Henryk Jabłoński

Henryk Jabłoński


5th Chairman of the Council of State of the People's Republic of Poland
In office 28 March 1972 – 6 November 1985
Preceded by	Józef Cyrankiewicz
Succeeded by	Wojciech Jaruzelski
Personal details
Born	27 December 1909 Stary Waliszew, Warsaw Governorate, Congress Poland, Russian Empire
Died	27 January 2003 (aged 93) Warsaw, Poland
Nationality	Polish
Political party	Polish Socialist Party Polish United Workers' Party
Profession	Historian

Henryk Jabłoński (Polish pronunciation: [ˈxɛnrɨk jaˈbwɔɲskʲi]; 27 December 1909 – 27 January 2003) was a Polish Socialist. After 1948, he became a Communist politician, as well as a historian and professor at Warsaw University. He served as head of state of the People's Republic of Poland between 1972 and 1985.

Jabłoński was born in Stary Waliszew in the Warsaw Governorate of Congress Poland. From 1931, he was a member of the Polish Socialist Party (PPS). During World War II he fought in the battle of Narvik (Norway) and then joined the French Resistance. In 1945 Jabłoński become a member of the State National Council (KRN), and during the years 1946 and 1948 he had high functions in the PPS (chairman of Central State Committee and its vice-leader). He approved joining the PPS with the Polish Workers' Party (PPR, Polska Partia Robotnicza).

From 1947 to 1972, he was a deputy to the Sejm. In 1948 he was appointed professor at Warsaw University (from 1952 member of Polish Academy of Sciences – PAN). Between 1948 and 1981, Henryk Jabłoński was in the Central Committee of the Polish United Workers' Party (KC PZPR).