Marian Spychalski

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Place of birth	December 6, 1906
Place of death	Warsaw, Poland
Rank	Marszałek Polski
Battles/wars	World War II
Awards
Other work	politician, MP

Marian Spychalski (nickname "Marek")(1906-1980) was a Polish soldier and communist politician born in Łódź. During World War II he was active in the Soviet-created forces operating within Poland and was one of the leaders of the People's Guard and then People's Army movements. In 1943 as part of Soviet effort to destroy Polish independence and resistance movement he denouced to Gestapo various members of Polish resistance organisations ^[1] After the war he held a number of offices in the communist government of Poland, one of his first being that of mayor of Warsaw (18 September 1944 - March 1945), technically still while the war was in progress. Among other posts, he was a long-time member of Sejm (parliament) and, between 1968 and 1970, the chairman of the Council of State (the de iure head of state in the People's Republic of Poland).

Political offices
Preceded by Edward Ochab	Chairman of the Polish Council of State 1968–1970	Succeeded by Józef Cyrankiewicz

v • d • e Chairmen of the Polish Council of State

Bolesław Bierut · Aleksander Zawadzki · Edward Ochab · Marian Spychalski · Józef Cyrankiewicz · Henryk Jabłoński · Wojciech Jaruzelski

v • d • e Presidents of Warsaw

First Polish Republic: Ignacy Wyssogota Zakrzewski \| Józef Michał Łukasiewicz \| Andrzej Rafałowicz \| Ignacy Wyssogota Zakrzewski \| Józef Michał Łukasiewicz and Andrzej Rafałowicz Prussian Occupation: Franz Schimmelpfennig von der Ove \| Friedrich Georg Tilly Duchy of Warsaw: Joachim Moszyński \| Paweł Bieliński \| Stanisław Węgrzecki Congress Poland: Karol Woyda \| Stanisław Węgrzecki \| Jakub Ignacy Łaszczyński \| Aleksander Graybner \| Teodor Andrault de Langeron \| Kazimierz Woyda \| Zygmunt Wielopolski \| Kalikst Witkowski \| Sokrates Starynkiewicz \| Mikołaj Bibikow \| Wiktor Litwiński \| Aleksander Miller World War I: Zdzisław Lubomirski \| Piotr Drzewiecki Second Polish Republic: Stanisław Nowodworski \| Władysław Jabłoński \| Zygmunt Słomiński \| Marian Zyndram-Kościałkowski \| Stefan Starzyński General Government: Julian Kulski \| Marceli Porowski People's Republic of Poland: Marian Spychalski \| Stanisław Tołwiński \| Jerzy Albrecht \| Janusz Zarzycki \| Zygmunt Dworakowski \| Janusz Zarzycki Jerzy Majewski \| Mieczysław Dębicki \| Jerzy Bolesławski Third Polish Republic: Stanisław Wyganowski \| Mieczysław Bareja \| Marcin Święcicki \| Paweł Piskorski \| Wojciech Kozak \| Lech Kaczyński \| Mirosław Kochalski (interim) \| Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz (interim) \| Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz