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Edward Osóbka-Morawski

1909 - 1997

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Edward Bolesław Osóbka-Morawski ['edvart ɔˈsupka mɔˈrafskʲi] (5 October 1909 – 9 January 1997) was a Polish activist and politician in the Polish Socialist Party (PPS) before World War II, and after the Soviet takeover of Poland, Chairman of the Communist-dominated interim government, the Polish Committee of National Liberation (Polski Komitet Wyzwolenia Narodowego) formed in Lublin with Stalin's approval. In October 1944, Osóbka-Morawski was given the role of Minister of Foreign Affairs and Agriculture. Several months later, in June 1945, he was appointed Prime Minister of the Provisional Government of National Unity (Tymczasowy Rząd Jedności Narodowej), in office until February 1947. Osóbka-Morawski believed the PPS should join with the other non-communist party in Poland, the Polish Peasant Party, to form a united front against the Communist Polish Workers' Party. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Edward Osóbka-Morawski is the 12,758th most popular politician (down from 12,117th in 2024), the 806th most popular biography from Poland (down from 772nd in 2019) and the 193rd most popular Polish Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Edward Osóbka-Morawski ranks 12,758 out of 19,576. Before him are Pietro Tribuno, Elisabeth of Sicily, Duchess of Bavaria, Ján Čarnogurský, Meskalamdug, Lucius Valerius Flaccus, and Nikolai Denkov. After him are Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah, Nikephoros Bryennios the Elder, Shattuara, Ahmed Osman, António Manoel de Vilhena, and Amalafrid.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Edward Osóbka-Morawski ranks 212. Before him are Fritz Buchloh, Endel Puusepp, Tatiana Proskouriakoff, Mike Todd, Edward Gardère, and Irakli Abashidze. After him are Hans Hotter, C. N. Annadurai, Lev Artsimovich, John Wright, Aboul-Qacem Echebbi, and Nikola Vaptsarov. Among people deceased in 1997, Edward Osóbka-Morawski ranks 167. Before him are Juan Burgueño, Fritz Schär, William Martínez, Ella Maillart, Edward Gardère, and Robert Herman. After him are Bengt Danielsson, William Hickey, Aurelio González, Tomoyuki Tanaka, Cahit Arf, and Béla Barényi.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Edward Osóbka-Morawski ranks 806 out of 1,694. Before him are Salomon Jadassohn (1831), Gustaw Herling-Grudziński (1919), Leo White (1882), Danuta Siedzikówna (1928), Janusz Gajos (1939), and Abraham Joshua Heschel (1907). After him are Stanisław Staszic (1755), Alfred Saalwächter (1883), Mascha Kaléko (1907), Jerzy Żuławski (1874), Alfred Pringsheim (1850), and Jacob Heinrich von Flemming (1667).

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Among POLITICIANS In Poland

Among politicians born in Poland, Edward Osóbka-Morawski ranks 193. Before him are Edward Bernard Raczyński (1891), Władysław Grabski (1874), Felicjan Sławoj Składkowski (1885), Jan Olszewski (1930), Gerda Steinhoff (1922), and Danuta Siedzikówna (1928). After him are Józef Oleksy (1946), Frederick II of Legnica (1480), Henry, Duke of Anhalt-Köthen (1778), Wojciech Korfanty (1873), Marek Belka (1952), and Heinrich von Stephan (1831).

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