Antoni Pająk

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Antoni Pająk

Antoni Pająk (born July 31, 1893 in Bestwina , † November 25, 1965 in London ) was a Polish politician and Prime Minister of the Polish government-in-exile from 1955 to 1965.

biography

First World War and independence of Poland

Pająk became a member of the 1st Brigade of the Polish Legion ( Legiony Polskie ) under the command of Józef Piłsudski at the beginning of the First World War in 1914 , to which he belonged until 1917. After Poland gained independence on November 22, 1918, he joined the Polish Armed Forces ( Wojsko Polskie ) as a soldier for one year .

He then became a member of the Polish Socialist Party ( Polska Partia Socjalistyczna ), of which he was a board member from 1920 to 1937. Between 1927 and 1939 he was also Vice-President and temporarily President of the Association of War Invalids ( Związku Inwalidów Wojennych ) and from 1927 to 1928 Provisional Council President of Bielsko-Biała . In 1928 he was elected Member of Parliament ( Sejm ), where he represented the interests of the PPS until 1930.

Second World War and government in exile

After the attack on Poland and the beginning of the Second World War on September 1, 1939, he was captured by the Soviet Red Army in 1940 and then taken to a labor camp in Siberia . After the beginning of the war of the German Reich against the Soviet Union in 1941 , however, he was released from captivity and subsequently diplomatic representative of the Polish government- in- exile in the Yakut ASSR . From 1943 to 1945 he was a representative of the Polish Armed Forces in the USSR .

After his expulsion in 1945, he went into exile in London in 1948 , where he became an active member of the Polish government in exile. From August 8 to September 10, 1955, he was Minister for Parliamentary Affairs in Hugon Hanke's cabinet .

On September 10, 1955, he succeeded Hanke, who had fled to Poland, to become Prime Minister of the Polish government-in-exile . He then held this office for almost ten years until his resignation on June 25, 1965, a few months before his death.

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personal data
SURNAME Pająk, Antoni
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish politician, member of the Sejm, Prime Minister of Poland
DATE OF BIRTH July 31, 1893
PLACE OF BIRTH Bestwina
DATE OF DEATH November 25, 1965
Place of death London