Zygmunt Załęski (February 13, 1892 – January 12, 1966 in

Warsaw Warsaw, officially the Capital City of Warsaw, is the capital and List of cities and towns in Poland, largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the Vistula, River Vistula in east-central Poland. Its population is officially estimated at ...

), pseudonym ''Gnatowski'', was a Polish national movement activist, politician and publicist. He was imprisoned during the years of 1950–1953, rehabilitated in 1956. Załęski was a participant of

Silesian Uprisings The Silesian Uprisings (; ; ) were a series of three uprisings from August 1919 to July 1921 in Upper Silesia, which was part of the Weimar Republic at the time. Ethnic Polish and Polish-Silesian insurrectionists, seeking to have the area tran ...

. He was also a member of

Polish People's Party "Wyzwolenie" Polish Peasant Party "Wyzwolenie" or Polish People's Party "Wyzwolenie" (Polish: ''Polskie Stronnictwo Ludowe "Wyzwolenie"'', abbreviated as PSL Wyzwolenie) — ''Wyzwolenie'' is Polish for ''Liberation'', and many sources translate the pa ...

(''Polskie Stronnictwo Ludowe "Wyzwolenie"''; since 1918), co-creator and chairman (1928–1929) of Związek Młodzieży Wiejskiej Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej Wici, organiser and chairman of Slavic Union of Village Youth (''Słowiański Związek Młodzieży Wiejskiej''), managing director of Agriculture Department of

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(1941–1945), chairman of Society of People's Universities (''Towarzystwo Uniwersytetów Ludowych''), activist of

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(''Polskie Stronnictwo Ludowe'') and United People's Party (''Zjednoczone Stronnictwo Ludowe''), deputy of

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(''Krajowa Rada Narodowa'') and Sejm Ustawodawczy (1947–1950), deputy of

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(1957–1965).

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* * 1892 births 1966 deaths People from Pułtusk County People from Łomża Governorate Polish People's Party "Wyzwolenie" politicians People's Party (Poland) politicians Polish People's Party (1945–1949) politicians United People's Party (Poland) politicians Members of the State National Council Members of the Polish Sejm 1947–1952 Members of the Polish Sejm 1957–1961 Members of the Polish Sejm 1961–1965 Silesian Uprisings participants {{Poland-Sejm-politician-stub