Tadeusz Michejda (26 September 1879 in Nawsie – 18 May 1956 in

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) was a

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physician and politician. Brother of Władysław.

Biography

Tadeusz Michejda was born on 26 September 1879 in Nawsie to Franciszek Michejda, a Lutheran pastor, and Anna Roiczek. He graduated from a state gymnasium in

Cieszyn Cieszyn ( , ; ; ) is a border town in southern Poland on the east bank of the Olza River, and the administrative seat of Cieszyn County, Silesian Voivodeship. The town has 33,500 inhabitants ( and lies opposite Český Těšín in the Czech Repu ...

and later studied medicine at universities in

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and

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. After graduation, Michejda worked as a doctor in Vienna and

Tuchów Tuchów is a town in Tarnów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland, with a population of 6,476 (2004). It lies on the ''Biała'' river, at the height of above sea level. The distance to Kraków is , and to the border with Slovakia, approxim ...

, later becoming a municipal doctor in Horní Suchá. After

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he was a member of '' Rada Narodowa Księstwa Cieszyńskego'' (National Council of the Duchy of Cieszyn) and worked on preparations to hold a

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. In 1920 Cieszyn Silesia was divided between

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and

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. His hometown and the workplace fell to Czechoslovakia and Michejda left the

Trans-Olza Trans-Olza (, ; , ''Záolší''; ), also known as Trans-Olza Silesia (), is a territory in the Czech Republic which was disputed between Poland and Czechoslovakia during the Interwar Period. Its name comes from the Olza River. The history of ...

area as he was an active pro-Polish activist; he stayed in

, where he worked many years in several localities, including

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, as a doctor. He was a senator in the

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for the

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from 1930 to 1935, deputy in the

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in 1945–1946 and deputy in the

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from 1947 to 1952. Michejda was also a

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from 1947 to 1951 and a

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from 1951 to 1952. Michejda was since 1950 a member of the Democratic Party, and a vice-chairman of the

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. Tadeusz Michejda died in Warsaw and is buried at the

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References

1879 births 1956 deaths People from Frýdek-Místek District People from Austrian Silesia Polish people from Trans-Olza Polish Lutherans National League (Poland) members National Workers' Party politicians Labor Party (Stronnictwo Pracy) politicians Alliance of Democrats (Poland) politicians Health ministers of Poland Senators of the Second Polish Republic (1930–1935) Members of the State National Council Members of the Polish Sejm 1947–1952 Polish general practitioners Austro-Hungarian military personnel of World War I Silesian Uprisings participants Commanders with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta Grand Crosses of the Order of the White Lion Burials at Rakowicki Cemetery Recipients of the Medal of the 10th Anniversary of the People's Republic of Poland {{Poland-Sejm-politician-stub