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Maciej Rataj | |
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 Maciej Rataj | |
| ActingPresident of Poland | |
| In office 15 May – 4 June 1926 | |
| Prime Minister | Kazimierz Bartel |
| Preceded by | Stanisław Wojciechowski |
| Succeeded by | Ignacy Mościcki |
| In office 16 December – 22 December 1922 | |
| Prime Minister | Julian Nowak Władysław Sikorski |
| Preceded by | Gabriel Narutowicz |
| Succeeded by | Stanisław Wojciechowski |
| 2ndMarshal of the Sejm | |
| In office 23 November 1922 – 26 March 1928 | |
| President | Józef Piłsudski (Chief of State) Gabriel Narutowicz Himself (acting) Stanisław Wojciechowski Himself (acting) Ignacy Mościcki |
| Prime Minister | Julian Nowak Władysław Sikorski Wincenty Witos Władysław Grabski Aleksander Skrzyński Wincenty Witos Kazimierz Bartel Józef Piłsudski |
| Preceded by | Wojciech Trąmpczyński |
| Succeeded by | Ignacy Daszyński |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 19 February 1884 Chłopy, nearLemberg,Austria-Hungary |
| Died | 21 June 1940(1940-06-21) (aged 56) Palmiry,General Government |
| Resting place | Palmiry |
| Political party | Polish People's Party "Piast" |
| Alma mater | University of Lwów |
| Occupation | Politician |
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Maciej Rataj (19 February 1884 – 21 June 1940) was a Polish politician, speaker of the Polish Parliament and deputy President of the Republic of Poland, and writer.
Born in the village ofChłopy, nearLwów (now Lviv, Ukraine), on 19 February 1884, he attended agymnasium in Lwów and studied classicallinguistics at theUniversity of Lwów. Upon the completion of his studies he became a gymnasium teacher first in Lwów, and later inZamość. He became involved in politics after theSecond Polish Republic gained independence following theFirst World War. He was a member of thePolish People's Party "Piast" political party, and, from 1931, a member of thePeople's Party. He became president of the Stronnictwo and the chief editor of the party's official paper, the 'Zielony Sztandar' in 1935. From 1919 to 1930, and from 1934 to 1935, he was a member of parliament for theSejm (Polish Parliament), and from 1922 to 1928 he was theMarshal of the Sejm. Between 1920 and 1921 he was the Minister of Religion and Public Education,[1] and prior to this in 1919 he was deputy to theConstitutional Commission, which developed theMarch Constitution.[2]
He wasPresident of Poland twice: first in December 1922, asActing President of the Republic of Poland for one week, after the assassination of presidentGabriel Narutowicz, and again in May 1926, followingJózef Piłsudski'sMay Coup and the resignation of presidentStanisław Wojciechowski. His second term lasted half of a month. On both occasions, he oversaw special election and appointed new governments. In December 1939 he was arrested byNazi Germany andexecuted in Palmiry during theGerman AB-Aktion operation in Poland.[3]
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| Preceded by | President of Poland Acting 1926 | Succeeded by |
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