Janusz Lewandowski (diplomat) explained

Janusz Lewandowski
Office:Commissioner of the International Control Commission for Vietnam
Term Start:1966
Term End:1967
serving with M. A. Rahman and Victor Campbell Moore/Ormond Dier
Predecessor:Mieczysław Maneli
Successor:Ludwik Klockowski
Birth Date:10 March 1931
Birth Place:Warsaw, Second Polish Republic
Alma Mater:Taras Shevchenko University

Janusz Lewandowski (10 March 1931 – 13 August 2013) was a Polish 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]

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Notes and References

  1. https://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/03/world/europe/janusz-lewandowski-82-polish-peace-envoy-in-vietnam-dies.html "Janusz Lewandowski, 82, Polish Peace Envoy in Vietnam, Dies"
  2. James G. Hershberg, "Marigold: The Lost Chance for Peace in Vietnam ", 2012,
  3. Cemetery location: "Kwatera D24-rząd 18 grób 1"