Hilary Minc (24 August 1905 – 26 November 1974) was a Polish economist and communist politician prominent during Stalinist Poland.

[1] In 1921 Minc joined the Communist Party of Poland, which was later eliminated by the Comintern before World War II.

He studied law and economics in Poland and France, where he obtained a doctorate before being expelled by the authorities in 1928.

Minc was a top-ranking member of Bolesław Bierut's political apparatus from 1948, together with Jakub Berman.

[3] In 1956, during the Polish October, Minc was removed from the Politburo as well as from his position as Deputy Prime Minister.