Wincenty Rzymowski

Wincenty Rzymowski studied at Odesa University. The recorded working language is Polish. The field of work recorded is politics and opinion journalism. Positions recorded include Minister of Culture and National Heritage and member of the Sejm of the Polish People's Republic. Distinctions recorded are Medal for Warsaw 1939-1945, Medal of Victory and Freedom 1945, Officer of the Order of Polonia Restituta and Commander of the Order of Polonia Restituta.

• Office — Minister of Foreign Affairs • Predecessor — Edward Osóbka-Morawski • Successor — Zygmunt Modzelewski • Term Start — June 1945 • Term End — 6 February 1947 • Office1 — Minister of Culture • Predecessor1 — Zygmunt Kaczyński • Successor1 — Edmund Zalewski • Term Start1 — 21 June 1944 • Term End1 — 2 May 1945 • Born — 19 June 1883 • Birthplace — Kuczbork-Osada, Congress Poland, Russian Empire • Died — 30 April 1950 • Place of death — Warsaw, Polish People's Republic • Party — Polish United Workers' Party • Alma Mater — Odesa University • Occupation — Politician, diplomat, writer • Awards — Order of the Banner of Labour Order of Polonia Restituta Medal for Warsaw 1939–1945 Medal of Victory and Freedom 1945 Order of the Star of the Romanian Socialist Republic Order of Stara Planina

In the Second Polish Republic, Wincenty Rzymowski was a member of the Democratic Party and a known publicist. He was also forced to resign his membership in the Polish Academy of Literature in a controversy involving allegations of plagiarism. During World War II he began working with the Soviets. He joined the Union of Polish Patriots, was a Minister of Arts and Culture in the Polish Committee of National Liberation and a Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Provisional Government of National Unity, formed by Stalin. He represented Poland during the signing of the United Nations Charter. In January 1946, he was a Soviet candidate for the position of the first Secretary General of the United Nations, but opposed by the United States. The two powers eventually compromised on Trygve Lie, a socialist from Norway. Wincenty Rzymowski was also a deputy to the State National Council and Legislative Sejm. From 1947 till the end of his life he was a minister without portfolio in the Polish communist government.