Provisional Government of National Unity

Republic of Poland
*Rzeczpospolita Polska* (Polish)
Republic of Poland Rzeczpospolita Polska (Polish)
1945-1947
	Flag Coat of arms
	Anthem: "Mazurek Dąbrowskiego"; English: "Poland Is Not Yet Lost";
	Polish People's Republic during Cold War
Status	Satellite state of the Soviet Union
Capital	Warsaw (de jure); Łódź (de facto)
Common languages	Polish (official); Silesian, Kashubian, German, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Rusyn, Romani, Lithuanian, Yiddish, Wymysorys
Religion	Catholic
Demonym(s)	Pole, Polish
Government	Unitary Marxist–Leninist provisional government
President of KRN
• 1947	Bolesław Bierut
Prime Minister
• 1947	E. Osóbka-Morawski
History
• Establishment	28 June
• Small constitution	19 February
Currency	Polish złoty
Preceded by	Succeeded by
	Provisional Government of the Republic of Poland (Soviet-backed, otherwise unrecognised)
	Polish government-in-exile (widely recognised)
	Eastern territories of Allied-occupied Germany
Polish People's Republic (UN member, widely recognised)
Polish government-in-exile (limited international recognition until 19 October 1972)
Territory of Poland ceded to Soviet Union
Third Czechoslovak Republic
Today part of	Poland; Czech Republic; Slovakia; Ukraine; Belarus; Lithuania

The Provisional Government of National Unity (Polish: Tymczasowy Rząd Jedności Narodowej, TRJN) was a puppet government formed by the decree of the State National Council (Krajowa Rada Narodowa, KRN) on 28 June 1945 as a result of reshuffling the Soviet-backed Provisional Government of the Republic of Poland established by the Polish Workers' Party (Polska Partia Robotnicza, PPR) through inclusion of politicians from the close political sphere of Stanisław Mikołajczyk, the former prime minister of the Polish government-in-exile based in London. Inclusion of the latter group provided an excuse for the Western allies to approve tacitly the fait accompli of Poland becoming part of the Soviet sphere of influence, and to legitimise the Warsaw government while withdrawing their recognition of the Polish government-in-exile.

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