Roman Odzierzyński

{{Short description|Polish politician}}

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Roman Władysław Odzierzyński (28 February 1892, Lviv{{cite book |last1=Moszumański |first1=Zbigniew |title=Centra wyszkolenia obrony przeciwlotniczej (1921-1939) |date=2003 |publisher=Oficyna Wydawnicza "Ajaks" |isbn=978-83-88773-73-0 |page=115 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Centra_wyszkolenia_obrony_przeciwlotnicz/-tYhAQAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=Roman+Odzierzy%C5%84ski+%2228+lutego+1892%22&dq=Roman+Odzierzy%C5%84ski+%2228+lutego+1892%22&printsec=frontcover |access-date=28 December 2024 |language=pl}} – 9 July 1975, London{{cite web |title=Odzierzyński Roman Władysław, Encyklopedia PWN: źródło wiarygodnej i rzetelnej wiedzy |url=https://encyklopedia.pwn.pl/haslo/;3950121.html |website=encyklopedia.pwn.pl |access-date=28 December 2024 |language=pl}}) was a Polish politician. He was the 35th Prime Minister of Poland, and 5th prime minister in the Polish Government in Exile from 1950 until 1953.{{Cite web |title=Roman Odzierzyński – od armat po fotel premiera |trans-title=Roman Odzierzyński – from cannons to the prime minister's chair |url=https://polskieradio.pl/39/156/artykul/1472810,roman-odzierzynski-%E2%80%93-od-armat-po-fotel-premiera |access-date=2024-02-04 |website=PolskieRadio.pl |language=pl-PL}}{{Cite book |last=Roo |first=Hans |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8m_NAAAAMAAJ |title=POLEN: Sonderdruck: Polen in der Besatzungszeit |date=1959 |publisher=Böhlau Verlag |pages=681 |language=de}}

Following the Invasion of Poland, he fled with the army through Romania to France. He served as an artillery commander with the Polish Army in the East{{cite book |title=Dzieje najnowsze |date=2004 |publisher=Państwowe Wydawn. Naukowe, Oddział w Łodzi |page=190 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Dzieje_najnowsze/2KwjAQAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=Roman+Odzierzy%C5%84ski+%22dow%C3%B3dca+artylerii%22+Armia+Polska+na+Wschodzie&dq=Roman+Odzierzy%C5%84ski+%22dow%C3%B3dca+artylerii%22+Armia+Polska+na+Wschodzie&printsec=frontcover |access-date=28 December 2024 |language=pl}} and the Polish II Corps, rising to the rank of brigadier general.{{cite book |last1=Kunert |first1=Andrzej Krzysztof |title=Rzeczpospolita Polska czasu wojny: rozkazy Naczelnego Wodza do żołnierzy 1939-1945 |date=1997 |publisher=Wydawn. KOPIA Sp. z o.o. |isbn=978-83-86290-19-2 |page=162 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Rzeczpospolita_Polska_czasu_wojny/twhnAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=Roman+Odzierzy%C5%84ski+%22dow%C3%B3dca+artylerii%22+Armia+Polska+na+Wschodzie&dq=Roman+Odzierzy%C5%84ski+%22dow%C3%B3dca+artylerii%22+Armia+Polska+na+Wschodzie&printsec=frontcover |access-date=28 December 2024 |language=pl}}

For his services, he was awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta.{{cite web |title=Komunikat o nadaniu Orderu Odrodzenia Polsk - 1975 |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140308211209/http://eprints.hist.pl/333/1/1975-12-31_nr2.pdf |website=eprints.hist.pl |access-date=28 December 2024}}