Florian Siwicki

Florian Siwicki
Birth nameFlorian Siwicki
Born(1925-01-10)10 January 1925
Łuck, Poland (today Ukraine)
Died11 March 2013(2013-03-11) (aged 88)
Warsaw, Poland
Allegiance Poland
Polish People's Republic
Service / branchRed Army, Polish People's Army
Years of service1942–1990
RankArmy general
UnitMotorized infantry (mortar and recoilless rifle)
Commands8th Infantry Division
2nd Army
Silesian Military District
Chief of General Staff of the Polish Army
Minister of National Defense
Battles / warsWorld War II Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia
Martial law in Poland
AwardsCross 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 workPolitician

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.