| Hilary Minc | |
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Hilary Minc |
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| Born | August 24, 1905 Kazimierz Dolny |
| Died | November 26, 1974 Warsaw, Poland |
| Ethnicity | Jewish |
| Citizenship | Polish |
| Occupation | Marxist economist |
| Known for | Joseph Stalin's appointee in PRL |
Hilary Minc (24 August 1905, Kazimierz Dolny - 26 November 1974, Warsaw) – born into a middle-class Jewish family of Oskar Minc and Stefania née Fajersztajn – was a communist politician in Stalinist Poland and pro-Soviet Marxist economist. Minc joined the Communist Party of Poland before World War II. Between 1944-1956, he was a member of the PWP/PUWP Politburo of the KCPPR.
Minc was the third in command in Bolesław Bierut's political apparatus following the Soviet takeover. He served as the Minister of Industry, Minister of Industry and Commerce, and deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs during the reign of Stalinism in the People's Republic of Poland all the way until the Polish October revolution of 1956.
Minc was a close associate of the Polish Communist leader Władysław Gomułka in their joint meetings with Joseph Stalin at the Kremlin. Stalin personally assigned Minc first to Industry and then to Transportation ministries of Poland.[1][2] Minc's wife, Julia, was an Editor-in-Chief of the Polish Press Agency until 1954.