Janusz Lewandowski (diplomat)
Polish diplomat (1931–2013) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Janusz Lewandowski (10 March 1931 – 13 August 2013) was a Polish diplomat, known for arranging the Operation Marigold, a failed secret attempt to reach a compromise solution to the Vietnam War.[1][2]
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Quick Facts Commissioner of the International Control Commission for Vietnam, Preceded by ...
Janusz Lewandowski | |
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Commissioner of the International Control Commission for Vietnam | |
In office 1966 – 1967 serving with M. A. Rahman and Victor Campbell Moore/Ormond Dier | |
Preceded by | Mieczysław Maneli |
Succeeded by | Ludwik Klockowski |
Personal details | |
Born | (1931-03-10)10 March 1931 Warsaw, Second Polish Republic |
Died | 13 August 2013(2013-08-13) (aged 82) |
Alma mater | Taras Shevchenko University |
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In 1955 he graduated from Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, then Ukrainian SSR and afterwards held various positions at the Polish foreign ministry.[1]
At the time when he started arranging the Vietnam talks, officially he was a representative at the International Control Commission set up to monitor the ceasefire in the divided Vietnam.[1]
Later he served as an ambassador to a number of countries and retired in 1991.[1]
Lewandowski died of cancer in 2013[1] and was interred at the Powązki Military Cemetery.[3]