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Mieczysław Cygan (born 2 August 1921 in Koniuszki, died 7 April 2006 in Warsaw) - Polish military commander, Brigadier General of the Polish Army, military governor of Gdańsk (1982–1988), Secretary General of the Council for the Protection of Struggle and Martyrdom Sites (1989–1990).
Honours and awards
- Commander's Cross with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta, previously awarded Commander's Cross, Officer's Cross and the Knight's Cross
- Order of the Banner of Work, first and second classes
- Order of the Grunwald Cross, 3rd class
- Gold Cross of Merit
- Silver Cross of Merit
- Medal of the 10th-Anniversary of People's Poland
- Medal of the 30th-Anniversary of People's Poland
- Medal of the 40th-Anniversary of People's Poland
- Medal for participation in the defensive war in 1939
- Medal of Warsaw 1939-1945
- Medal for Odra, Nysa, the Baltic
- Medal of Victory and Freedom 1945
- Gold Medal of the Armed Forces in the Service of the Fatherland
- Medal "For the Capture of Berlin"
- Gold Medal of Merit for National Defence
- Medal of the National Education Commission
- Badge of the 1000th anniversary of the Polish State
- Commander of the Order of Skanderbeg (Albania)
- Czechoslovak War Cross (Czechoslovakia) 1939
- Bronze Medal of the Brotherhood of Arms (German Democratic Republic)
- Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class (USSR)
- Medal "For the Liberation of Warsaw" (USSR)
- Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" (USSR)
- Jubilee Medal "60 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
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- 1921 births
- 2006 deaths
- People from Przemyśl County
- Polish generals
- Commanders with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta
- Recipients of the Order of the Banner of Work
- Recipients of the Order of the Cross of Grunwald, 3rd class
- Recipients of the Gold Cross of Merit (Poland)
- Recipients of the Order of Skanderbeg (1925–45)
- Recipients of the Czechoslovak War Cross
- Polish deportees to Soviet Union
- Recipients of the Medal of the 10th Anniversary of the People's Republic of Poland
- Recipients of the Medal of the 40th Anniversary of the People's Republic of Poland
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