Jerzy Zdziechowski (27 August 1880 – 25 April 1975) was a Polish

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and economical

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, author of economical works. Zdziechowski was born in Rozdół,

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. During the years of 1917 and 1918 he was one of the leaders of '' Rada Polska Zjednoczenia Międzypartyjnego'' in Russia. There, he co-organised Polish Corps in Russia. In 1919 he was one of the main participants in an unsuccessful Polish coup attempt. From 1922 to 1927, Zdziechowski was a

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deputy to the

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. From 1925 to 1926 he was the

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in the

Aleksander Skrzyński Aleksander Józef Skrzyński (; 19 March 1882 – 25 September 1931) was a Polish politician from Zagórzany, Galicia, who served as the 13th Prime Minister of Poland from 1925 to 1926. He was the first Polish Ambassador to Romania Rom ...

cabinet. He elaborated economic programme which realisation caused resignation of the

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ruling coalition, and as a result of that, break-up and fall of the cabinet. In 1926–1933 Zdziechowski was a member of the Council of the

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. In 1926 Zdziechowski was brutally beaten by unidentified men in his own house in Warsaw. The perpetrators were dressed in uniforms, and their identity was never discovered. Some political commentators indirectly accused

Józef Piłsudski Józef Klemens Piłsudski (; 5 December 1867 – 12 May 1935) was a Polish statesman who served as the Chief of State (Poland), Chief of State (1918–1922) and first Marshal of Poland (from 1920). In the aftermath of World War I, he beca ...

of ordering to intimidate Zdziechowski. After 1939 he was an activist of economical organisations. Zdziechowski emigrated from the country in September 1939. After

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he became a chairman of Executive Department of the Political Council in London as a

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member. He died in

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* * 1880 births 1975 deaths People from Kirovohrad Oblast People from Baltsky Uyezd People from the Russian Empire of Polish descent 20th-century Polish nobility National League (Poland) members Popular National Union politicians National Party (Poland) politicians Camp of Great Poland politicians Ministers of finance of Poland Government ministers of Poland Members of the Polish National Committee (1914–1917) Members of the Sejm of the Second Polish Republic (1922–1927) People of the Polish May Coup (pro-government side) Polish economists {{Poland-Sejm-politician-stub