Andrzej Witos (1878-1973) – Polish politician, brother of Wincenty Witos

Andrzej Witos (born 8 November 1878 in Wierzchosławice, died 9 March 1973 in Łódź) was a Polish politician, activist and younger brother of Wincenty Witos.[1][2]

Biography

From 1902 he lived in Jasionów (between 1905–1907 in the United States). In 1928 in Złoczew, he ran a farm. He belonged to the Polish People's Party (PSL). In the years 1922–1927 he was a member of Polish parliament (the Sejm).[3]

After the Soviet invasion of Poland, in 1940 he was deported to Siberia. In 1941 he was imprisoned in a labor camp as president of the Settlement Union of the Tarnopol Voivodeship. After being released as a result of the Sikorski–Mayski agreement, in 1942–1943 he was an employee of the Polish Embassy in the Soviet Union responsible for the Polish population in Azerbaijan. From May 1943, Witos was a member of the Union of Polish Patriots.[4] In 1944 he was a member of the Polish Committee of National Liberation, where he headed the Ministry of Agriculture and Agricultural Reforms until 9 October 1944. He was also a deputy to the State National Council.[5][6]

After World War II, Witos was a member of the governing council of Stanisław Mikołajczyk's Polish People's Party, and in the Polish People's Republic a Sejm deputy and member of the United People's Party.

Andrzej Witos died in 1973 and was buried in Łódź.

References

  1. ↑ Wróbel, Piotr (2014-01-27). Historical Dictionary of Poland 1945-1996. Routledge. ISBN 9781135926946.
  2. ↑ Kersten, Krystyna (1991). The Establishment of Communist Rule in Poland, 1943-1948. University of California Press. ISBN 9780520062191.
  3. ↑ Held, Joseph (1996). Populism in Eastern Europe: Racism, Nationalism, and Society. Eastern European Monographs. ISBN 9780880333375.
  4. ↑ Junosza-Gałecki, Alexsander (1945). Polish Patriots Made in Moscow. Library of Fighting Poland.
  5. ↑ Shore, Marci (2006). Caviar and Ashes: A Warsaw Generation's Life and Death in Marxism, 1918-1968. Yale University Press. ISBN 0300110928.
  6. ↑ Iordachi, Constantin; Bauerkamper, Arnd (2014-03-31). The Collectivization of Agriculture in Communist Eastern Europe: Comparison and Entanglements. Central European University Press. ISBN 9786155225635.


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