Raczkiewicz, Wladyslaw

Date of birth:: January 28th, 1885 (Kutaisi, Georgia)
Date of death:: June 6th, 1947 (Ruthin, Wales)
Buried on:: Crypt Temple of Divine Providence
Nationality:: Polish

Biography

Wladyslaw Raczkiewicz was the first president of the Polish government-in-exile from 1939 to 1947.

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Order Odrodzenia Polski Oficerski

Period:: Polish-Soviet War (1919-1921)
Awarded on:: July 13th, 1921

"For merits for the Republic of Poland in the field of organizing the Polish army in Russia"

One of the first 15 people awarded the Order of Polonia Restituta

Order Odrodzenia Polski Komandorski

Period:: Polish-Soviet War (1919-1921)
Awarded on:: December 29th, 1921

Krzyz Niepodleglosci

Awarded on:: June 6th, 1931

"For work in the work of regaining independence".

Grã-Cruz del Ordem Nacional do Cruzeiro do Sul

Awarded on:: October 26th, 1934

Order Odrodzenia Polski Wielki

Awarded on:: July 16th, 1935

Order Orla Bialego

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Prezydent RP (President of the Republic of Poland)
Awarded on:: September 30th, 1939

Order Wojenny Virtuti Militari - Krzyz Srebrny

Period:: Polish-Soviet War (1919-1921)

Order Odrodzenia Polski Komandorski z Gwiazda

Grootlint in de Leopoldsorde / Grand cordon de l'Ordre de Léopold

Order of the Crown 1st Class

Medal 10-lecia Odzyskania Niepodleglosci

Sources

Photo: Public domain
- Jagiellonian Digital Library
- M.P. 1931 nr 132 poz. 199
- Página 3 da Seção 1 do Diário Oficial da União (DOU) de 26 de Outubro de 1934

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