Roman Odzierzyński

Roman Odzierzyński

Roman Władysław Odzierzyński (28 February 1892, Lviv[1] – 9 July 1975, London[2]) was a Polish politician. He was the 35th Prime Minister of Poland, and 5th prime minister in the Polish Government in Exile from 1950 until 1953.[3][4]

Following the Invasion of Poland, he fled with the army through Romania to France. He served as an artillery commander with the Polish Army in the East[5] and the Polish II Corps, rising to the rank of brigadier general.[6]

For his services, he was awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta.[7]

Reference

  1. ^ Moszumański, Zbigniew (2003). Centra wyszkolenia obrony przeciwlotniczej (1921-1939) (in Polish). Oficyna Wydawnicza "Ajaks". p. 115. ISBN 978-83-88773-73-0. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
  2. ^ "Odzierzyński Roman Władysław, Encyklopedia PWN: źródło wiarygodnej i rzetelnej wiedzy". encyklopedia.pwn.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 28 December 2024.
  3. ^ "Roman Odzierzyński – od armat po fotel premiera" [Roman Odzierzyński – from cannons to the prime minister's chair]. PolskieRadio.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 4 February 2024.
  4. ^ Roo, Hans (1959). POLEN: Sonderdruck: Polen in der Besatzungszeit (in German). Böhlau Verlag. p. 681.
  5. ^ Dzieje najnowsze (in Polish). Państwowe Wydawn. Naukowe, Oddział w Łodzi. 2004. p. 190. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
  6. ^ Kunert, Andrzej Krzysztof (1997). Rzeczpospolita Polska czasu wojny: rozkazy Naczelnego Wodza do żołnierzy 1939-1945 (in Polish). Wydawn. KOPIA Sp. z o.o. p. 162. ISBN 978-83-86290-19-2. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
  7. ^ "Komunikat o nadaniu Orderu Odrodzenia Polsk - 1975" (PDF). eprints.hist.pl. Retrieved 28 December 2024.


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