Florian Siwicki

Florian Siwicki
Birth name	Florian Siwicki
Born	(1925-01-10)10 January 1925 Łuck, Poland (today Ukraine)
Died	11 March 2013(2013-03-11) (aged 88) Warsaw, Poland
Allegiance	Poland Polish People's Republic
Service/branch	Red Army, Polish People's Army
Years of service	1942–1990
Rank	General of the army
Unit	Motorized infantry (mortar and recoilless rifle)
Commands held	8th Infantry Division 2nd Army Silesian Military District Chief of General Staff of the Polish Army Minister of National Defense
Battles/wars	World War II Battle of Smolensk East Pomeranian Offensive Vistula–Oder Offensive Prague Offensive Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia Martial law in Poland
Awards	Cross of Valour-1944 Partisan Cross-1945 Medal of Victory and Freedom 1945-1946 Medal for the Oder, Neisse and Baltics-1945 Order of the Cross of Grunwald-1983 Medal of the Armed Forces in the Service of the Fatherland-1956 Medal of Merit for National Defence-1968 Order of the Red Banner-1945 Order of the October Revolution-1969 Medal "For the Liberation of Prague"-1946 Medal "For the Liberation of Warsaw"-1946 Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"-1946 Medal of the 10th Anniversary of People's Poland-1954 Medal of the 30th Anniversary of People's Poland Medal of the 40th Anniversary of People's Poland
Other work	Politician

Florian Siwicki (Polish pronunciation: [ˈflɔrjan ɕiˈvit͡skʲi]; 10 January 1925 – 11 March 2013) was a Polish military officer, diplomat and communist politician. He was a generał in the Polish Army and Minister of Defense of Poland from 1983 to 1990.