Stanisław Wyganowski (7 December 1919 – 13 October 2017) was a politician, economist and urban planner. From 1990 to 1994, he was the

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, and in 1990 was also the

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of the Warsaw Voivodeship.

Biography

Stanisław Wyganowski was born on 7 December 1919 in Ligota, a village now located in

Łask County __NOTOC__ Łask County ( pl, powiat łaski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Łódź Voivodeship, central Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms pass ...

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. His parents were Stefan Wyganowski and Maria Karnkowska. His father came from noble family of the Łodzia heraldic clan, and was a member of

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from 1935 to 1938. He also had a sister Zofia. Wyganowski had served in the

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during the 1939 German invasion on Poland in the

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. Later during the conflict, he served in the

Home Army The Home Army ( pl, Armia Krajowa, abbreviated AK; ) was the dominant resistance movement in German-occupied Poland during World War II. The Home Army was formed in February 1942 from the earlier Związek Walki Zbrojnej (Armed Resistance) esta ...

resistance, took part in the

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, and was in the 2nd Warsaw Infantry Division of the

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. He had graduated from the

SGH Warsaw School of Economics SGH Warsaw School of Economics ( pl, Szkoła Główna Handlowa w Warszawie, ''SGH''Master's Degree A master's degree (from Latin ) is an academic degree awarded by universities or colleges upon completion of a course of study demonstrating mastery or a high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice.

in economics. In 1950 he begun working in city planning institutions in

. Among them were: the Institute of Housing Construction, Warsaw South-East Project Bureau, Warsaw Voivodeship Urbanistics Workshop, and the Institute of Urbanistics of Architecture. In the early 1970s, he was a director of the last one. From 1968 to 1972, he was a member of the Spacial Development Comittie, and the Architecture and Urbanistics Committee of the

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. From 1968 to 1973 he was a member of the upper management of the Polish Urbanists Society, and became its chairperson in 1997. Grom 1974 to 1980 he worked in

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, where he was part of the team that designed urbanist plans of

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. From 1980 he was a

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in the Institute of the Environmental Management. In the 1980s he was an activist of the

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trade union. On 30 January 1990, Prime Minister

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appointed him as the

of Warsaw. Simultaneously, from 30 January 1990 to May 1990 he was also the

of the Warsaw Voivodeship, until the office was separated into a distinct function. Following the 1990 local elections he was reelected for the office, being appointed on 25 June 1990. Wyganowsk was the first mayor of the city to be appointed following the

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from the government of the

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to the

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. As the mayor, he had organized the new city government and planned the tasks for the city development in the following years. In his office, he was also a chairperson of the International Association of Peace Messenger Cities, and was Polish delegate to the

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of the

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, deputy chairperson of the State and Local Government Commission of the Office of the Council of Ministers, and co-founder and chairporson of the Polish Metropoleis Union. In 1993, he had published a book ''Jutro wielka Warszawa'' (from

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: ''Tomorrow Grand Warsaw''). He was in the office until 5 October 1994. During 1993 parliamentary election, he had unsuccessfully candidated to the

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, as a candidate of the

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. In 2014, he had endorsed

Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz Hanna Beata Gronkiewicz-Waltz (, born 4 November 1952) is a Polish politician and lawyer, Professor of Jurisprudence and politician who served as the city mayor of Warsaw between 2006 and 2018. She is the first woman to hold this position. Life ...

in her re-election campaign for the mayor of Warsaw. He was also a member of the Committee of the Support for the

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in Warsaw. Wyganowski died on 13 October 2017 in Warsaw, and was buried at the cemetery in

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Private life

From 1940, he was married to Elżbieta Targowska (1918–2001). Together they had 3 children.

Published works

* ''Jutro wielka Warszawa'' (1993, Związek Dzielnic-Gmin Warszawy)

Awards and decorations

Commander's Cross with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta The Order of Polonia Restituta ( pl, Order Odrodzenia Polski, en, Order of Restored Poland) is a Polish state order established 4 February 1921. It is conferred on both military and civilians as well as on foreigners for outstanding achievement ...

(2015) * Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (1994) *

Gold Cross of Merit The Cross of Merit () is a Polish civil state decoration established on 23 June 1923, to recognize services to the state. History At the time of its establishment in 1923, the Cross of Merit was the highest civilian award in Poland. It was awa ...

Medal of the 10th Anniversary of People's Poland The Medal of the 10th Anniversary of People's Poland (Polish: ''Medal 10-lecia Polski Ludowej'') is a former Polish civil state award established by the Council of State on 23 May 1954 to recognize services to the state. It was created to mark ...

(1955) *

Medal for Long Marital Life The Medal for Long Marital Life ( pl, Medal Za Długoletnie Pożycie Małżeńskie) is a Polish medal established on February 17, 1960. It is awarded to couples who have been married for at least 50 years. It is a round, silver medal with six (6) ...

(1995) * Cross of the Home Army * Titile of the Honorary Citizen of Warsaw (2012)

References

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