The Polish Liquidation Committee of Galicia and Cieszyn Silesia ( pl, Polska Komisja Likwidacyjna Galicji i Śląska Cieszyńskiego) was a temporary

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government body that operated in Galicia at the end of

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. Created on 28 October 1918, with its seat in

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, the Committee was headed by

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and

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. The Committee aimed primarily to maintain order in the territories of the former Austrian part of

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during the re-establishment of an independent Poland.

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It was founded by Polish members of the Austrian parliament on 28 October 1918. On 27 March 1919 the committee handed over its authority to the central Polish government seated in

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