National Council of Poland ( pl, Rada Narodowa Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej) was a consulting and expert body of the
Polish government in exile
The Polish government-in-exile, officially known as the Government of the Republic of Poland in exile ( pl, Rząd Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej na uchodźstwie), was the government in exile of Poland formed in the aftermath of the Invasion of Pola ...
and
Polish president
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. The first council was formed in December 1939 and was disbanded in July 1941 in protest to the signing of the
Sikorski-Mayski Agreement. It was reactivated in February 1942, but disbanded again in March 1945 after the
Yalta Conference
The Yalta Conference (codenamed Argonaut), also known as the Crimea Conference, held 4–11 February 1945, was the World War II meeting of the heads of government of the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union to discuss the post ...
. The third and last council was formed in 1949, and finally disbanded, together with the entire government-in-exile, after the
fall of communism in Poland
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, in 1991.
Government of Poland
Poland in World War II
Polish People's Republic
History of Poland (1989–present)
Political history of Poland
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