Leon Kasman
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| Chief editor of Trybuna Ludu | |
| In office 8 September 1944 – December 1953 | |
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| Born | 28 October 1905 Łódź, Congress Poland, Russian Empire (today Poland) |
| Died | 12 July 1984(1984-07-12) (aged 78) Warsaw, Poland |
| Resting place | Powązki Military Cemetery |
| Citizenship | Poland |
| Nationality | Polish Jewish |
| Political party | Polish United Worker's Party |
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Leon Kasman, pseudonyms "Adam," "Bolek," "Janowski," "Zygmunt"[1] (born 28 October 1905 in Łódź; died 12 July 1984 in Warsaw) was a Polish communist journalist and politician of Jewish descent.[2][3] Head of the propaganda and agitation department of the Central Committee of the Polish Workers' Party.[4]
He was a first editor-in-chief of the Trybuna Ludu daily, deputy to the Sejm of the Polish People's Republic. As a result of the conflicts within the communist party, Kasman resigned from this function in December 1953.[5] He was among the “Puławianie"[6] faction in PZPR. Leon Kasman died in 1984 and was buried at the Powązki Military CemeteryinWarsaw.
