Czesław Wycech

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Czesław Wycech
Czesław Wycech tombstone

Czesław Wycech (1899–1977) was a Polish activist, politician and historian. He was a member of the Polish peasant's parties: the

Minister of Education in the Council of National Unity (1945–1947). Within the People's Republic of Poland, he was a member of the Polish parliament (Sejm
) and also held other governmental posts.

Biography

Wycech was born to a peasant family on 20 July 1899 in Wilczogęby. A teacher by profession, he graduated from the Teacher's Institute in Warsaw in 1926. He was involved with the peasant movement from around 1917 to 1919;[1][2] around that time he joined the Polish People's Party "Wyzwolenie" (PSL "Wyzwolenie") and in 1931, the People's Party (SL).[1][2][3] He joined the Polish People's Party (PSL) post-World War II in 1945 which by 1949 had become the United People's Party (ZSL). From 1946 until 1971 he was one of the top leaders of PSL and ZSL.[3]

Wycech was an educational activist; during World War II he was an important participant in the

Minister of Education in the Council of National Unity.[3]

He was a deputy chairman of the

Polish Council of State from 1956 until 1957.[3] From 1944 to 1971 he was member of the Polish parliament (Sejm, earlier the State National Council).[2] From 1957 to 1971 he was the Marshal of the Sejm.[2][4]

In 1959 he was decorated with the Order of the Builders of People's Poland for his contributions to peasant studies, development and education.[2]

Works

  • Nauczycielstwo w walce o demokrację (1947)
  • Materiały do dziejów ruchu ludowego (1949)
  • Z przeszłości ruchów chłopskich, 1768-1861 (1952)
  • Ks. Piotr Ściegienny (1953)
  • Powstanie chłopskie w roku 1846 (1955)
  • 60 lat ruchu ludowego (1957)
  • Podstawowe zagadnienia społeczno-polityczne ruchu ludowego (1958)
  • Polityczna myśl ludowa w świetle programów stronnictw chłopskich (1959)
  • Aktualne zadania polityczne i organizacyjne zjednoczonego Stronnictwa Ludowego (1962)
  • Społeczna gospodarka rolna w polskiej myśli politycznej (1963)
  • Z dziejów tajnej oświaty w latach okupacji 1939-1945 (1964)
  • Wincenty Witos w świetle własnej twórczości pisarskiej (1966)
  • Towarzystwo Oświaty Demokratycznej «Nowe Tory» 1931-1939 (1966)

Notes

  1. ^
    ISBN 0-313-26007-9, Google Print, p.667
  2. ^ a b c d e f (in Polish) Czesław Wycech 1899-1977, Muzeum Historii Polskiego Ruchu Ludowego
  3. ^ a b c d e (in Polish) Wycech Czesław Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine in WIEM Encyklopedia
  4. ISBN 0-333-77475-2, Google Print, p.109
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