Stanisław Wyganowski

Stanisław Wyganowski (Polish: [staˈɲi.swaf vɘ̟.ɡaˈnɔf.ski]; 7 December 1919 – 13 October 2017) was a politician, economist and urban planner. From 1990 to 1994, he was the mayor of Warsaw, Poland, and in 1990 was also the voivode of the Warsaw Voivodeship. Wyganowsk served as an independent politician.

Biography Stanisław Wyganowski was born on 7 December 1919 in Ligota, a village now located in Łask County in Łódź Voivodeship, Poland. His parents were Stefan Wyganowski and Maria Karnkowska. His father came from noble family from the clan of Łodzia, and was a member of Sejm of Poland from 1935 to 1938. He also had a sister Zofia. In September 1939, Wyganowski served in the Polish Armed Forces during the German invasion of Poland in the Second World War. Later during the conflict, he also served in the Home Army resistance, took part in the Operation Tempest, and was in the 2nd Warsaw Infantry Division of the Polish People's Army. Wyganowski graduated from the SGH Warsaw School of Economics with a Master's Degree in economics. In 1950, he began working in city planning institutions in Warsaw, including for the Institute of Housing Construction, the Institute of Urbanistics and Architecture, the Warsaw South–East Project Bureau, and the Warsaw Voivodeship Urbanistics Workshop. In the early 1970s, he was a director of the Institute of Urbanistics of Architecture. From 1968 to 1972, he was a member of the Spacial Development Comittie, and the Architecture and Urbanistics Committee of the Polish Academy of…Citește mai mult

Private life From 1940, he was married to Elżbieta Targowska (1918–2001). Together they had 3 children.

Published works Jutro wielka Warszawa (1993, Związek Dzielnic-Gmin Warszawy)

Awards and decorations Commander's Cross with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta (2015) Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (1994)

Gold Cross of Merit Medal of the 10th Anniversary of People's Poland (1955)

Cross of the Home Army Titile of the Honorary Citizen of Warsaw (2012)