Henryk Piętek

Henryk Piętek (5 January 1922 - 5 April 2015) was a Polish officer of Milicja Obywatelska and Security Service with the rank of brigadier general.

The grave of gen. Henryk Piątek at the Powązki Military Cemetery in Warsaw

Biography He was born in Pardołów as a son of Antonii and Józefa. During the Second World War he was a member of the Home Army. He deserted in 1943 and joined People's Guard. He was a member of the unit commanded by Mieczysław Moczar, which operated near Kielce. After the end of the war he joined Citizen's Militia (Milicja Obywatelska) and Polish Workers' Party, which was later transformed into Polish United Workers' Party. In 1947 he finished a course for security office commanders, which was held in Legionowo. In the same year he was appointed head of the District Security Office in Piotrków Trybunalski. He held this position until 1951, when he was transferred to Poznań, where he was acting deputy head of the local Security Office. In 1954, he began his service in Wrocław, where he served until 1961, reaching the position of second deputy commander for security. From 1962 he served in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, of which he was deputy minister in 1971-1974. In October 1971, by resolution of the Council of State of the Polish People's Republic, he was promoted to the rank of brigadier general of the Citizens' Militia. In 1974 he ended his career in the Security Service and started working in Ministry of Forestry and Timber Industry on the position of undersecretary. He retired in 1980. He died on April 23, 2017 and was buried at the Powązki Military Cemetery.

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