Stanisław Mackiewicz | |
|---|---|
 Stanisław Mackiewicz | |
| Prime Minister of Poland | |
| In exile 8 June 1954 – 21 June 1955 | |
| President | August Zaleski |
| Preceded by | Jerzy Hryniewski |
| Succeeded by | Hugon Hanke |
| Member of theSejm | |
| In office 1928–1935 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1896-12-18)18 December 1896 Saint Petersburg, Russia |
| Died | 18 February 1966(1966-02-18) (aged 69) Warsaw, Poland |
| Resting place | Powązki Cemetery, Warsaw |
| Nationality | Polish |
| Political party | BBWR |
| Occupation | Politician, writer |
Stanisław "Cat" Mackiewicz (18 December 1896 inSaint Petersburg, Russia – 18 February 1966 inWarsaw,Poland) was a conservative Polish writer, journalist andmonarchist.
The interwar journalistAdolf Maria Bocheński called him the foremost political journalist of theinterbellumSecond Polish Republic.[1]
Mackiewicz was born into a Polish family that had historically used theBożawolacoat-of-arms.
Mackiewicz joined thePolish Military Organisation in 1917 and served as a volunteer in the Polish Army during thePolish-Soviet War of 1919–21. He published and served as the editor-in-chief of the independent Wilno (Vilnius) periodical titled "Słowo," wholly financially supported by the noble families of the formerGrand Duchy of Lithuania. He actively promoted the idea of the so-called Jagellonian Poland, i.e., return to thePolish–Lithuanian Commonwealth style of governance in Eastern Europe.
He supportedJózef Piłsudski[2] and in 1928–35 served as a deputy to theSejm (Poland's parliament), representing thePiłsudskiiteNonpartisan Bloc for Cooperation with the Government.
After Piłsudski's death in 1935, Mackiewicz criticized the ruling elite and in 1939 was imprisoned for 17 days at theBereza Kartuska detention camp.
On 18 September 1939, a day after the Soviet attack on eastern Poland during the Soviet-GermanInvasion of Poland, he left Poland.
Following the Yalta Conference and subsequent occupation by Stalin of Poland and the later establishment of the Communist Poland, Mackiewicz, like so many other political exiles, remained abroad and was politically active in the Polish émigré community. He served as prime minister of thePolish government-in-exile in 1954–55.
In 1956, Mackiewicz returned to Poland, where he continued writing under thepseudonym of Gaston de Cerizay.[3] In 1964 he was one of the signatories of the so-calledLetter of 34 to Prime MinisterJózef Cyrankiewicz regarding freedom of culture.
He was the older brother of ardent enemy of the communist system, writerJózef Mackiewicz.
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| Preceded by | Prime Minister of the Polish Republic in Exile 1954–1955 | Succeeded by |
