Hilary Minc (24 August 1905 – 26 November 1974) was a Polish economist and communist politician prominent during Stalinist Poland. Minc was born into a middle class Jewish family; his parents were Oskar Minc and Stefania née Fajersztajn. In 1921 Minc joined the Communist Party of Poland, which was later eliminated by the Comintern before World War II. He studied law and economics in Poland and France, where he obtained a doctorate before being expelled by the authorities in 1928. During World War II he was exiled in the Soviet Union, where he participated in the founding and activities of the
Hilary Minc (24 August 1905 – 26 November 1974) was a Polish economist and communist politician prominent during Stalinist Poland. Minc was born into a middle class Jewish family; his parents were Oskar Minc and Stefania née Fajersztajn. In 1921 Minc joined the Communist Party of Poland, which was later eliminated by the Comintern before World War II. He studied law and economics in Poland and France, where he obtained a doctorate before being expelled by the authorities in 1928. During World War II he was exiled in the Soviet Union, where he participated in the founding and activities of the Union of Polish Patriots. As an officer in the Polish People's Army, he fought on the Eastern Front and received military decorations, including the Virtuti Militari. Between 1944 and 1956, he was a member of the Politburo of the Polish Workers' Party (PPR) and then the Polish United Workers' Party (PZPR). Minc was a top-ranking member of Bolesław Bierut's political apparatus from 1948, together with Jakub Berman. He served as minister of industry and commerce and deputy prime minister for economic affairs during the Stalinist period in the Polish People's Republic (until 1956). Although his main responsibility was economy,…
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Awards and decorations
Order of the Builders of People's Poland (1954)
Order of the Banner of Labour, 1st Class (1955)
Commander's Cross with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta (19 July 1946)
Order of the Cross of Grunwald, 2nd Class (3 January 1945)
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Silver Cross of Virtuti Militari
Silver Medal For Merit on the Field of Glory
Medal for Warsaw 1939–1945 (17 January 1946)
Grand Cross of Order of the White Lion (Czechoslovakia, 1947)
Commander Grand Cross of the Order of the Lion of Finland (Finland, 1948)
Order of 9 September 1944, 1st Class (Bulgaria, 1948)
Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd Class (USSR)
