanders of the armed forces and military districts took part, the President asked the generals to speak frankly about the situation in the army. The generals also reproached for the poor, in their opinion, situation in the army the civilian leadership of the Ministry of Defense, and, in particular, the Minister Kolodzeychik. The president supported the military, and Viletsky proposed to resolve the issue on the spot. The President ordered to vote, who is for the minister, and who is against. Only two generals abstained, the rest were against the minister. On October 12, 1994, at a meeting of the Commission on National Defense of the Seimas, Minister Peter Kolodzeychik accused the President and Viletsky of trying to unconstitutionally remove him from his post. Under pressure from the President and contrary to the opinion of the Seimas National Defense Commission, the head of government Waldemar Pawlak decided to dismiss the Minister of Defense.

In March 1997, President of Poland Alexander Kwasniewski was relieved of his post, and in June 1998 he was discharged from military service and retired.

He devoted himself to public work (including, was one of the trustees of the committee on the construction of a monument to Roman Dmovsky ). He criticized the ongoing market reforms in the country and the course towards integration into the European Union .

In 2000, he became one of the candidates for the Presidential elections in Poland from the right-wing National Democratic Party (election slogan: “There are many candidates, but one is general”). Talking to voters about his platform, he cited the housing program of Adolf Hitler ^[1] as a positive example, forgetting that he lives and runs for the presidency in a country where 6 million people died at the hands of the Nazis. And although the lawyers managed to save Viletsky from being removed from the election ^[2] , according to their results, he received only 28,805 votes (0.16%), taking the penultimate 11th place out of 12 candidates ^[3] .

• 1987 -   Brigade General
• 1990 -   Division General
• 1992 -   Armor general

• Commander's Cross of the Order of the Revival of Poland
• Knight's cross of the Order of the "Revival of Poland"
• Silver Cross of Merit
• Medal "40th Anniversary of People's Poland" (1984)
• Gold Medal "Armed Forces in the Service of the Motherland"
• Silver Medal "Armed Forces in the Service of the Motherland"
• Bronze medal "Armed forces in the service of the motherland"
• Gold Medal "For Merits in Defense of the Country"
• Silver Medal "For Merits in Defense of the Country"
• Bronze medal "For merits in the defense of the country"
• Gold Medal "For the Protection of National Monuments"
• Commander of the Order of the Legion of Honor (France)