Roman Guretsky ( Polish: Roman Górecki ; August 27, 1889 , Staraya Sol , Starosamborsky povet, Lviv Voivodeship, Austria-Hungary (now the village of Starosamborsky district , Lviv region , Ukraine ) - August 9, 1946 , Iskoyd Shropshire County Park, England ) - Polish state , public and military figure, doctor of law , General Brigade of the Polish Army (1924), president of the Bank of National economy, the Minister of industry and trade of the Republic of Poland (1935-1936) in the government of M. Marian Zyndram-Kościałkowski , commandant of the Federation Polish Unions Fatherland Defenders (1927-1946), president of the National Football League, the Polish Tourist Club, river and sea League (1929-1930), a mason.
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| Date of Birth | August 27, 1889 | ||||||||
| Place of Birth | Old Salt , Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria | ||||||||
| Date of death | August 9, 1946 (56 years old) | ||||||||
| Place of death | Iskuid Park Shropshire County, England | ||||||||
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| Rank |  Brigade General Troops of the Polish Second Republic of Poland | ||||||||
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Biography
Since 1908 he studied at the Law Faculty of Lviv University . In 1914 he received a doctorate in law.
In 1910 he graduated from officer courses. Member of the First World War. In August 1914 he organized a rifle detachment, in which he joined the Polish legions . He ended the war in 1918 as a captain, head of the quartermaster service of the Polish legions.
Until 1926 he served in the Polish army. In 1927-1935 and 1936-1939 he was president of the bank. In October 1935 - May 1936 - served as Minister of Industry and Trade of the Republic of Poland .
In 1927 he organized and until 1946 he headed the Federation of Polish Unions of Defenders of the Fatherland, was the creator of the Polish section of the International Federation of Former Veterans (FIDAC), from 1932 - vice president, and in 1927-1946 - commandant of this organization.
Since 1926 - President of the Legia football club (Warsaw), laid the actual foundations of the club’s functioning, organized its financing and carried out the construction of the capital’s Legia stadium. He was also one of the organizers and the first president of the Polish Football League (01.03.1926 - 01.01.1928).
In 1928 he was elected head of the Polish Tourist Club
In September 1939, after the occupation of Poland by Wehrmacht troops , he emigrated to England through Romania and France. He lectured to Polish students.
He died in 1946 in a military hospital.
Awards
- Silver Cross of the Order of Virtuti Militari
- Commander's Cross of the Order of the Renaissance of Poland
- Officer Cross of the Order of the Renaissance of Poland
- Independence Cross
- Cross of the Brave (thrice)
- Golden Cross Merit
- Cavalier of the Order of the Legion of Honor (France)
- Commander's Cross of the Order of Leopold I (Belgium)
Literature
- Piotr Stawecki . Słownik biograficzny generałów Wojska Polskiego 1918-1939. - Warsz. , 1994. - S. 125. - ISBN 83-11-08262-6 .
Links
- gen. bryg. dr Roman Górecki (Polish)