Hilary Chełchowski

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Hilary Chełchowski

Hilary Chełchowski (born January 10, 1908 in Mosaki-Stara Wieś , Congress Poland ; † December 10, 1983 in Warsaw ) was a politician of the Polish United Workers' Party PZPR ( Polska Zjednoczona Partia Robotnicza ) in the People's Republic of Poland , who was vice-president of the Council of Ministers and Minister for State Farms from 1951 to 1954.

Life

Hilary Chełchowski worked as a worker in Warsaw in the 1930s and joined the Communist Party of Poland KPP (Komunistyczna Partia Polski) in 1932 . After the invasion of Poland and the subsequent German occupation of Poland in 1939, he became involved in the People's Guard GL ( Gwardia Ludowa ) and the People's Army AL ( Armia Ludowa ) and joined the Polish Workers 'Party in 1942 as a member of the Polish Workers' Party ( Polska Partia Robotnicza ) . Between 1943 and 1948 he was a member of the Central Committee (ZK) of the PPR.

On May 3, 1945 Chełchowski was for the Polish Workers 'Party PPR ( Polish Workers' Party ) member of the National Land Council KRN ( State National Council ) , which he belonged to the 1947th He was vice-chairman of the Reclaimed Areas and Repatriation Committee. In the Sejm election on January 19, 1947 he was elected for the PPR as a member of the Constituent Sejm (Sejm Ustawodawczy) . During this time he was between 1947 and 1952 chairman of the Agriculture Committee and vice-chairman of the PPR faction . In 1948 he became a member of the Polish United Workers' Party PZPR ( Polska Zjednoczona Partia Robotnicza ) and subsequently took on various functions as a party official. He became a member of the Central Committee of the Polish United Workers' Party (ZK of the PZPR) at the first (founding) party congress (December 15-22, 1948 ) and belonged to this body until III. Party congress (March 10-19, 1959). At the same time he became a candidate for the Politburo of the Central Committee and held this position until October 21, 1956 and was also a member of the Organization Bureau of the Party from the 1st (founding) Congress to the 2nd Party Congress (March 10-17, 1954) ZK of the PZPR. In addition, between 1948 and 1950 he was head of the Central Committee for Agriculture.

In the first government of Prime Minister Józef Cyrankiewicz Hilary Chełchowski acted between June 10, 1950 and November 20, 1952 as Vice-President of the Council of Ministers and was thus one of the Deputy Prime Ministers (Wicepremier) . At the same time he took over the office of Minister for State Farms (Minister Państwowych Gospodarstw Rolnych) on May 29, 1951 and held this position until June 7, 1954 in the government of Bolesław Bierut and the second government of Cyrankiewicz. He was also a member of the Sejm for the PZPR between November 20, 1952 and November 20, 1956 and in this first legislative period represented constituency No. 23 Kielce . During this time he was in the power struggle within the PZPR next Franciszek Jóźwiak , Viktor Klosiewicz , Zenon Nowak , Aleksander Zawadzki , Władysław Kruczek , Władysław Dworakowski , Kazimierz Mijal , Franciszek Mazur , Bolesław Ruminski and Stanisław Lapot the influential Natolin- faction on.

After leaving the government, he was the successor to Szczepan Juszak from December 14, 1954 until his replacement by Bronisław Ostapczuk on December 18, 1956, as Chairman of the Presidium of the People's Council of the Wroclaw Voivodeship . February 1957 member of the State Council (Rada Państwa) . He then acted from 1957 to 1960 as a government plenipotentiary for the settlement and employment of repatriates returning from the USSR in agriculture. On the III. At the 3rd party congress (March 10th to 19th, 1959) he was only a candidate for the PZPR Central Committee and held this position until the 4th party congress (June 15th to 20th, 1964). In 1969 he left the PZPR.

Chełchowski was awarded the Order of the Cross of Grunwald (Order Krzyża Grunwaldu) . After his death he was buried in the Wólka Węglowa Municipal Cemetery .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Poland: Key Ministries in Rulers