Jerzy Hryniewski

Jerzy Hryniewski

Jerzy Hryniewski (born December 29, 1895 as Mikołaj Dolanowski ; † March 15, 1978 ) was a Polish politician and 1954 temporary Prime Minister of the Polish government in exile .

Life

After joining the secret Polish Military Organization ( POW , Polish Polska Organizacja Wojskowa ), he gave up his maiden name Mikołaj Dolanowski and instead took the name Jerzy Hryniewski. As a member of the organization, he was a champion for Poland's independence , which was declared on November 22, 1918.

After independence, he later joined the non-party bloc of government supporters ( Bezpartyjny Blok Współpracy z Rządem, BBWR ), which was founded in 1928 by the later Prime Minister Walery Sławek to support the Sanacja regime of Marshal Józef Piłsudski . In the year it was founded, he became secretary of the BBWR in 1928 and held this office until 1932.

In 1930 he was elected a member of parliament, the Sejm , where he represented the interests of the BBWR until 1935. In 1932 he was appointed Deputy Minister of the Interior by Prime Minister Aleksander Prystor . He also held this office in Janusz Jędrzejewicz's subsequent cabinet until 1934.

After the attack on Poland and the beginning of the Second World War on September 1, 1939, he went into exile , where he continued to be politically active.

On January 18, 1954, he was appointed Prime Minister of the Polish government- in- exile in London by August Zaleski, President-in-exile , to succeed Roman Odzierzyński . However, he only held this office until June 8, 1954, when Stanisław Mackiewicz succeeded him .

Web links

• Biography on the homepage of the government chancellery (Polish)
• Biographical information in rulers.org