Wincenty Witos

Wincenty Witos (1874 - 1945) was an actvist of the Polish Peasant Party (PSL) from 1895 and leader of "Piast" faction from 1913. Member of parliament of Galician Sejm from 1908-1914, from 1911-1918 envoy to Austro-Hungarian National Council in Vienna. In 1918 leader of Polish Liquidation Commission (Polska Komisja Likwidacyjna), member of parliament for Polish Sejm from 1919-1920. Periodically premier of Poland during the early 1920s (1920-1921, 1923 (Chjeno-Piast), 1926). Wincenty Witos This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... Wincenty Witos This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... 1874 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1945 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Polish Peasant Party (Polish: Polskie Stronnictwo Ludowe) is a political party in Poland. ... 1895 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Link title1913 is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... 1908 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1914 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1911 was a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... 1918 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... Vienna (German: Wien [viːn]; Hungarian: Bécs) is the capital of Austria, and also one of Austrias nine federal states (Bundesland Wien). ... This article is about the lower chamber of Polish parliament. ... A premier is an executive official of government. ... Sometimes referred to as the Jazz Age or primarily in North America as the Roaring Twenties. // Events and trends Since the closing of the 20th Century, the 1920s has drawn close associations with the 1990s, and particularly in the United States. ... Chjeno-Piast was an unofficial (yet common) name of a coalition of Polish political parties formed in 1923. ...

In 1926, his government was overthrown by an armed May coup d'état led by Józef Piłsudski. One of the leaders of opposition to Sanacja-government: leader of Centrolew 1929-1930, cofunder and leader of Stronnictwo Ludowe. Witos was imprisoned but escaped to Czechoslovakia, and emmigrated from Poland from 1933 only to be return and be imprisoned again in 1939 by the invading Germans. 1926 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... May Coup (Polish: Przewrót majowy or zamach majowy) was a coup detat successfully carried out in Poland by Józef PiÅ‚sudski between May 12 and May 14, 1926. ... Term of office from November 14, 1918 until December 9, 1922 Profession Statesman and military commander Political party none, see Sanacja for details Spouse Maria PiÅ‚sudska Date of birth December 5, 1867 Place of birth Zułów, in todays Lithuania Date of death May 12, 1935 Place of... Flag of the Chief of State (1919-1927) Sanacja was a coalition political movement of the Second Polish Republic in the inter war years. ... 1939 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Polish Smarch Campaign — also known as Polish-German War of 1939, in Poland often as Wojna obronna 1939 roku (Defensive War of 1939), in Germany as Polish Campaign (Polenfeldzug), codenamed Fall Weiss (Case White) in the German General Staff — was the invasion of Poland by the armies of Nazi...

Already ill, in 1945, he became one of vice-chairmans of the State National Council (Krajowa Rada Narodowa). State National Council (Polish Krajowa Rada Narodowa, KRN) was a political body formed in the late stages of the Second World War in the Soviet Union, as a begining of new Polish government. ...

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