Chjeno-Piast

Chjeno-Piast was an unofficial (yet common) name of a coalition of

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political parties formed in 1923. It included the Polish People's Party "Piast" and an older coalition 1922 Christian Association of National Unity (''Chrześcijański Związek Jedności Narodowej''). The merger was passed during a meeting in the manor of senator L. Hammerling's from

Lanckorona Lanckorona is a village located south-west of Kraków in Lesser Poland. It lies on the Skawinka river, among the hills of the Beskids, Above mean sea level, above sea level. It is known for the Lanckorona Castle, today in ruins. Lanckorona is a ...

and at times it is referred to as

Pact of Lanckorona Lanckorona Pact ( pl, Pakt lanckoroński) was an agreement between Polish center ( Polish People's Party "Piast") and right wing parties (primarily Związek Ludowo-Narodowy and Polskie Stronnictwo Chrześcijańskiej Demokracji and several smaller pa ...

. The Chjeno-Piast coalition was the political base of two consecutive governments formed by

Wincenty Witos Wincenty Witos (; 22 January 1874 – 31 October 1945) was a Polish politician, prominent member and leader of the Polish People's Party (PSL), who served three times as the Prime Minister of Poland in the 1920s. He was a member of the Polish Pe ...

. The first, formed in May 1923, antagonized

Józef Piłsudski Józef Klemens Piłsudski (; 5 December 1867 – 12 May 1935) was a Polish statesman who served as the Naczelnik państwa, Chief of State (1918–1922) and Marshal of Poland, First Marshal of Second Polish Republic, Poland (from 1920). He was ...

, who resigned his government posts blaming Chjeno-Piast for the assassination of

Gabriel Narutowicz Gabriel Józef Narutowicz (; 29 March 1865 – 16 December 1922) was a Polish professor of hydroelectric engineering and politician who served as the first President of Poland from 11 December 1922 until his assassination on 16 December, five d ...

. This government was forced to resign in December of that year in the effect of massive worker riots in

Kraków Kraków (), or Cracow, is the second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city dates back to the seventh century. Kraków was the official capital of Poland until 159 ...

. The second, formed in May 1926, had even less support and was soon overthrown by the May Coup organized by

. The first part of the name of the coalition (being an abbreviation of ''Chrześcijańska Jedność Narodowa'') resembles the Polish word ''hiena'', meaning

hyena Hyenas, or hyaenas (from Ancient Greek , ), are feliform carnivoran mammals of the family Hyaenidae . With only four extant species (each in its own genus), it is the fifth-smallest family in the Carnivora and one of the smallest in the clas ...

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