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    Jan Ferdynand Olszewski (Polish: [ˈjan ɔlˈʂɛfskʲi] ; 20 August 1930 – 7 February 2019) was a Polish conservative lawyer and politician who served as the...
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    Jan Kanty Steczkowski (Polish pronunciation: [ˈjan ˈkantɨ stɛt͡ʂˈkɔfskʲi]; 16 October 1862, Dąbrowa Tarnowska – 3 September 1929, Kraków) was a Polish...
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    Ignacy Jan Paderewski (Polish: [iɡˈnatsɨ ˈjan padɛˈrɛfskʲi] ; 18 November [O.S. 6 November] 1860 – 29 June 1941) was a Polish pianist, composer and statesman...
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  • Armoured Cavalry Brigade. Colonel Tadeusz Zolkiewski (1920), Major Jan Kanty Olszewski (1921), Colonel Rudolf Lang (1921–1929), Colonel Kazimierz Halicki...
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    president appointed lawyer and former activist Jan Olszewski to the office of Prime Minister, though Olszewski quickly refused the position after numerous...
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    Jan Kucharzewski (Polish pronunciation: [ˈjan kuxaˈʐɛfskʲi]; 27 May 1876 in Wysokie Mazowieckie – 4 July 1952) was a Polish historian, lawyer, and politician...
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  • Cabinet of Stanisław Kostka Potocki Cabinet of Jan Kucharzewski Cabinet of Antoni Ponikowski Cabinet of Jan Kanty Steczkowski Cabinet of Józef Świeżyński Cabinet...
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    Walery Jan Sławek (Polish pronunciation: [vaˈlɛrɨ ˈjan ˈswavɛk] ; 2 November 1879 – 3 April 1939) was a Polish politician, freemason, military officer...
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    Czesław Jan Kiszczak (Polish pronunciation: [ˈt͡ʂɛswaf ˈkʲiʂt͡ʂak] ; 19 October 1925 – 5 November 2015) was a Polish general, communist-era interior minister...
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    (acting) Potocki Kingdom of Poland (1917–1918) Kucharzewski Ponikowski Kanty Steczkowski Świeżyński Wróblewski Second Polish Republic (1918–1939) Daszyński...
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    (acting) Potocki Kingdom of Poland (1917–1918) Kucharzewski Ponikowski Kanty Steczkowski Świeżyński Wróblewski Second Polish Republic (1918–1939) Daszyński...
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    of no confidence was approved, with 273 in favour and 119 against, Jan Olszewski was forced to resign as Prime Minister and his cabinet was immediately...
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    National Unity (RJN), a quasi-parliament of the Polish Secret State headed by Jan Stanisław Jankowski. Shortly before the outbreak of the Warsaw Uprising,...
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    Minister Jan Olszewski also retained a notoriously strained relationship with Wałęsa during Olszewski's brief government between 1991 and 1992. Olszewski proceeded...
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    Skulski Himself Wincenty Witos Preceded by Leon Biliński Succeeded by Jan Kanty Steczkowski Personal details Born Władysław Dominik Grabski (1874-07-07)7...
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    1918 – 4 April 1918 Monarch Regency Council Preceded by Jan Kucharzewski Succeeded by Jan Kanty Steczkowski Personal details Born Antoni Józef Ponikowski...
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    said, he often carried a pistol with him. Despite these measures, their son Jan Jaroszewicz found the couple murdered when he entered the house on 3 September...
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    the Iron Curtain. Translated by S. K. Swift. Macmillan, New York, 1948. Jan Karski: Story of a Secret State. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston 1944. Stanislaw...
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  • and returned to Lwów, where he completed his studies at the University of Jan Kazimierz. In 1921 he became a professor there and the head of the Faculty...
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    (acting) Potocki Kingdom of Poland (1917–1918) Kucharzewski Ponikowski Kanty Steczkowski Świeżyński Wróblewski Second Polish Republic (1918–1939) Daszyński...
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    4 November 1918 Monarch Rada Regencyjna (Regency Council) Preceded by Jan Kanty Steczkowski Succeeded by Władysław Wróblewski Personal details Born (1868-04-19)19...
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    Freedom Union), and from 1995 he was its honorary president. Together with Jan Maria Rokita, Aleksander Hall and Hanna Suchocka he represented the Christian...
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    Referendary (1780–1792) and Marshal of the Four-Year Sejm (1788–1792). The son of Jan Małachowski, the royal grand chancellor, Małachowski was named marshal (speaker)...
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    Russian Gymnasium in Vilnius. Along with his brothers Bronisław, Adam and Jan, Józef was introduced by his mother Maria to Polish history and literature...
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    (acting) Potocki Kingdom of Poland (1917–1918) Kucharzewski Ponikowski Kanty Steczkowski Świeżyński Wróblewski Second Polish Republic (1918–1939) Daszyński...
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    union under contemporary economic circumstances, leading to Finance Minister Jan Vincent-Rostowski calling any move "unthinkable." Despite not being a member...
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    Press. p. 177. ISBN 978-0-415-34358-9. Retrieved 7 November 2012. Jerzy Jan Lerski (1996). Historical Dictionary of Poland, 966-1945. Greenwood Publishing...
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  • (1956–1959) Witold Czerwiński (1959–1963) Adam Ciołkosz (1963 – December 1966) Jan Starzewski (December 1966 – 1967) Kazimierz Sabbat (1967 – 8 July 1972) Colour...
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    (acting) Potocki Kingdom of Poland (1917–1918) Kucharzewski Ponikowski Kanty Steczkowski Świeżyński Wróblewski Second Polish Republic (1918–1939) Daszyński...
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  • Cała Marek Jan Chodakiewicz Piotr Cywiński Tadeusz Czacki Norman Davies, British-Polish historian Małgorzata Dąbrowska, historian, Byzantist Jan Długosz...
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