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Antoni Pająk

ID: OS-002574-P/113758

Antoni Pająk

First name:

Antoni

Last Name:

Pająk

Date of birth:

31-07-1893

Date of death:

26-11-1965

Place od death:

Londyn

Age:

72

Profession:

politician, political activist

Honours and awards:

Wielka Wstęga Orderu Odrodzenia Polski, Krzyż Niepodległości, Krzyż Walecznych, Złoty Krzyż Zasługi, Krzyż Legionów

Biography:

Antoni Pająk (1893-1965), completed primary school, then began working in the factories and mines of Cieszyn Silesia. In 1911, he joined the Social Democratic Party of Galicia. He was a soldier in the Polish Legions Brigade and the Polish Military Organisation. After World War I, he graduated from an industrial school. From 1919 he belonged to the Polish Socialist Party, in which he was a member of the Supreme Council from 1920 to 1937. In 1940, he was exiled to Siberia. From 1942, he served as a delegate of the Polish embassy in Yakutia. In 1948 he found himself in Great Britain, where he was one of the founders of the Union of Polish Socialists. In London, he founded several Polish periodicals, including the "Gazeta Powszechna". He was Minister of the Treasury in Stanisław Mickiewicz's government. From 1955 to 1965, he was Prime Minister of the Polish Government in Exile.

Publikacja:

19.06.2023

Ostatnia aktualizacja:

30.11.2024
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