Eugeniusz Kwiatkowski

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Eugeniusz Kwiatkowski
Eugeniusz Kwiatkowski
Personal details
Born(1888-12-30)30 December 1888
Kraków, Galicia, Austria-Hungary
Died22 August 1974(1974-08-22) (aged 85)
Kraków, Poland
Resting placeRakowicki Cemetery
NationalityPolish
OccupationEconomist, politician
Military service
Branch/servicePolish Legions
Battles/warsWorld War I

Eugeniusz Kwiatkowski (30 December 1888, Kraków – 22 August 1974, Kraków) was a Polish politician and economist, Deputy Prime Minister of Poland, government minister and manager of the Second Polish Republic.

Biography

He studied at the prestigious

.

After

Minister of Finance of Poland in two governments (1935–39).[1]

Among the most famous achievements of Kwiatkowski are the giant construction projects: the construction of

Centralny Okręg Przemysłowy
(The Central Industrial Region).

After the

invasion of Poland in 1939, he evacuated Poland with the rest of the Government on 17 September. He was interned in Romania until 1945. He returned to Poland and supervised the projects of reconstruction of the Polish seacoast, and in the years 1947–1952, he was a deputy to the Polish parliament (Sejm
).

With the strengthening of the

communist and Soviet grip on the Polish government, which he opposed, he fell out of favour of the communist government of the Polish People's Republic and was forced to retire in 1948. From 1952 onward, he concentrated on studies of chemistry, physics, and history
.

He died in Kraków on 22 August 1974.

Works

  • Zagadnienie przemysłu chemicznego na tle wielkiej wojny (1923)
  • Postęp gospodarczy Polski (Economic Progress of Poland) (1928)
  • Polska gospodarcza w roku 1928 (Economic Poland in 1928) (1928)
  • Powrót Polski nad Bałtyk (The Return of Poland to Baltic) (1930)
  • Dysproporcje. Rzecz o Polsce przeszłej i obecnej (1932)
  • "Rzecz najważniejsza Polska" - Wybór myśli politycznych i społecznych (1988) - selection of his papers

See also

  • List of Poles

Bibliography

References