Zenon Comender
Zenon Komender (born October 21, 1923 in Częstochowa , † April 12, 1993 in Warsaw ) was a Polish politician .
During the Second World War he was under a false name, Wacław "Zaremba" Tomczyński, a member of the resistance Polish Home Army ( Armia Krajowa ), in which he fought against the German occupation. In 1944 he stayed behind the front and continued his fight against the new Soviet occupying power. He was arrested by the NKVD , interrogated in Moscow, sent to Lubyanka prison and then sent to Siberia to camp No. 283/16 Uzlowaja. In 1946 he managed to escape. After his return he studied at the Wroclaw Polytechnic , where he continued his fight against the communists. He was arrested again in December 1946 and sentenced to six years in prison. After his release, he was banned from studying and initially worked as a sewer worker. In 1956, after the political change in Poland, he joined the Roman Catholic lay association Pax . Since 1965 he was a member of the executive committee of Pax, from 1980 to 1982 its deputy and from 1982 to 1989 first chairman; after the 1989 elections he left the organization. Komender was a member of the Sejm from 1969 to 1989 and Deputy Prime Minister of Poland from 1982 to 1985 (during the Jaruzelski government). In 1982 he was appointed to the State Council.
Zenon Komender died in 1993.
literature
- Zenon Komender , in: Internationales Biographisches Archiv 19/2000 from May 1, 2000, in the Munzinger Archive ( beginning of article freely available)
Web links
- CV on oupis.znp.edu.pl (Polish)
- Government membership on rulers.org (English)
- Minister Komender in Polish strike days (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Comender, Zeno |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish politician, member of the Sejm, Deputy Prime Minister (1982–1985) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 21, 1923 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Czestochowa |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 12, 1993 |
| Place of death | Warsaw |