Ryszard Kaczorowski

Infobox Officeholder
name = Ryszard Kaczorowski


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order = President of the Republic of Poland
6^th President in Exile
term_start = July 19, 1989
term_end = December 22, 1990
vicepresident =
viceprimeminister =
deputy =
president =
primeminister = Edward Szczepanik
predecessor = Kazimierz Sabbat
successor = Lech Wałęsa (domiciled)
order2 = Minister of the Country Affairs in Exile
term_start2 = 1986
term_end2 = 1989
vicepresident2 =
viceprimeminister2 =
deputy2 =
president2 = Kazimierz Sabbat
primeminister2 = Edward Szczepanik
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successor2 =
birth_date = birth date and age|1919|11|26
birth_place = Białystok, Second Polish Republic
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party = None
spouse = Karolina Kaczorowska
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Ryszard Kaczorowski (b. November 26, 1919 in Białystok, Poland) was the last émigré President of the Republic of Poland.

He was born on November 26, 1919, in Białystok where he completed his education at a school of commerce. Just like his predecessor, he was a Scout. In 1940 he was arrested by the NKWD and sentenced to death. After the amnesty in 1941, he enlisted in the General Władysław Anders' Army and, after its evacuation, joined the 3rd Division of Carpathian Gunners, where he completed divisional secondary school.

In England he completed a college course in foreign trade. Until 1986, he worked in business as an accountant. During 1955–1967, he was the Chief Scout, and, subsequently, President of the émigré Polish Scouting Union (ZHP). As Minister for Domestic Affairs he was designated as President Kazimierz Sabbat's successor. He handed over the insignia of the presidential power of the Second Republic to President Lech Wałęsa on December 22, 1990.

Links

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References

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