Janusz Lewandowski (diplomat)

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]

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 byMieczysław Maneli
Succeeded byLudwik Klockowski
Personal details
Born(1931-03-10)10 March 1931
Warsaw, Second Polish Republic
Died13 August 2013(2013-08-13) (aged 82)
Alma materTaras Shevchenko University
Lewandowski's grave

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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  1. ^ a b c d e "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"