Jan Kucharzewski


Jan Kucharzewski was a Polish historian, lawyer, and politician. He was the prime minister of Poland from 1917 to 1918.
In 1898 he graduated from Warsaw University. He was a member of the Zet political organization, the National Democrats movement, and the National League until 1911. In the first years of World War I he resided in Switzerland, where he wrote articles for the Polish cause. In June 1917 he came back to Warsaw and received a job in the administration under the Regency Council. From 26 November 1917 till 27 February 1918 he was the Minister President of the Polish government. After 1920 he dedicated his life to scientific work. In 1940 he went into exile in the US, where he published many works for the Polish cause, mainly from an anti-communist and anti-Soviet point of view.

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