Henryk Jablonski

Jabłoński

Historian, Politician

Henryk Jablonski was a Polish politician, historian and professor.

Career

From 1931, Jablonski was a member of the Polish Socialist Party (PPS). During World War II he fought in the battle of Narvik (Norway) and then joined the French Resistance. In 1945 Jablonski become a member of the State National Council (KRN), and during the years 1946 and 1948 he had high functions in the PPS (chairman of Central State Committee and its vice-leader). He approved joining the PPS with the Polish Workers' Party (PPR, Polska Partia Robotnicza).

From 1947 to 1972, he was a deputy to the Sejm. In 1948 he was appointed professor at Warsaw University (from 1952 member of Polish Academy of Sciences – PAN). Between 1948 and 1981, Henryk Jablonski was in the Central Committee of the Polish United Workers' Party (KC PZPR).

In 1972, based on the initiative of Edward Gierek, Jablonski was chosen the de jure leader (chairman of the Council of State) of the People's Republic of Poland. From 1976 to 1983 he was a chief of the Front of National Unity (FJN, Front Jednosci Narodu). From 1983 to 1990 he was chief of ZBoWiD, the Society of Fighters for Freedom and Democracy, an organisation of war veterans. In 1985 he was replaced as head of state by General Wojciech Jaruzelski.

Party affiliation: Socialist Party

Born December 27, 1909

Stary Waliszew, Gmina Bielawy, Poland

Died January 27, 2003

(aged 93)

Warsaw, Poland, Poland

Nationality

Polish

Decorated Order Banner Labor 1st class, Poland
Order Builders People's Poland, great cross Ord...
Order Builders People's Poland, great cross Order Polonia Restituta, numerous others
Grand Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta, earlier Commander's Cross, Poland
Order of the Cross of Grunwald, 3rd class, Poland
Gold Medal of Merit for National Defence, Poland
Great Star of Honour of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Austria, Austria
Grand Cross of the Order of Leopold, Belgium
Order of Georgi Dimitrov, Bulgaria
Order of the White Lion, First Class with Chain, USSR
Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour, France
Order of Al Rafidain, 1st Class, Iraq
Order of José Marti, Cuba
Collars of the Order of the Aztec Eagle, Mexico
Order of Sukhbaatar, Mongolia
Great Chain of the Order of Prince Henry the Navigator, Portugal
Great Banner of the Order of Ommajadów, Syria
Banner Order of the Hungarian People's Republic, 1st class, Hungary
Order of the October Revolution, USSR
Order of Friendship of Peoples, USSR
Order of the Badge of Honour, USSR
State Award, Grade The second, Poland
1955
State Prize, Poland
1964
Special National Award, Poland
1979

Siarhei Krotau

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25/11/2012