Stanisław Ostrowski
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President of the Republic of Poland
3rd President of Poland in Exile |
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| In office April 9, 1972 – March 24, 1979 |
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| Preceded by | August Zaleski Rada Trzech |
| Succeeded by | Edward Bernard Raczyński |
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| Born | October 29, 1892 Lvow, then Austria-Hungary |
| Died | November 22, 1982 London, England |
| Nationality | Polish |
| Political party | Close to Polish Socialist Party |
Stanisław Ostrowski (born 29 October 1892, Lvov - died 22 November 1982, London)
Ostrowski studied medicine in Lvov University. He fought, as a doctor, in the Polish-Ukrainian War (battle of Lvov (1918)) and the Polish-Bolshevik War (1919-20). Then he was President of Lvov.
After the Soviet invasion of Poland (1939), he was arrested and imprisoned in Moscow (until 1941). He left the Soviet Union as an officer of the Polish Army in the East (commander-in-chief general Władysław Anders) in 1942.
He fought against Germans in Italy (1944-1945). When World War II was over, he moved to England and became involved in the politics of the Polish community there, which included the Polish government in exile.
Ostrowski was the third President of Poland in exile (1972-1979).
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| Preceded by August Zaleski |
President of the Polish Republic in exile 1972-1979 |
Succeeded by Edward Bernard Raczyński |
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