Alfred Urbański (13 January 1899 – 10 September 1983) was a Polish

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, a member of the

Polish Socialist Party The Polish Socialist Party (, PPS) is a democratic socialist political party in Poland. It was one of the most significant parties in Poland from its founding in 1892 until its forced merger with the communist Polish Workers' Party to form ...

(PPS), primarily known for his political activities within the

Polish Government in Exile The Polish government-in-exile, officially known as the Government of the Republic of Poland in exile (), was the government in exile A government-in-exile (GiE) is a political group that claims to be the legitimate government of a sovere ...

. Urbański, an

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, was from 1969 to 1972 a member of the Council of Three (''Rada Trzech'') – a collective

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being an embodiment of the State itself or representative of its international persona." The name given to the office of head of sta ...

in opposition to the president in exile, August Zaleski. After Zaleski's death, the Council of Three recognized and supported his successor, President

Stanisław Ostrowski Stanisław Ostrowski (29 October 1892 – 22 November 1982) was a Polish politician, best known for serving as the last Polish Mayor of Lwow, and was President of Poland- in-exile. Life and career Ostrowski was born in Lemberg, Kingdom of Galici ...

. Ostrowski named Urbański to be his 42nd

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, a post he held from 18 July 1972 to 15 July 1976. Urbański had a noble heritage (''

szlachta The ''szlachta'' (; ; ) were the nobility, noble estate of the realm in the Kingdom of Poland, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. Depending on the definition, they were either a warrior "caste" or a social ...

'').

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Urbanski, Alfred 1899 births 1983 deaths 20th-century Polish nobility Polish Socialist Party politicians Prime ministers of Poland