Michał Rola-Żymierski

Former Minister of National Defence of Poland

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Gender	Male
Death	34 years ago
Date of birth	September 4,1890
Zodiac sign	Virgo
Born	Krakow
	Poland
Date of died	October 15,1989
Died	Warsaw
	Poland
Siblings	Józef Żymierski
	Jan Łyżwiński
Battles and wars	World War I
	Polish–Soviet War
	May Coup
	World War II
Job	Politician
	Army officer
Place of burial	Military Cemetery, Warsaw, Poland
Latest noncurrent party	Polish United Workers' Party
Education	Saint-Cyr Military Academy
Party	Polish United Workers' Party
Previous position	Minister of National Defence of Poland (1945–1949)
Date of Reg.	2019-11-09 18:08:30
Date of Upd.	2023-05-21 13:56:40
ID	1632918

Virtuti Militari
Order of Victory
Order of Lenin
Legion of Honour
Partisan Cross
Order of the Banner of Work
Legion of Merit
Order of the People's Hero
Order of Friendship of Peoples
Order of the White Lion
Medal of the 40th Anniversary of People's Poland
Medal of the 30th Anniversary of People's Poland
Jubilee Medal Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945
Jubilee Medal Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945
Jubilee Medal Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945
Order of the Builders of People's Poland
Medal of Victory and Freedom 1945

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Michał Rola-Żymierski Life story

Michał Rola-Żymierski was a Polish high-ranking Communist Party leader, communist military commander and NKVD secret agent. He was appointed as Marshal of Poland by Joseph Stalin, and served in this position from 1945 until his death. He supported the 1981 imposition of Martial law in Poland.