Stefan Jędrychowski | |
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| Minister of Finance of Poland | |
| In office 22 December 1971 – 21 November 1974 | |
| Preceded by | Józef Trendota |
| Succeeded by | Henryk Kisiel |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 22 December 1968 – 22 December 1971 | |
| Preceded by | Adam Rapacki |
| Succeeded by | Stefan Olszowski |
| Deputy Prime Minister | |
| In office 12 December 1951 – 24 October 1956 | |
| Preceded by | Hilary Chełchowski |
| Succeeded by | Tadeusz Gede |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1910-05-19)19 May 1910 |
| Died | 26 May 1996(1996-05-26) (aged 86) Warsaw,Poland |
| Political party | |
| Alma mater | Stefan Batory University |
| Profession | Politician, economist, journalist |
Stefan Jędrychowski (19 May 1910 – 26 May 1996) was a Polishcommunist politician, economist, and journalist, who served asdeputy prime minister,minister of foreign affairs, andminister of finance.
Jędrychowski was born on 19 May 1910 inWarsaw to a middle-classCatholic family.[1][2] His mother was of German origin. His family owned properties and apartment houses inWilno, in the Russian part of Poland.[3][4]
Jędrychowski graduated fromStefan Batory University in Wilno in 1932 with degrees in law and social science.[3] He went on to earn his master's degree in law and PhD in economics from the same university.[4][5] He began his political career as aradical leftist in a group called the Renaissance (Polish:Odrodzenie) as an undergraduate student. He went on to join the Legion of Youth (Polish:Legion Mlodych), which was founded byJózef Piłsudski after he took over the Polish government in 1926.[3] Jędrychowski became a member of the group's regional command.[3]
Jędrychowski began his career as an assistant lecturer in economics at Stefan Batory University.[4] In 1936, he joined theCommunist Party.[4] In September 1939, he began to work as a journalist in Wilno.[4][6] Then he was named deputy editor of the local communist daily which had been published by the Soviet authorities.[4] He became a Soviet citizen and a member of theSoviet Communist Party.[4] Following the annexation of Lithuania to theSoviet Union he served at the Supreme Soviet of theSupreme Soviet as a deputy.[4]
Later Jędrychowski continued his activities in thePolish Committee of National Liberation (PKWN), which was formed on 22 July 1944.[7] Shortly after he began to serve as the PKWN's representative inMoscow.[7] He was also the Warsaw government's delegate in France in 1945.[5] In addition, he headed the department of information and propaganda under the PKWN.[8] From 1945 to 1947 he served as minister of navigation and foreign trade in the national unity government.[4] Next he joined thePolish United Workers' Party.[9] And he became an alternate member of the party's central committee or politburo.[10]
Jędrychowski served as the vice president or deputy prime minister at the Polish cabinet, also known asRada Ministrów, from 12 December 1951 to 24 October 1956.[11] He worked as the head of the planning office, Komisja Planowania, from 1956 to 1971.[12][13] He was also promoted to the full membership of the party's central committee on 21 October 1956, being one of nine members.[10][14] At the committee he assumed the post of chief economic advisor.[15] He served as the minister of foreign affairs from 22 December 1968 to 22 December 1971.[16] In December 1971, his membership at the central committee of the party ended.[13][17] Next he was namedminister of finance on 22 December 1971, and his term ended on 21 November 1974.[11][18]
Jędrychowski died in Warsaw on 26 May 1996.[16][19]
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Order of the Builders of People's Poland (1964)
Order of the Banner of Labour, 1st Class (1950)
Commander's Cross with Star ofOrder of Polonia Restituta
Order of the Cross of Grunwald, 3rd Class (1946)
GoldenMedal of Merit for National Defence (1973)
SilverMedal of Merit for National Defence
BronzeMedal of Merit for National Defence
Medal of Ludwik Waryński (1986)
Badge of the 1000th Anniversary of the Polish State (1966)
Grand Cross ofOrder of the Dannebrog (Denmark, 1949))
Order of Merits for the People with Golden Star (Yugoslavia, 1946))
Grand Officer ofOrder of Merit of the Italian Republic (Italy, 1965))
Order of the Red Banner of Labour (USSR, 1967)
Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin" (USSR, 1969)
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