Edward Osóbka-Morawski
Edward Osóbka-Morawski | |
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| Succeeded by | Józef Cyrankiewicz |
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| Born | 5 October 1909 Polish United Workers Party (1948–1949, 1956–1990) |
Edward Bolesław Osóbka-Morawski ['edvart ɔˈsupka mɔˈrafskʲi] ⓘ (5 October 1909 – 9 January 1997) was a Polish activist and politician in the Polish Socialist Party (PPS) before World War II, and after the Soviet takeover of Poland, Chairman of the Communist-dominated interim government, the Polish Committee of National Liberation (Polski Komitet Wyzwolenia Narodowego) formed in Lublin with Stalin's approval.
In October 1944, Osóbka-Morawski was given the role of Minister of Foreign Affairs and Agriculture. Several months later, in June 1945, he was appointed Prime Minister of the
Osóbka-Morawski would make his peace with the Communists, and gradually became a Stalinist. Nonetheless, in 1949 he was dismissed from his new post as the Minister of Public Administration, for "deviationist" tendencies. He was readmitted to the Communist Party, now called the
See also
Notes and references
- ^ Edward Osóbka-Morawski. The Chancellery of the Prime Minister of Poland. Warsaw, 2011.
- ^ "Paid Notice: Deaths OSOBKA-MORAWSKI, EDWARD". The New York Times. January 12, 1997. Retrieved July 25, 2014.
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