Tadeusz Gede
Tadeusz Gede (born December 28, 1911 in Tbilisi , Georgia , † March 4, 1982 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 foreign trade minister between 1949 and 1952 and from 1952 to 1956 was Vice President of the Council of Ministers. He was also ambassador to the Soviet Union between 1957 and 1959 and later from 1969 to 1973 ambassador to the GDR .
Life
Tadeusz Gede, who was an electrical engineer by profession, was involved in the interwar period in the Union of Independent Socialist Youth "Życie" OMS (Związek Niezależnej Młodzieży Socjalistycznej "”ycie") and in the Communist Youth Association of Poland KZMP (Komunistyczny) Związeż . In 1945 he became a member of the Polish Workers 'Party PPR ( Polska Partia Robotnicza ) and in 1948 of the Polish United Workers' Party PZPR ( Polska Zjednoczona Partia Robotnicza ) .
Gede took over the office of Minister for Foreign Trade (Minister handlu zagranicznego) in the first government of Prime Minister Józef Cyrankiewicz on March 7, 1949 and held this office until November 20, 1952. Subsequently, on November 20, 1952, he became Vice-President of the Council of Ministers, Deputy Prime Minister (Wicepremier) . He held this post until October 24, 1956 in the government of Prime Minister Bolesław Bierut and the second government Cyrankiewicz. On November 20, 1952 he also became a member of the Sejm for the PZPR and represented in this until November 20, 1956 constituency No. 14 Inowrocław . In 1953 he was also a member of the Central Committee of the Polish United Workers' Party (Central Committee of the PZPR) and belonged to this body until the VI. Party congress (December 6-11, 1971).
In 1957 Tadeusz Gede replaced Wacław Lewikowski as ambassador to the Soviet Union and held this post until 1959, when Bolesław Jaszczuk succeeded him there. At the same time he was accredited as ambassador to the Mongolian People's Republic . After his return from Moscow , he served as First Deputy Chairman of the State Planning Commission of the Council of Ministers between October 24, 1959 and December 16, 1968. On May 15, 1961, he became a member of the Sejm again and represented the constituency nN there until April 29, 1969 . 39 Tarnów . During the third and fourth legislative periods between 1961 and 1969 he was also a member of the Presidium of the PZPR parliamentary group . Then he took over the post of Ambassador to the GDR from Feliks Baranowski in 1969 and stayed there until he was replaced by Marian Dmochowski in 1973. He was also on the VI. Party Congress (December 6-11, 1971) Member of the Central Revision Commission of the PZPR, of which he was a member until the VII Party Congress (December 8-12, 1975).
Tadeusz Gede has received several awards for his services and received, among others, the Order Polonia Restituta (Order Odrodzenia Polski) as a knight and commander , the Order Banner of Labor (Order Sztandaru Pracy) first class and the Order Builder of People's Poland (Order Budowniczych Polski Ludowej) as well the medal for the 10th anniversary of People's Poland (Medal 10-lecia Polski Ludowej) . After his death he was buried in the Powązki cemetery .
Web links
- Entry on the Sejm's homepage
- The Governments of People's Republic of Poland 1944–1989
Individual evidence
- ^ Poland: Deputy Prime Ministers in Rulers
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gede, Tadeusz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish politician, member of the Sejm (PZPR), minister and ambassador |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 28, 1911 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tbilisi , Georgia |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 4th 1982 |
| Place of death | Warsaw |