Stanisław August Thugutt (30 July 1873,

Łęczyca Łęczyca (; in full the Royal Town of Łęczyca, pl, Królewskie Miasto Łęczyca; german: Lentschitza; he, לונטשיץ) is a town of 13,786 inhabitants () in central Poland. Situated in the Łódź Voivodeship, it is the county seat of the ...

- 15 June 1941, Stockholm) was a Polish activist and politician during the

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period of the Second Polish Republic. During

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, he was a soldier in the Polish Legions. He was the founder and leader of several peasant parties (particularly the

Polish People's Party "Wyzwolenie" Polish Peasant Party "Wyzwolenie" or Polish People's Party "Wyzwolenie"''Wyzwolenie'' is Polish for ''Liberation'', and many sources translate the party's name fully as Polish Peasant Party "Liberation" or Polish People's Party "Liberation" (Poli ...

). Later he was the

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(1918–1919), and vice-Prime Minister (1924–1925). After the

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, Thugutt escaped to Sweden, where he died in exile.

Works

* ''Krótki Przewodnik po Warszawie i okolicach'' (1914) * ''Listy do młodego przyjaciela'' (1939, 2002) * ''Wykłady o spółdzielczości'' (1945) * ''Autobiografia'' (1984) * ''Wyznania demokraty: publicystyka z lat 1917-1939'' (ed. Jan Sałkowski) (1986) * ''Stanisław Thugutt o demokracji i ustroju Polski'' (ed. Władysław Wic) (1998) 1873 births 1941 deaths Burials at Norra begravningsplatsen People from Łęczyca People from Kalisz Governorate Polish cooperative organizers Polish legionnaires (World War I) Polish People's Party "Wyzwolenie" politicians People's Party (Poland) politicians Government ministers of Poland Polish exiles Deputy Prime Ministers of Poland Members of the Sejm of the Second Polish Republic (1922–1927) {{Poland-politician-stub