page_title: Edward Szczepanik
section_title: Polish honours
hierarchical_section_title: Edward Szczepanik / Biography / Polish honours
caption_attribution_description: English: St. Alexander's church in Suwałki, Poland
context_page_description: Edward Franciszek Szczepanik was a Polish economist and the last Prime Minister of the Polish Government in Exile.
context_section_description: Szczepanik was honoured to be named a Knight of the Order of Polonia Restituta by the Polish Government in Exile in 1981. In 1982 he obtained the freedom of his native town Suwałki as its honorary citizen. The President of the Republic of Poland in London awarded him with a Commander's Star in 1985, to which a Grand Sash was added in 1989. 
  He was awarded the title of Doctor of Economic Science – Honoris Causa in 1995 by the Warsaw School of Economics. In 1996, Szczepanik received from the starost (mayor) of Powiat of Suwałki the Medal for Merits to the Powiat of Suwałki; and from Poland's Minister of Culture, the Medal for Merits to Polish Culture.
  Szczepanik died on 11 October 2005 in Worcestershire. His ashes were buried with military honours in his home town of Suwałki following a requiem mass at St Alexander's Church.
caption: St. Alexander's Church, Suwałki.
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