Jan Kucharzewski | |
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| 1stPrime Minister of the Regency Kingdom of Poland | |
| In office 7 December 1917 – 11 February 1918 | |
| Monarch | Rada Regencyjna(Regency Council) |
| Deputy | Józef Mikułowski-Pomorski |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Antoni Ponikowski |
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| Born | (1876-05-27)27 May 1876 |
| Died | 4 July 1952(1952-07-04) (aged 76) New York City, United States |
| Profession | Historian, lawyer |
Jan Kucharzewski (Polish pronunciation:[ˈjankuxaˈʐɛfskʲi]; 27 May 1876 inWysokie Mazowieckie – 4 July 1952) was a Polish historian, lawyer, and politician. He was the prime minister ofPoland from 1917 to 1918.[1]
In 1898 he graduated fromWarsaw University. He was a member of theZet political organization, the National Democrats (Narodowa Demokracja) movement, and theNational League (Liga Narodowa) until 1911. In the first years ofWorld War I he resided inSwitzerland, where he wrote articles for the Polish cause. In June 1917 he came back toWarsaw and received a job in the administration under theRegency Council. From 26 November 1917 to 27 February 1918 he was the Minister President of the Polish government.[2] He resigned, along with the rest of his government after theTreaty of Brest-Litovsk was signed.[3]
After 1920 he dedicated his life to scholarly and legal work. He was named to theInternational Court of Arbitration in 1925.[3] In 1940 (World War II) he went into exile in the US, where he published many works for the Polish cause, mainly from ananti-communist andanti-Soviet point of view.[1]
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