Ryszard Kaczorowski
Ryszard Kaczorowski Minister of Home Affairs in Exile | |
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In office 8 April 1986 – 19 July 1989 | |
President | Kazimierz Sabbat |
Prime Minister | Edward Szczepanik |
Preceded by | Edward Szczepanik |
Succeeded by | Ryszard Zakrzewski |
Personal details | |
Born | Białystok, Poland | 26 November 1919
Died | 10 April 2010 Smolensk, Smolensk Oblast, Russia | (aged 90)
Cause of death | Plane crash |
Political party | Independent |
Spouse | Karolina Kaczorowska (m. 1952) |
Children | 2 |
Awards | |
Ryszard Kaczorowski,
Life and career
Ryszard Kaczorowski was born on 26 November 1919, in a wooden house at 7 Mazowiecka Street
He completed his education at a school of commerce. He was also a
On the third of May we organized a bonfire in the cell. And since we were on death row, we could not be punished any more, so the guard who opened the window and shouted "quieter!" he hit a clay bowl we had on hand. The bowl splattered, the guard hid, and we sang so that I think the whole prison heard.
Following the
Kaczorowski was also active in Polish political circles and a member of the
Personal life
Ryszard Kaczorowski's last home was in London. He had two daughters with wife Karolina, Jadwiga Kaczorowska, who has two children Zenek and Wanda Szulc, and Alicja Jankowska who has three children, Ryszard, Marcin and Krystyna Jankowska. He was frequently present in Poland and was treated according to the Polish law on former presidents of the state, granting him a presidential pension, Biuro Ochrony Rządu protection and a chancellery. He was an honorary chairman of numerous social and historical organisations, as well as an honorary citizen of almost thirty cities in Poland, including: Warsaw, Gdańsk, Gdynia, Kielce, Kraków, Opole, Zielona Góra and his hometown of Białystok.
During his retirement, Kaczorowski did not hold any public positions, although it was reported that in November 1994 Prime Minister Waldemar Pawlak proposed to President Wałęsa to appoint Kaczorowski as Minister of Defence (as, under the then-constitution, the President appointed the Ministers of Defence, the Interior and Foreign Affairs, regardless of the Prime Minister's will).[6] Although he was a self-described follower of Józef Piłsudski (Piłsudczyk), Kaczorowski chose to not get involved in any partisan or strictly political activity during his retirement.[7]
On 9 November 2004, Kaczorowski was appointed to the
Death
Kaczorowski died on 10 April 2010 in a
Notes
- ^ Kwartał prezydenta Ryszarda Kaczorowskiego w Białymstoku
- ^ Tomas Mikulicz (2015). "Nie ma w Białymstoku dzielnic z charakterem". Kurier Porany (in Polish). Retrieved 15 October 2019.
- ^ Zbiór afiszów i druków ulotnych 1944–1950, nr z 376, sygn. 262 "Wystawa – 50 lat Archiwum w Białymstoku" Archived 22 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine,(in Polish) retrieved on: 9 August 2007.
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- ^ a b c Matylda Młocka: Prezydent z przedwojennego dworu Archived 4 May 2015 at the Wayback Machine – Rzeczpospolita, 26 November 2009.
- ^ "Kaczorowski Ryszard (1919–2010) | Ostatni prezydent II RP". Polityka.pl. 13 April 2010. Retrieved 5 November 2011.
- ^ "Ryszard Kaczorowski, ostatni prezydent RP na wychodźstwie nie żyje". Osen.pl. Archived from the original on 5 March 2012. Retrieved 5 November 2011.
- ^ "United Kingdom Government News: BRITAIN HONOURS MR RYSZARD KACZOROWSKI". Archived from the original on 12 January 2016. Retrieved 5 November 2011.
- ^ "Prezydenckim Tu-154 leciały najważniejsze osoby w państwie (Polish)". Wiadomosci.gazeta.pl. 10 April 2011. Archived from the original on 15 April 2010. Retrieved 5 November 2011.
References
- This article is copied in part from the website of the office of the President of the Republic of Poland, which allows free reproduction of its content; see [1].
- "Ryszard Kaczorowski". Financial Times. Archived from the original on 11 December 2022. Retrieved 12 April 2010.
- "Ryszard Kaczorowski". The Telegraph. 12 April 2010.
- "Ryszard Kaczorowski". The Times.
- Olizar, Michał (14 April 2010). "Ryszard Kaczorowski obituary". The Guardian.
- "Poland buries last president-in-exile, 11 others". Monsters and Critics. 5 October 2012. Archived from the original on 5 October 2012.
- "Radio Poland :: News from Poland". www.thenews.pl.
External links
- (in Polish) Unofficial website