Jerzy Albrecht

Jerzy Albrecht (born October 7, 1914 in Wrzeszczewice, died September 8, 1992 in Warsaw) was a Polish economist and communist politician, he held the rank of Lieutenant Colonel of the Polish People's Army. Minister of Finance from 1960–1968, member of the Council of State (1955–1960, including deputy chairman from 1957). He served as member of the State National Council, the Legislative Sejm, and the Sejm of the Polish People's Republic of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and terms.

Biography Son of Jan and Natalia, in 1933, he passed his secondary school leaving examination at the . From 1933 to 1936, he studied at the . In 1934, he became a member of the Communist Union of Polish Youth, and in 1938, he joined its Warsaw committee. From 1938 to 1939, he was active in the Democratic Club. In the 1980s, he served on numerous committees and advisory boards, including: a member of the Commission for Economic Reform, a member of the Citizens' Consultative Convention at the chairman of the National Council of the Capital City of Warsaw (1987), as well as of the Social Council of the Election Fund at the Warsaw Committee of the Polish United Workers' Party before the parliamentary elections in June 1989. From June 1985, he was also a member of the Editorial Committee for the preparation of Władysław Gomułka's Collected Writings. On November 28, 1988, he joined the Honorary Committee for the Celebration of the 40th Anniversary of the PPR-PPS Unification Congress – the establishment of the Polish United Workers' Party.

Awards Order of the Banner of Labour, 1st Class (twice, e.g. in 1964 ) Order of the Cross of Grunwald, 2nd Class (15 July 1945) Commander's Cross with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta (8 October 1984) Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (19 August 1946) Gold Cross of Merit (11 May 1946) Medal for Warsaw 1939–1945 (17 January 1946) Auschwitz Cross (1985) Bronze Medal of Merit for National Defence (1967) (1986) (1966)

Golden (1960) (1961) Badge of Honor "For Merit to the Development of the Koszalin Voivodeship" (1966) Golden Badge "For Merit to the Development of the Katowice Voivodeship" (1964) Commemorative Medal on the Occasion of the 40th Anniversary of the State National Council (1983) Commemorative Medal "40th Anniversary of the Polish United Workers' Party" (1988)