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The Council of Three ( pl, Rada Trzech, ) was a collegial body created by the Polish Government in Exile in 1954 with
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s of the
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. It consisted of three members of the government chosen by the Rada Jedności Narodowej (''Council of National Unity''), a rump parliament in exile. It was created in 1954, after president
August Zaleski August Zaleski (13 September 1883 – 7 April 1972) was a Polish economist, freemason, politician, and diplomat. Twice Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland, he served as President of Poland- in-exile. Life and career A ...
declined to leave his office after his seven-year term ended. According to the Polish April 1935
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, the legal basis for the existence of the government in exile, the president was allowed to choose his successor "during a war, in case his office falls vacant before the peace treaty is signed". The post-war ''Akt Zjednoczenia Narodowego'' (''National Unity Act'') agreement among all the major political parties assumed that presidents were to choose their successors every seven years; however, this was rejected by Zaleski. Initially, the ''Rada Trzech'' was a self-proclaimed committee of opposition to Zaleski, but on 21 July 1956 the ''Rada Jedności Narodowej'' granted it powers of the Polish
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. It was dissolved in July 1972, following August Zaleski's death on 7 April that year. The ''Rada Trzech'' ceded its powers to Zaleski's successor, Stanisław Ostrowski.


Members

The members of the Rada Trzech were: * General
Władysław Anders ) , birth_name = Władysław Albert Anders , birth_date = , birth_place = Krośniewice-Błonie, Warsaw Governorate, Congress Poland, Russian Empire , death_date = , death_place = London, England, United Kingdom , serviceyear ...
(until 1970) * Edward Raczyński (until 1972) *
Tomasz Arciszewski Tomasz Stefan Arciszewski (; 4 November 1877 – 20 November 1955) was a Polish socialist politician, a member of the Polish Socialist Party and the 31st Prime Minister of Poland, 3rd Prime Minister of the Polish government-in-exile in London fro ...
(until 1955)
Tomasz Arciszewski Tomasz Stefan Arciszewski (; 4 November 1877 – 20 November 1955) was a Polish socialist politician, a member of the Polish Socialist Party and the 31st Prime Minister of Poland, 3rd Prime Minister of the Polish government-in-exile in London fro ...
died in 1955. His place was taken by: * General
Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski Generał Tadeusz Komorowski (1 June 1895 – 24 August 1966), better known by the name Bór-Komorowski (after one of his wartime code-names: ''Bór'' – "The Forest") was a Polish military leader. He was appointed commander in chief a day bef ...
(1956-1966) * General Roman Odzierzyński (1966-1968) * Stanisław Mglej (1968-1969) * Alfred Urbański (1969-1972)
Władysław Anders ) , birth_name = Władysław Albert Anders , birth_date = , birth_place = Krośniewice-Błonie, Warsaw Governorate, Congress Poland, Russian Empire , death_date = , death_place = London, England, United Kingdom , serviceyear ...
died in 1970. His place was taken by: * General Stanisław Kopański (1970-1972)


See also

* Polish Government in Exile {{Presidents of Poland Polish People's Republic