Janusz Lewandowski (diplomat)

Janusz Lewandowski
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	(1931-03-10)10 March 1931 Warsaw, Second Polish Republic
Died	13 August 2013(2013-08-13) (aged 82)
Alma mater	Taras Shevchenko University

Lewandowski's grave

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]

Awards

• Order of Polonia Restituta, Knight's Cross, Poland
• Order of Polonia Restituta, Officer's Cross, Poland
• Order of Prince Henry, Portugal
• Order of Sukhbaatar, Mongolian People's Republic

References

1. "Janusz Lewandowski, 82, Polish Peace Envoy in Vietnam, Dies", by DOUGLAS MARTIN 2 September 2013, The New York Times
2. James G. Hershberg, "Marigold: The Lost Chance for Peace in Vietnam ", 2012, ISBN 978-0-804-77884-8
3. Cemetery location: "Kwatera D24-rząd 18 grób 1"