Marian Spychalski

Marian Spychalski (December 6, 1906 in Łódź, † June 7, 1980 in Warsaw) was a Polish politician.

From a working class family coming, he completed his studies in 1931 at the Technical University in Warsaw and became an architect. In the same year he joined the Communist Workers Party of Poland ( KPRP ) at. In the following years he worked as a renowned city planner in Poznan and Warsaw.

During the Second World War, he fought in the Communist underground, at times he was Chief of the General Staff of the Polish Army. Until 1949 he was a member of both the Politburo and the Central Committee. At the same time, he was Deputy Minister of Defence and Deputy Supreme Commander of the armed forces. In connection with the fall of Gomulka for " right nationalist deviation" also Spychalski all functions have been removed from power, dismissed and arrested in 1950.

The targeted against him and others show trial never materialized and with the return of Gomulka to power in 1956 also Spychalski was rehabilitated. He returned to his previous offices and functions and was in November 1956, even Defense Minister of Poland. In 1963 he was elevated (as previously last pole ) to the rank of marshal. In connection with the anti-Semitic campaign of 1968 was pushed Spychalski to the representative position of Chairman of the State Council ( President ) from Poland ( until 1970). In 1972, he retired from political life.

State Council Chairman ( Poland)
Marshal (Poland )
Person ( Polish resistance 1939-1945)
Person in WWII (Poland )
Urban Designer ( Poland)
Of the Order Virtuti Militari (1943-1989)
Support of the Belgian Order of the Crown ( Grand Cross )
Of the Order of Polonia Restituta ( Commander with Star )
Support of the Finnish Order of the White Rose
Carrier of the Order of Lenin
PZPR member
Pole
Deputy Minister of Defence
Born in 1906
Died in 1980
Man

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