Government and Politics
The government and politics of the People's Republic of Poland were dominated by the Polish United Workers' Party (Polska Zjednoczona Partia Robotnicza, PZPR). Even if, strictly speaking, Poland was not a single-party state because of the presence of two minor parties, the United People's Party and the Democratic Party, in effect it followed a communist ideology, dependent on the USSR to the extent of being its satellite state. From 1952 the PRP's highest law was the Constitution of the People's Republic of Poland, and the Polish Council of State replaced the presidency of Poland. Elections were held on the single lists of the Front of National Unity.
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