Hugon Hanke
Hugon Hanke (* 1904 ; † December 19, 1964 ) was a Polish politician and Prime Minister of the Polish government in exile .
biography
Hanke was already politically active as a member of the Christian Trade Union Union ( Chrześcijańskie Związki Zawodowe ) and the Workers' Party ( Stronnictwo Pracy ) in Silesia before the attack on Poland and the beginning of the Second World War on September 1, 1939 .
After going into exile in London, he was a minister in the government in exile from 1950 to 1954 . On August 8, 1955, he was appointed Prime Minister of the Polish government- in- exile in London by August Zaleski, President-in-exile , to succeed Stanisław Mackiewicz . However, he held this office for just under a month until he fled to the now communist Poland on September 10, 1955. He was succeeded by Antoni Pająk .
According to some reports, Hanke was already working as an agent of the Polish secret service three years before his return to Poland .
Web links
- Biography on the homepage of the government chancellery (Polish)
- Biographical information in rulers.org
Władysław Sikorski | Stanisław Mikołajczyk | Tomasz Arciszewski | Tadeusz Komorowski | Tadeusz Tomaszewski | Roman Odzierzyński | Jerzy Hryniewski | Stanisław Mackiewicz | Hugon Hanke | Antoni Pająk | Aleksander Zawisza | Zygmunt Muchniewski | Alfred Urbański | Kazimierz Sabbath | Edward Szczepanik
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Prime Minister of the Second Republic | Prime Ministerial Cycle ( Poland) 1939– (1944) |
Prime Minister of Communist Poland |
| Prime Ministerial Cycle (Poland) 1939–1990 |
Prime Minister of the Third Republic of Poland |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hanke, Hugon |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish politician, Prime Minister of the Polish government in exile |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1904 |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 19, 1964 |