Stefan Ignar

Stefan Ignar, who went by "Kurek" and "Sylwester". (February 17, 1908 – January 23, 1992) was a Polish politician, a member of the rural movement, a soldier in the Peasants' Battalions, a full professor of economic sciences, and the chairman of the United People's Party from 1956 to 1962 and in 1981, as well as the chairman of the Central Board of the Polish-Soviet Friendship Society from 1955 to 1957. He served as a deputy to the Sejm of the Polish People's Republic during the 1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th convocations of the Sejm of the Polish People's Republic, Deputy Prime Minister of Poland from 1956 to 1969, deputy chairman of the Council of State from 1952 to 1956, and a member of the Council of State from 1969 to 1972.

Biography He was born into a peasant family as the son of Maciej and Jadwiga. In 1927, he graduated from the private 8-grade Bogumił Braun Humanistic Gymnasium in Łódź, and in 1931, he obtained a master's degree in philosophy from the University of Poznań.

From 1933 to 1935, he lectured at the People's University in Gać. He then moved back to Łódź, where from 1935 to 1937, he was an editor and publisher of the bi-weekly Chłopskie Życie, and from 1938 to 1939, the editor of the weekly Wici.

From 1931, he was a member of the People's Party. After the occupation, he engaged in party activities. From 1940 to 1944, he was the chairman of the Provincial Leadership of the People's Movement and a member of the Command of the Łódź District of the Peasants' Battalions. On March 6, 1953, he became a member of the Nationwide Committee for the Commemoration of the Memory of Joseph Stalin

From 1952 to 1976, he was a member of the 1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th convocations of the Sejm of the Polish People's Republic. From 1952 to 1956, he was a member of the Presidium of the All-Poland Committee of the National Front, and from 1958 to 1983, of the Front of National Unity. From 1983 to 1989, he was a member of the National Council of the Polish–Soviet Friendship Society (of which he was the chairman from 1955 to 1957). In 1981, he became a member of the Committee for the Publication of Selected Works by Józef Chałasiński.

Orders and decorations Order of the Builders of People's Poland, awarded in 1978 Grand Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta, awarded in 1964 Order of the Banner of Labour 1st Class Order of the Cross of Grunwald, awarded 3rd Class Ribbon on 13 September 1946 Partisan Cross Medal of the 10th Anniversary of People's Poland Medal of the 30th Anniversary of People's Poland Medal of the 40th Anniversary of People's Poland Badge of the 1000th anniversary of the Polish State Golden Badge "For Merit to the Warsaw Voivodeship"