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Wincenty Rzymowski
Polish politician and writer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Wincenty Rzymowski (19 July 1883 – 30 April 1950) was a Polish politician and writer.
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Career
In the Second Polish Republic, Wincenty Rzymowski was a member of the Democratic Party and a known publicist. He was also forced to resign his membership in the Polish Academy of Literature in a controversy involving allegations of plagiarism.[1]
During World War II he began collaborating with the Soviets. He joined the Union of Polish Patriots, was a Minister of Arts and Culture in the Polish Committee of National Liberation and a Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Provisional Government of National Unity, formed by Stalin. He represented Poland during the signing of the United Nations Charter.[2] In January 1946, he was a Soviet candidate for the position of the first Secretary General of the United Nations, but opposed by the United States.[3] The two powers eventually compromised on Trygve Lie, a socialist from Norway.[3]
Wincenty Rzymowski was also a deputy to the State National Council and Legislative Sejm. From 1947 till the end of his life he was a minister without portfolio in the Polish communist government.
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