Marian Bogdan Cieplak (9 January 1893,
Tarnopol
Ternópil ( uk, Тернопіль, Ternopil' ; pl, Tarnopol; yi, טאַרנאָפּל, Tarnopl, or ; he, טארנופול (טַרְנוֹפּוֹל), Tarnopol; german: Tarnopol) is a city in the west of Ukraine. Administratively, Ternopi ...
,
Austrian Poland (now Ternopil,
Ukraine) - 19 July 1996 in
Ocala, Florida
Ocala ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Marion County within the northern region of Florida, United States. As of the 2020 United States Census, the city's population was 63,591, making it the 54th most populated city in Florida.
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,
United States) was a Polish diplomat and statesman, recipient of many awards and decorations.
[Małgorzata Smogorzewska, Posłowie i senatorowie Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej 1919-1939. Słownik biograficzny, tom I: A-D, Wydawnictwo Sejmowe, Warszawa 1998]
Member of the
Sejm of 1, 2, 3, and 5 convocations of the
Second Polish Republic
The Second Polish Republic, at the time officially known as the Republic of Poland, was a country in Central Europe, Central and Eastern Europe that existed between 1918 and 1939. The state was established on 6 November 1918, before the end of ...
.
Following
World War II he lived in the US, where he performed various diplomatic functions for Poland and was active in American
Polonia.
In 1991 he was pronounced honorary citizen of
Turek
Turek is a town in central Poland with 31,282 inhabitants . It is the capital of Turek County in the Greater Poland Voivodeship.
History
Turek is first mentioned in the historical record 1136, when it was listed as belonging to the archbishop ...
.
References
1893 births
1996 deaths
Politicians from Ternopil
People from the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria
Polish Austro-Hungarians
Polish People's Party "Piast" politicians
Stronnictwo Chłopskie politicians
Nonpartisan Bloc for Cooperation with the Government politicians
Members of the Sejm of the Second Polish Republic (1922–1927)
Members of the Sejm of the Second Polish Republic (1928–1930)
Members of the Sejm of the Second Polish Republic (1938–1939)
Diplomats of the Second Polish Republic
Men centenarians
Polish centenarians
Polish emigrants to the United States
Polish people of the Polish–Ukrainian War
Polish people of the Polish–Soviet War
Recipients of the Cross of Independence
Recipients of the Cross of Valour (Poland)
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