Roman Władysław Odzierzyński (28 February 1892, Lviv – 9 July 1975, London) was a Polish politician. He was the 35th Prime Minister of Poland, and 5th prime minister in the Polish Government in Exile from 1950 until 1953.
Following the Invasion of Poland, he fled with the army through Romania to France. He served as an artillery commander with the Polish Army in the East and the Polish II Corps, rising to the rank of brigadier general.
For his services, he was awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta.
Reference
- Moszumański, Zbigniew (2003). Centra wyszkolenia obrony przeciwlotniczej (1921-1939) (in Polish). Oficyna Wydawnicza "Ajaks". p. 115. ISBN 978-83-88773-73-0. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
- "Odzierzyński Roman Władysław, Encyklopedia PWN: źródło wiarygodnej i rzetelnej wiedzy". encyklopedia.pwn.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 28 December 2024.
- "Roman Odzierzyński – od armat po fotel premiera" [Roman Odzierzyński – from cannons to the prime minister's chair]. PolskieRadio.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 4 February 2024.
- Roo, Hans (1959). POLEN: Sonderdruck: Polen in der Besatzungszeit (in German). Böhlau Verlag. p. 681.
- Dzieje najnowsze (in Polish). Państwowe Wydawn. Naukowe, Oddział w Łodzi. 2004. p. 190. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
- Kunert, Andrzej Krzysztof (1997). Rzeczpospolita Polska czasu wojny: rozkazy Naczelnego Wodza do żołnierzy 1939-1945 (in Polish). Wydawn. KOPIA Sp. z o.o. p. 162. ISBN 978-83-86290-19-2. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
- "Komunikat o nadaniu Orderu Odrodzenia Polsk - 1975" (PDF). eprints.hist.pl. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
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