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This is a timeline of Polish history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Poland and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of Poland .
Marshal of the Sejm. Served as Acting President until Komorowski was sworn in as president as the result of the 2010 presidential election 5: Bronisław Komorowski (born 1952) 6 August 2010 6 August 2015 Civic Platform 2010: Member of the Sejm (1991–2010), Marshal of the Sejm (2007–10); Acting President (2010). 6: Andrzej Duda (born 1972) 6 ...
Bier of Gabriel Narutowicz, the first President of Poland, who was assassinated in 1922. Among the chief difficulties faced by the government of the new Polish republic was the lack of an integrated infrastructure among the formerly separate partitions, a deficiency that disrupted industry, transportation, trade, and other areas. [99]
The Presidential Palace in Warsaw is the largest palace in Warsaw and the official seat of the president of the Republic of Poland since 1993. The first presidential tenant was Lech Wałęsa when he moved to the Palace from Belweder in 1994. Belweder, in Warsaw, was the official seat of the president until 1993. It is currently owned by the ...
National Government of the Republic of Poland (triumvirate): Jan Tyssowski (President) (1811–1857) Ludwik Gorzkowski (1811–1857) Aleksander Grzegorzewski (1806–1855) 22 February 1846: 24 February 1846 – Jan Tyssowski (1811–1857) (dictator) 24 February 1846: 3 March 1846
The government's inability to forestall Poland's economic decline led to waves of strikes across the country in April, May and August 1988. In an attempt to take control of the situation, the contemporary government gave de facto recognition to the Solidarity union, and Interior Minister Czesław Kiszczak began talks with Solidarity's leader Lech Wałęsa on August 31.
Ignacy Mościcki (Polish: [iɡˈnatsɨ mɔɕˈtɕitskʲi] ⓘ; 1 December 1867 – 2 October 1946) was a Polish chemist and politician who was the country's president from 1926 to 1939. He was the longest serving president in Polish history. [2] Mościcki was the President of Poland when Germany invaded the country on 1 September 1939 and ...
January 1. President Ignacy Mościcki meets foreign diplomats, accredited in Warsaw. The traditional new year's meeting takes place at the Royal Castle in Warsaw. On the same day, French Senate votes in favour of a financial loan for Poland, January 2. French loan is accepted by the budget commission of the Sejm, January 3.