Zygmunt Modzelewski
Politician
1900 – 1954
Who was Zygmunt Modzelewski?
Zygmunt Modzelewski was a Polish communist politician.
He was a member of the Social Democracy of the Kingdom of Poland and Lithuania and Communist Party of Poland. From 1923 to 1937 he was a member of the French Communist Party and even joined its Central Committee. From 1937 in Soviet Union; he joined the Union of Polish Patriots, Central Bureau of Polish Communists and became the first director of Polpress, a precursor to the Polish Press Agency. Later he joined the Polish Workers' Party and Polish United Workers' Party, in which he eventually became the member of its Central Committee. He was also a member of the Polish Council of State and a deputy to the State National Council and Legislative Sejm.
He received the Order of the Builders of People's Poland. He was also the adoptive father of Karol Modzelewski.
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- Born
- Apr 15, 1900
Częstochowa - Children
- Nationality
- Poland
- Died
- Jun 18, 1954
Warsaw
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on July 23, 2013
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