Wincenty Witos
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| In office June 10, 1920 – June 23, 1920 |
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| President | Józef Piłsudski (Chief of State) |
| Preceded by | Leopold Skulski |
| Succeeded by | Władysław Grabski |
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| In office July 14, 1920 – September 13, 1921 |
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| President | Józef Piłsudski (Chief of State) |
| Preceded by | Władysław Grabski |
| Succeeded by | Antoni Ponikowski |
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| In office May 18, 1923 – December 14, 1923 |
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| President | Stanisław Wojciechowski |
| Preceded by | Władysław Sikorski |
| Succeeded by | Władysław Grabski |
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| In office May 10, 1926 – May 14, 1926 |
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| President | Stanisław Wojciechowski |
| Preceded by | Aleksander Skrzyński |
| Succeeded by | Kazimierz Bartel |
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| Born | January 22, 1874 Wierzchosławice, then Austro-Hungary, now Poland |
| Died | October 31, 1946 Kraków, Poland |
| Political party | Polish People's Party "Piast" |
| Profession | Farmer |
Wincenty Witos (22 January 1874 - 31 October 1945) was a prominent member of the Polish People's Party (PSL) from 1895, and leader of its "Piast" faction from 1913. He was a member of parliament in the Galician Sejm from 1908-1914, and an envoy to Reichsrat in Vienna from 1911 to 1918. Witos was also a leader of Polish Liquidation Committee (Polish: Polska Komisja Likwidacyjna) in 1918, head of the Polskie Stronnictwo Ludowe Piast party, and member of parliament in the Polish Sejm from 1919-1920.
He served thrice as the premier of Poland, in 1920-1921, 1923 (Chjeno-Piast), and 1926.
In 1926 the third Witos government was overthrown by the May coup d'état led by Józef Piłsudski. Witos had been one of the leaders of the opposition to the Sanacja-government as head of Centrolew (1929-1930) and co-founded the Stronnictwo Ludowe. Having been imprisoned shortly thereafter and for a time living in exile in Czechoslovakia from 1933, he returned to Poland in 1939 only to be imprisoned again by the invading Germans.
In ill health by 1945, he became one of vice-chairmen of the State National Council (Polish: Krajowa Rada Narodowa) after World War II.
His great-granddaughter, Ela, is an architect.
[edit] External links
- Wincenty Witos - a short biography
- Polish People's Party - a longer, reverential biography
| Preceded by Władysław Grabski |
Prime Minister of Poland 1920–1921 |
Succeeded by Antoni Ponikowski |
| Preceded by Władysław Sikorski |
Prime Minister of Poland 1923 |
Succeeded by Władysław Grabski |
| Preceded by Aleksander Skrzyński |
Prime Minister of Poland 1926 |
Succeeded by Kazimierz Bartel |
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