Edward Szczepanik

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Edward Szczepanik
Third Polish Republic
)
Personal details
Born
Edward Franciszek Szczepanik

22 August 1915
Suwałki, Russian Empire
(now Poland)
Died11 October 2005(2005-10-11) (aged 90)
Worcestershire, England
Alma materWarsaw School of Economics

Edward Franciszek Szczepanik (Polish:

Polish Government in Exile.[1]

Biography

Szczepanik was born on 21 August 1915 (his birth was registered with the birth date of 22 August 1915) in

German
occupation.

Early life

Kościuszko street, Suwałki.

Szczepanik lived in Kościuszko street, he went to the local grammar school and then studied at the

Paul Narcyz Rosenstein-Rodan. On his return he became an assistant in Lipiński's department in SGH. After the interruption of the war, he completed his education with an MSc in economics from the LSE
in 1953 and also a PhD in economics in 1956.

World War II

Monte Cassino.

During the

Cross of Military Merit by the King of Italy and several other Polish and British campaign medals. He also served as a liaison officer with the Royal Artillery Training Team, commanded by Colonel R.R. Hoare
.

Marriage and children

Edward Szczepanik married Hanna Maria Janikowska on 29 June 1946 in Rome. They had four children, Barbara, Tadeusz, Zofia and Tomasz, all of whom were born in London.

Economics career

Warsaw School of Economics
.

Szczepanik's career as an economist encompassed many educational institutions, including:

  • assistant lecturer –
    Warsaw School of Economics
    , Poland (1938–1939 SGH)
  • assistant professor – Polish University College, London (1947–1953)
  • senior lecturer – University of Hong Kong (1953–1961)
  • advisor – Harvard University Advisory Team, Karachi, Pakistan (1961–1963)
  • senior research fellow – University of Sussex, England (1978–1981)
  • professor of economics – Polish University Abroad, London (Polski Uniwersytet na Obczyznie – PUNO) 1981.

In addition, Szczepanik also performed consulting for the following:

Szczepanik also worked with the

FAO
) of the UN – first as a consultant in Hong Kong from 1954 to 1955; and later as Senior Economist in Rome, Italy from 1963 until 1977.

Polish politics

Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta ("Poland Restored").

Szczepanik was the founder and chairman of the Polish Institute for Research into National Affairs (Instytut Badań Zagadnień Krajowych) in London during 1951 to 1953 and 1983 to 1986. While in Rome, Italy from 1963 to 1977, he was also the Polish representative to the

Prime Minister of that government. After Sabbat's death, his successor as the president of Poland in exile, Ryszard Kaczorowski, asked him to continue with his mission, which ended in 1990. This is when Szczepanik's cabinet advised their last President in Exile to accept the invitation of Poland's Speaker of the Senate to transfer the Flag and other Office pre-war Insignia to Lech Wałęsa in Warsaw
, as the "President of the Republic elected by Polish people in free general elections".

Polish honours

St. Alexander's Church, Suwałki.

Szczepanik was honoured to be named a Knight of the Order of

Polish Government in Exile in 1981. In 1982 he obtained the freedom of his native town Suwałki
as its honorary citizen. The President of the Republic of Poland in London awarded him with a Commander's Star in 1985, to which a Grand Sash was added in 1989.

He was awarded the title of Doctor of Economic Science –

Powiat of Suwałki
the Medal for Merits to the Powiat of Suwałki; and from Poland's Minister of Culture, the Medal for Merits to Polish Culture.

Szczepanik died on 11 October 2005 in Worcestershire. His ashes were buried with military honours in his home town of Suwałki following a requiem mass at St Alexander's Church.[2]

Szczepanik cabinets

Main article: First Cabinet of Edward Szczepanik

Works

  • Zagadnienia neutralnego pieniądza. (Warsaw, 1938) SGH
  • Factors determining the mark of interest. (MSc (Econ.) (London) thesis LSE, 1953)
  • Zarys polityki dobrobytu gospodarczego. (London, 1953)
  • A study in the economic problems of central & eastern Europe. Lectures. (London, 1954)
  • co-author MA, Ronald A., The National Income of Hong Kong, 1947–1950. (Hong Kong University Press: Hong Kong, 1955)
  • The Cost of Living in Hong Kong. (Hong Kong University Press: Hong Kong, 1956)
  • The Economic Growth of Hong Kong (with special reference to the post-war industrialisation). (University of London / Oxford University Press: London, 1958) c.f. /Britannica
  • Editor, The Economic Role of Middlemen and Co-operatives in Indo-Pacific Fisheries. (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, 1960)
  • Editor, Economic and social problems of the Far East : Symposium : Golden jubilee congress : Papers and discussions. (Hong Kong University Press, 1962)
  • National accounting as a tool of economic planning. (Lectures). (Mouton & Co.: The Hague, 1965)
  • Agricultural policies at different levels of development. (Rome, 1976)
  • Kształtowanie się poglądów polskiego ruchu oporu na politykę gospodarczą. (London, 1979) SGH
  • co-author Duchêne, François, New limits on European agriculture : politics and the Common Agricultural Policy. (Totowa: Rowman & Allanheld / Croom Helm, London, 1985.)
    ISBN 0-7099-0858-X (UK) c.f. Duchêne
  • Editor, Napaść sowiecka i okupacja polskich ziem wschodnich, wrzesień 1939. (Polskie Towarzystwo Naukowe na Obczyźnie, Polska Fundacja Kulturalna, London, 1985)
    ISBN 0-85065-165-4
    / (Warsaw : Międzyzakładowa Struktura "Solidarności" V, 1985)
  • Editor, Kongres Kultury Polskiej Ojczyzna w sercach : pokłosie kongresowe : prace Kongresu Kultury Polskiej : tom 1 (Polskie Towarzystwo Naukowe na Obczyżnie, London, 1986)
    ISBN 1-870027-06-X
  • Editor, The Polish Cultural And Scientific Heritage at the Dawn of the Third Millennium (Polish Society of Arts and Sciences Abroad, 240 King Street, London, W6 ORF, 2003)
    ISBN 1-870027-02-7

Notes

  1. ^ Website of the Polish Prime Minister shows Edward Szczepanik (1986–1990) as the last Polish Prime Minister of the II Republic in exile (Polish Premierzy II Rzeczypospolitej na wychodźstwie) followed by the Prime Minister of the III Republic (Polish Premierzy III Rzeczypospolitej) Archived 9 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Polish Białystok Regional government report on funeral (automatic translation)

External links

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Further reading

  • Sudoł, Adam (2009). Edward Franciszek Szczepanik Ostatni premier rządu RP na uchodżstwie (in Polish). Bydgoszcz: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Kazimierza Wielkiego.
    ISBN 978-83-7096-701-7
    .

Multimedia

Excerpts of Prime Minister Edward Szczepanik speaking (at the time shown) and photographs appear in episodes 4 & 5:

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