Aleksander Litwinowicz
{{Short description|Polish general}}
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|birth_date=1879
|death_date=1948
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- Second Deputy Minister of War and Chief of Army Administration
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Aleksander Litwinowicz (1879–1948) was a Polish general who was a member of Polish Independence Organizations before World War I and a member of the Polish Legions during the war. Litwinowicz was promoted to general in 1924. From 1936 to 1939 he was the Second Deputy Minister of War and Chief of Army Administration.
In 1920, he became the first president of the Legia Military Sports Club.{{Cite web |title=Aleksander Litwinowicz |url=http://generalowie2rp.pl/aleksander-litwinowicz/ |access-date=2023-11-09 |website=Generałowie II Rzeczypospolitej |language=pl-PL}}
Honours and awards
- Silver Cross of the Virtuti Militari
- Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta
- Cross of Independence
- Order of the Cross of the Eagle, Class II (Estonia, 1935)
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Category:Military personnel from Saint Petersburg
Category:Polish legionnaires (World War I)
Category:Recipients of the Silver Cross of the Virtuti Militari
Category:Recipients of the Military Order of the Cross of the Eagle, Class II
Category:Commanders of the Order of Polonia Restituta
Category:Recipients of the Cross of Independence
Category:Lviv Polytechnic alumni
Category:Legia Warsaw directors and chairmen
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