The World - News from Oct. 14, 1988
Polish Premier Mieczyslaw Rakowski unveiled a government with a new team of economic reformers but warned that factory shutdowns and unemployment would be the price of reform. Announcing his 23-member Cabinet in Parliament, Rakowski said he hopes to implement market-oriented reforms drafted by the Communist Party but questioned whether Poles are ready for the consequences. Rakowski was appointed premier Sept. 27 after Parliament fired Zbigniew Messner for mishandling the economy. Among those retained in the Cabinet was Gen. Czeslaw Kiszczak as internal affairs minister.
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