Juliusz Franciszek Leo (15 September 1861 - 21 February 1918) was a Polish politician and academic from

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, while the city was part of the

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, then

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. Leo was a professor of

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and

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, Kraków, the city's first deputy

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from 1901 to 1904, then mayor from 1904 for three terms until his death. He was the founder and first president of Supreme National Committee (''Naczelny Komitet Narodowy''), a Polish independence organization, and he was a supporter of the idea of Polish Legions. Leo was buried at

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. One of Krakow's streets in the

Krowodrza Krowodrza is one of 18 districts of Kraków, located in the western part of the city. The name ''Krowodrza'' comes from a village of same name that is now a part of the district. According to the Central Statistical Office data, the district's ...

district (also known as District No. 5) was named after Juliusz Leo.

Notes and references

* Dominika Hołuj, ''Rola samorządu terytorialnego w kształtowaniu procesu rozwoju Miasta Krakowa w okresie autonomii (1866-1918)''. „Zeszyty naukowe Wyższej Szkoły Ekonomicznej w Bochni”. Nr 5. Pg. 50. 1861 births 1918 deaths Members of the Austrian House of Deputies (1911–1918) Members of the Diet of Galicia and Lodomeria Mayors of Kraków Academic staff of Jagiellonian University Burials at Rakowicki Cemetery Politicians from Austria-Hungary {{Poland-politician-stub