Edward Osóbka-Morawski

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Edward Osóbka-Morawski


In office
December 31, 1944 – February 5, 1947
President Bolesław Bierut
Vice PM Władysław Gomułka, Stanisław Mikołajczyk
Preceded by Tomasz Arciszewski (in exile)
Succeeded by Józef Cyrankiewicz

Born October 5, 1909
Bliżyn, then Russian Empire, now Poland
Died January 9, 1997 (aged 87)
Political party Polish Socialist Party

Edward Osóbka-Morawski ['edvart ɔˈsupka mɔˈrafskʲi] ( listen) (5 October 1909 - 9 January 1997) was a Polish politician who served as Prime Minister of the Communist Lublin Committee government (Polski Komitet Wyzwolenia Narodowego), and then of Poland - Provisional Government of Republic of Poland - Rząd Tymczasowy Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej, January-June 1945, and Provisional Government of National Unity - Tymczasowy Rząd Jedności Narodowej, June 1945 to 1947.

Preceded by
Tomasz Arciszewski
(Prime Minister of the Polish Republic in Exile) 
Prime Minister of Poland
1944–1947
Succeeded by
Józef Cyrankiewicz