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Czesław Czapliński

ID: OS-001552-P/111910

Czesław Czapliński

First name:

Czesław

Last Name:

Czapliński

Date of birth:

25-08-1904

Place of birth:

Tajno Stare

Date of death:

27-10-1993

Place od death:

Londyn

Age:

89

Profession:

military / soldier, Minister

Grade:

oficer rez. WP

Honours and awards:

Krzyż Komandorski Orderu Odrodzenia Polski

Biography:

Czesław Czapliński (1904-1993), born in Tajno. A combatant in the Polish-Bolshevik War and the September Campaign. He studied ethnology and history at the Free Polish University. After the war, he remained in exile in London, where he was involved in Polish educational affairs. He was an active member of the Association of Polish Teachers Abroad, and was its president from 1966 to 1989. In 1971, he became a member of the National Unity Executive, where he was in charge of culture. In the Polish Government in Exile, he held the office of Minister of Education and Culture several times in 1974-1979 and 1984-1986, and was a member of the Polish National Council in 1973-1977 and 1983-1989. He was a member of the Polish Scientific Society Abroad.

Publikacja:

04.06.2023

Ostatnia aktualizacja:

05.06.2023
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