Edward Ochab (1906-1989) was a Polish Communist politician who was General Secretary of the Communist party for several months in 1956, and who later served as head of state.

|- style="text-align: center;" | width="30%" |Preceded by:
Aleksander Zawadzki | width="40%" style="text-align: center;" |Chairman of the Polish Council of State
1964–1968 | width="30%" |Succeeded by:
Marian Spychalski