Franciszek Jóźwiak
Polish politician and military commander / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Franciszek Jóźwiak (20 October 1895 – 23 October 1966) was a Polish communist politician and military commander.
Franciszek Jóźwiak | |
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Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland | |
In office 16 April 1955 – 16 October 1956 | |
Prime Minister | Bolesław Bierut |
Minister of State Control | |
In office 12 December 1952 – 16 April 1955 | |
Preceded by | Position established after the liquidation of the Supreme Audit Office |
Succeeded by | Roman Zambrowski |
Member of the Polish State Council | |
In office 9 March 1949 – 20 November 1952 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 20 October 1895 Huta, Congress Poland |
Died | 23 October 1966(1966-10-23) (aged 71) Warsaw, Polish People's Republic |
Political party | Communist Party of Poland Polish Workers' Party Polish United Workers' Party |
Awards | Order of the Builders of People's Poland 2 Order of the Banner of Work Order of Polonia Restituta Partisan Cross |
Military service | |
Branch/service | Gwardia Ludowa Armia Ludowa Polish People's Army Milicja Obywatelska |
Battles/wars | First World War Polish-Soviet War Second World War |
Jóźwiak was active in the communist movement of the Second Polish Republic and was often imprisoned for his ties to the Soviet Union. Jóźwiak fled to Soviet-occupied Poland in 1939, joining the Polish Workers' Party, becoming the commander of its paramilitary wings the Gwardia Ludowa and the Armia Ludowa, and participating in the Soviet partisans in Poland. Jóźwiak held a number of high offices in the early Polish People's Republic, including chief of the Citizen's Militia, deputy chairman of the Council of Ministers, and member of the Politburo of the Polish United Workers' Party.[1] Jóźwiak was removed from government after the Polish October in 1956.