Wincenty Rzymowski was a Polish

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

 politician and writer.

In interwar Poland he was a member of the Democratic Party

Democratic Party (Poland)

The Democratic Party is a Polish centrist party. The party faced a revival in 2009, when it was joined by liberal politician Paweł Piskorski, formerly member of Civic Platform.-History:The party was established on April 15, 1939...

 and a known publicist. In a controversy involving allegations of plagiarism

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, he was forced to resign his membership in the Polish Academy of Literature.

During WWII he began collaborating with the Soviets. He joined the Union of Polish Patriots

Union of Polish Patriots

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, was a Minister of Arts and Culture in the Polish Committee of National Liberation

Polish Committee of National Liberation

The Polish Committee of National Liberation , also known as the Lublin Committee, was a provisional government of Poland, officially proclaimed 21 July 1944 in Chełm under the direction of State National Council in opposition to the Polish government in exile...

 and a Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Provisional Government of National Unity

Provisional Government of National Unity

The Provisional Government of National Unity was a government formed by a decree of the State National Council on 28 June 1945. It was created as a coalition government between Polish Communists and the Polish government-in-exile...

. He represented Poland during the signing of the United Nations Charter

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. He was also a deputy to the State National Council

State National Council

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 and Legislative Sejm

Legislative Sejm

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. From 1947 till the end of his life he was a minister without portfolio

Minister without Portfolio

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in the Polish government.