Jędrzej Edward Moraczewski (; 13 January 1870 – 5 August 1944) was a Polish

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politician who, loyal to

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 ...

and viewed as acceptable by both left- and right-wing Polish political factions, served as the second

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of the Second Polish Republic between November 1918 and January 1919. He had previously served as Minister of Communications. Subsequently, from 1925 to 1929, he served as Minister of Public Labour. Moraczewski died on 5 August 1944 when he was hit by

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fired by a Soviet soldier into his house. He was buried at

Powązki Military Cemetery Powązki Military Cemetery (; pl, Cmentarz Wojskowy na Powązkach) is an old military cemetery located in the Żoliborz district, western part of Warsaw, Poland. The cemetery is often confused with the older Powązki Cemetery, known colloquial ...

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* 1870 births 1944 deaths People from Trzemeszno People from the Province of Posen Polish Social Democratic Party of Galicia politicians Polish Socialist Party politicians Prime Ministers of Poland Government ministers of Poland Members of the Austrian House of Deputies (1907–1911) Members of the Austrian House of Deputies (1911–1918) Members of the Legislative Sejm of the Second Polish Republic Members of the Sejm of the Second Polish Republic (1922–1927) {{Poland-politician-stub