Józef Urbanowicz (25 March 1916 – 6 July 1989) was a Soviet and Polish general and political figure.

[1] After the Soviet annexation of Latvia, he became the main editor of the Polish newspaper Czerwony Sztandar.

When Germany invaded the Soviet Union, he served as an officer in the Red Army near Moscow and Staraya Rusa.

From 1945 to 1952 he was Chief of the Political Division of the Polish Navy, and later held similar positions in the Pomeranian War Area and the General Staff Academy.

[2] He died in Warsaw and was buried at the Powązki Military Cemetery and received a state funeral.