Janusz Lewandowski (diplomat)
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Warsaw, Second Polish Republic
Janusz Lewandowski | |
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| Commissioner of the International Control Commission for Vietnam | |
| In office 1966 – 1967 serving with M. A. Rahman and Victor Campbell Moore/Ormond Dier | |
| Preceded by | Mieczysław Maneli |
| Succeeded by | Ludwik Klockowski |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 March 1931 Warsaw, Second Polish Republic |
| Died | 13 August 2013 (aged 82) |
| Alma mater | Taras Shevchenko University |
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Janusz Lewandowski (10 March 1931 – 13 August 2013) was a Polish People’s Republic diplomat, known for arranging the Operation Marigold, a failed secret attempt to reach a compromise solution to the Vietnam War.[1][2]
In 1955 he graduated from Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, then Ukrainian SSR and afterwards held various positions at the Polish foreign ministry.[1]
At the time when he started arranging the Vietnam talks, officially he was a representative at the International Control Commission set up to monitor the ceasefire in the divided Vietnam.[1]
Later he served as an ambassador to a number of countries and retired in 1991.[1]
Lewandowski died of cancer in 2013[1] and was interred at the Powązki Military Cemetery.[3]
