Stefan Jędrychowski

Stefan Jędrychowski (19 May 1910 – 26 May 1996) was a Polish communist politician, economist, and journalist, who served as deputy prime minister, minister of foreign affairs, and minister of finance.

Early life and education Jędrychowski was born on 19 May 1910 in Warsaw to a middle-class Catholic family. His mother was of German origin. His family owned properties and apartment houses in Wilno, in the Russian part of Poland.

Jędrychowski graduated from Stefan Batory University in Wilno in 1932 with degrees in law and social science. Then he was named deputy editor of the local communist daily which had been published by the Soviet authorities. Shortly after he began to serve as the PKWN's representative in Moscow. In addition, he headed the department of information and propaganda under the PKWN. From 1945 to 1947 he served as minister of navigation and foreign trade in the national unity government. And he became an alternate member of the party's central committee or politburo.

Jędrychowski served as the vice president or deputy prime minister at the Polish cabinet, also known as Rada Ministrów, from 12 December 1951 to 24 October 1956. He worked as the head of the planning office, Komisja Planowania, from 1956 to 1971. He was also promoted to the full membership of the party's central committee on 21 October 1956, being one of nine members. At the committee he assumed the post of chief economic advisor. He served as the minister of foreign affairs from 22 December 1968 to 22 December 1971. Next he was named minister of finance on 22 December 1971, and his term ended on 21 November 1974.

Death Jędrychowski died in Warsaw on 26 May 1996.

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