Hugon Hanke

Hugon Hanke (1904 – 19 December 1964) was a Polish politician, best known for being a Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland in Exile (in 1955) and for his unexcepted return to the Communist-ruled country while serving as PM.

He was involved in politics during the Second Polish Republic before World War II. He was an active member of the Christian Workers Union (Chrześcijańskie Związki Zawodowe) and of the Labour Party (Stronnictwo Pracy) in Silesia.

During the war he served as a soldier in the Polish army in the West.

After Prime Minister in Exile Stanisław Mackiewicz fled back to Poland, Hanke was named as his successor by President August Zaleski and served from 8 August to 10 September 1955.

Like his predecessor, he left London and fled to Poland.

According to many documents, he was, before his return to Poland, a Communist secret agent for over three years.

Hugon Hanke Government (8 August – 10 September 1955)

Hugon Hanke - Prime Minister
Kazimierz Okulicz - Minister of Justice
Zygmunt Rusinek - Minister of the Emigration Affairs
Stanisław Sopicki - Minister of the Treasury, Labour and Trade
General Michał Karaszewicz-Tokarzewski - Minister of the National Defense and General Inspector of the Armed Forces
Antoni Pająk - Minister of the Congressional Works

Preceded by Stanisław Mackiewicz	Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland in Exile 1955	Succeeded by Antoni Pająk

Prime Minister of Poland

Duchy of Warsaw (1807–1813)	Stanisław Małachowski Ludwik Szymon Gutakowski Józef Poniatowski (acting) Stanisław Kostka Potocki

Kingdom of Poland (1916–1918)	Kucharzewski Ponikowski Kanty Steczkowski Świeżyński Wróblewski

Second Polish Republic (1918–1939)	Daszyński Moraczewski Paderewski Skulski Grabski Witos Ponikowski Śliwiński Nowak Sikorski Witos Grabski Skrzyński Witos Bartel Piłsudski Bartel Świtalski Bartel Sławek Piłsudski Sławek Prystor Jędrzejewicz Kozłowski Sławek Zyndram-Kościałkowski Składkowski

Polish government-in-exile (1939–1990)	Sikorski Mikołajczyk Arciszewski Bór-Komorowski Tomaszewski Odzierzyński Hryniewski Mackiewicz Hanke Pająk Zawisza Muchniewski Urbański Sabbat Szczepanik

Polish People's Republic (1944–1989)	Osóbka-Morawski Cyrankiewicz Bierut Cyrankiewicz Jaroszewicz Babiuch Pińkowski Jaruzelski Messner Rakowski Kiszczak Mazowiecki

Third Polish Republic (1989–present)	Mazowiecki Bielecki Olszewski Pawlak Suchocka Pawlak Oleksy Cimoszewicz Buzek Miller Belka Marcinkiewicz Kaczyński Tusk Kopacz Szydło

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 22021526 LCCN: nr94000745

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