Stanisław Trepczyński (7 April 1924 – 20 June 2002) was a Polish diplomat, who served as the 27th
president of the United Nations General Assembly
The president of the United Nations General Assembly is a position voted by representatives in the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on a yearly basis. The president is the chair and presiding officer of the General Assembly.
Election
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from 1972 to 1973.
Early life and education
Trepczyński was born in
Łódź
Łódź is a city in central Poland and a former industrial centre. It is the capital of Łódź Voivodeship, and is located south-west of Warsaw. Łódź has a population of 655,279, making it the country's List of cities and towns in Polan ...
, Poland, on 7 April 1924.
His father was a lawyer.
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Trepczyński was a graduate of ]University of Łódź
The University of Łódź (, ) is a public research university founded in 1945 in Łódź, Poland, as a continuation of three higher education institutions functioning in Łódź in the interwar period — the Teacher Training Institute (192 ...
and received a master's degree in economics.[
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Career
Trepczyński joined the Łódź Committee of the Polish Workers Party (later the Polish United Worker's Party) in 1946.[ In 1951, he became the secretary of the Polish peace committee. He was appointed deputy minister of foreign affairs in 1971.][ From 1972 to 1973 he served as the 27th president of ]the United Nations General Assembly
The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA or GA; , AGNU or AG) is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations (UN), serving as its main deliberative, policymaking, and representative organ. Currently in its 79th session, its powers, ...
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Personal life
Trepczyński married twice and had three sons.[
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References
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20th-century Polish politicians
1924 births
2002 deaths
Diplomats from Łódź
People from Łódź Voivodeship (1919–1939)
University of Łódź alumni
Polish Workers' Party politicians
Presidents of the United Nations General Assembly
Burials at Powązki Military Cemetery
20th-century diplomats