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Roman Zambrowski (15 July 1909 – 19 August 1977) was a Polish
Order of the Banner of Labour, 1st Class (1959)
* 
Commander's Cross with Star of the 
communist
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politician.
Career
Zambrowski was born into aJewish
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family in Warsaw. He was a member of the Communist Party of Poland (1928–1938) and of the Central Committee of the Young Communist League of Poland (1930–1938). During World War II
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in the Soviet Union
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, he was one of the main organisers and leaders of the Union of Polish Patriots (ZPP) from 1943 and of the Central Bureau Communists of Poland (CBKP) in 1944. He was the head of the Political and Educational Leadership of the First Polish Army (1944–1945).
From 1944, Zambrowski was a member and one of the leaders of the Polish Workers' Party (PPR) and then, from 1948 to 1968, of the Polish United Workers' Party (PZPR). He was in the PZPR's Central Committee (1948–1964) and held the office of the secretary of the Central Committee (1948–1954 and 1956–1963). He was in the PZPR's Politburo
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from 1948 to 1963. In 1956, he was a leader of the faction in the PZPR known as '' Puławianie''. Zambrowski was a deputy in the State National Council
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(1944–1947) and then in the ''Sejm
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'' (1947–1965), where he was Deputy-marshal of the ''Sejm'' (1947–1952). In 1945–1954, he was the chairman of a special commission for combating economically harmful activities and misconduct; in 1963–1968 vice-president of the Supreme Audit Office (NIK).
Zambrowski was accused of inspiring the 1968 Polish political crisis and of Zionist
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affiliations; in 1968 he was expelled from the PZPR and removed from the vice-presidency of the NIK.
Later life and legacy
He is the father of journalist Antoni Zambrowski. Antoni Zambrowski died in 2019. A collection of Zambrowski's journals and other writings about Poland and Polska Zjednoczona Partia Robotnicza are held in the collection of theHoover Institution
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.
Awards and decorations
* Order of the Banner of Labour, 1st Class (1959)
* Commander's Cross with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta
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(22 July 1947)
* Silver Medal for Merit on the Field of Glory (11 November 1943)
* Medal for Warsaw 1939–1945 (17 January 1946) ("On the first anniversary of the liberation of Warsaw to those who distinguished themselves in the fight for the liberation and reconstruction of the Capital City (...)").
* Order of the Red Star
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(USSR, 11 November 1943)
See also
* Puławianie * 1968 Polish political crisis * Leon KasmanReferences