Edward Osóbka-Morawski

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Edward Osóbka-Morawski

Edward Bolesław Osóbka-Morawski (born October 5, 1909 in Bliżyn , † January 9, 1997 in Warsaw ) was a Polish politician and the first prime minister of post-war Poland .

Life

Edward Osóbka-Morawski was a member of the Polish Socialist Party (PPS) since 1928 and began studying law at the University of Warsaw , which he did not graduate. In 1944, Stalin appointed him chairman of the Polish Committee for National Liberation in Moscow (PKWN). At the same time he was responsible for foreign policy and agriculture. In the Provisional Government of Poland, he served as the first Prime Minister from 1944. Osóbka-Morawski was against the forced unification with the Polish Workers 'Party (PPR) to form the United Polish Workers' Party (PZPR) and lost his offices as a result in 1947. Between 1947 and 1952 he was still a member of the Sejm . After Władysław Gomułka came to power , he joined the PZPR. From 1949 to 1968 he was the director of the Center for Management of Spas in Poland. After the end of communist rule, he acted again briefly in 1990 as chairman of the Central Executive Committee of the revived PPS. In 1992 his memoir Trudna droga was published. Fragmenty wspomnień (A Difficult Path. Memory Fragments ).

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Polski Komitet Wyzwolenia Narodowego w Lublinie - skład - Leksykon - Teatr NN. Retrieved March 16, 2019 (Polish).
  2. ^ Edward Osóbka-Morawski - słownik postaci. In: historia-polski.klp.pl. Retrieved November 7, 2016 .
  3. ^ Edward Osóbka-Morawski «Tajne Archiwum Watykańskie. In: tajnearchiwumwatykanskie.wordpress.com. Retrieved November 7, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Osóbka-Morawski, Edward
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Osóbka-Morawski, Edward Bolesław (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish politician and Prime Minister (1944–1947)
DATE OF BIRTH October 5, 1909
PLACE OF BIRTH Bliżyn
DATE OF DEATH January 9, 1997
Place of death Warsaw