The Council for War Veterans and Victims of Oppression is an advisory body, that cooperates with the Head of the Office for War Veterans and Victims of Oppression.
Members of the Council are appointed by the Head of the Office from Veterans and Victims of Oppression, concerning the correct representation of all organisations. The Council consists of 12 to 15 members, who perform their functions voluntarily and elect among themselves a chairman, his deputies and a secretary.
The Council is entitled to:
- evaluate the legislative initiatives udertaken by the Office,
- support proposals regarding issues important for Veterans and Victims of Oppression.
The Council can also address appeals and requests to the society, Veterans organisations as well as the national and local authorities.
The Council for War Veterans and Victims of Oppression
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Mr. Kordian Borejko President of the Executive Board of the Association of Siberian Deportees (Związek Sybiraków) |
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Lt. Col. Zbigniew Galperyn Vice President of the Association of Warsaw Insurgents (Związek Powstańców Warszawskich) |
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Ms. Janina Greenfield-Żbikowska Representing the Association of War Disabled Persons of the Republic of Poland (Związek Inwalidów Wojennych RP) |
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Mrs. President Karolina Kaczorowska Former First Lady of the Republic of Poland in exile, representing Polish emigrants |
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Maj. Maria Kowalewska Member of the World Association of Home Army Soldiers (Światowy Związek Żołnierzy Armii Krajowej)
and the Association of Soldiers of the National Armed Forces (Związek Żołnierzy Narodowych Sił Zbrojnych) |
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Lt. Col. Waldemar Kruszyński President of Warsaw District of the Freedom and Independence Veterans' Association (Zrzeszenie Wolność i Niezawisłość Stowarzyszenie Społeczno-Kombatanckie) |
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Mr. Janusz Maksymowicz Vice President of the Polish Society of War Veterans and Former Political Prisoners (Związek Kombatantów RP i Byłych Więźniów Politycznych) |
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Mr. Bogusław Nizieński Soldier of the Home Army, Polish lawyer, judge, in 1999-2004 Speaker of Public Interest, Knight of the Order of the White Eagle |
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Maj. Jadwiga Obrembalska President of the Executive Board of the Association of Former Political Prisoners of the Stalin Era (Związek Więźniów Politycznych Okresu Stalinowskiego) |
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Capt. Jerzy Pruszyński President of the Executive Board of the Association of Young Political Prisoners 1944-1956 „Jaworzniacy” (Związek Młodocianych Więźniów Politycznych lat 1944 – 1956 „Jaworzniacy”) |
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Ms. Anna Stupnicka-Bando President of the Polish Association of the Righteous Among the Nations (Polskie Towarzystwo Sprawiedliwych Wśród Narodów Świata) |
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Prof. Wojciech Wolski Association of members of the "Gray Ranks" WW2 scouting organisation (Stowarzyszenie Szarych Szeregów) |
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Col. Zbigniew Zaborowski PhD President of the Polish Association of Peasants' Battalions Soldiers (Ogólnopolski Związek Żołnierzy Batalionów Chłopskich) |
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Mr. Stanisław Zalewski President of the Executive Board of the Polish Association of the Former Political Prisoners of Nazi Prisons and Concentration Camps (Związek Byłych Więźniów Politycznych Hitlerowskich Więzień i Obozów Koncentracyjnych) |
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Maj. Prof. Leszek Żukowski President of the Executive Board of the World Association of Home Army Soldiers (Światowy Związek Żołnierzy Armii Krajowej) |