Kazimierz Świtalski
Kazimierz Świtalski | |
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| Prime Minister of Poland | |
| In office 14 April 1929 – 29 December 1929 | |
| President | Ignacy Mościcki |
| Preceded by | Kazimierz Bartel |
| Succeeded by | Kazimierz Bartel |
| 4th Marshal of the Sejm | |
| In office 9 December 1930 – 3 October 1935 | |
| President | Ignacy Mościcki |
| Prime Minister | Walery Sławek Aleksander Prystor Janusz Jędrzejewicz Leon Kozłowski Walery Sławek |
| Preceded by | Ignacy Daszyński |
| Succeeded by | Stanisław Car |
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| Born | Kazimierz Stanisław Świtalski 4 March 1886 Austro-Hungarian Empire |
| Died | 28 December 1962 (aged 76) Warsaw, Poland |
| Political party | BBWR[1] |
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Kazimierz Stanisław[citation needed] Świtalski (Polish pronunciation: [kaˈʑimjɛʂ staˈɲiswaf ɕfiˈtalskʲi]; 4 March 1886 – 28 December 1962) was a Polish politician, diplomat, soldier, military officer in the Polish Legions and 18th Prime Minister of Poland between April and December 1929.
Early life and studies
Kazimierz Świtalski was born on 4 March 1886 as the son of Albin Świtalski, governor of
Polish Legions
Even in his youth Świtalski belonged to an organization of socialist independence parties called "Flame" and "Life". Along with
From 5 January 1916 he was the head of the office of the Legion Brigade Headquarters. He held this position until the Oath crisis. On 9 July 1917, he was arrested, and four days later dismissed from service in the Legions. As a result, he went to Lwów, where on 1 September, he joined the Polish Military Organization. During the Polish–Ukrainian War he became a member of the Polish National Committee, which played a major role in the conflict. Then he managed to escape from the besieged city with an aircraft. He went to a nearby city called Przemyśl, and later to Kraków, where he sought help for Lwów. By mid December 1918 he took part in the work of the Polish Liquidation Committee and the Interim Governing Committee.
Political and diplomatic career
During the
After the Polish Defensive War of 1939 Kazimierz Świtalski was taken prisoner of war and taken to Woldenberg camp, where he spent the entirety of World War II. His only child, Jacek Świtalski, was killed on the first day of the Warsaw Uprising.[4] In 1945 he returned to Poland and was imprisoned by the communist authorities from 1948 to 1956. He died in Warsaw in 1962, following injuries in a tram accident.
Honours and awards
Kazimierz Świtalski was awarded the Silver Cross of the Order of Virtuti Militari, the Order of Polonia Restituta Classes I and IV, Cross of Independence, the War Memorial Medal 1918 – 1921 and the Decade of Independence Medal,[2] as well as the Estonian Order of the Cross of the Eagle Class I (1934).[5]
See also
References
- ^ Formalnie BBWR nie był partią polityczną.
- ^ a b Sejm RP. "History of the Sejm: Marshals of the Second Republic" (in Polish). Archived from the original on 29 September 2011. Retrieved 17 November 2012.
- ^ Józef Piłsudski Institute. "Kazimierz Świtatalski Collection" (in Polish). Archived from the original on 26 April 2005. Retrieved 17 November 2012.
- ^ Kunert, Andrzej Krzysztof. "Księga losów polskich. Powstanie Warszawskie (fragment)" (in Polish). Retrieved 17 November 2012.
- ^ "Kotkaristi teenetemärk I klass". Riigikantselei. Archived from the original on 27 August 2011.
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