Roman Paszkowski
1914–1998 (age 84)
Biography
Roman Paszkowski (19 July 1914 – 16 August 1998) was a Polish military officer. He was participant of the defensive war of 1939, wounded twice during combat, prisoner of German Oflags (1939–1945), prisoner of the Stalinist period (1951–1955), commander of the 1st Anti-Aircraft Defense Corps (1959–1962), commander of the Polish Air Defence Force (1967–1976), ambassador of the Polish People's Republic to Angola (1976–1980), voivode of Katowice Voivodeship from 1981 to 1985, chairman of the Council for the Protection of Struggle and Martyrdom Sites from 1985 to 1990, member of the Polish People's Republic Sejm of the 9th term on behalf of the Polish United Workers' Party and also served as chairman of the Polish Army Generals' Club.