- Władysław Wróblewski
Władysław Wróblewski (1875-1951) was a Polish politician, scientist, diplomat and lawyer. He is notable as the last provisional prime minister of the German-controlled puppet state of Regency Kingdom before Poland regained her independence in 1918.
Wróblewski was a notable lawyer and
docent of administration and administrative law at theJagiellonian University inKraków . OnNovember 4 ,1918 , after the withdrawal ofJózef Świerzyński 's provisional government, Wróblewski was chosen by theRegency Council to act as the head of a new temporary provisional government. As the situation in Poland was changing rapidly, Wróblewski chose not to appoint his own ministers and instead continued the job of his predecessor, with the same set of ministers. The last meeting of his government took place onNovember 11 of that year, when all powers were ceded toJózef Piłsudski , who got back from prison in Magdeburg Fortress earlier that day.On
November 18 all ministries were taken by the new government ofJędrzej Moraczewski and the Regency Kingdom ceased to exist, giving way to the reborn Republic of Poland. Afterwards he remained an active member of the Polish administration, initially as an undersecretary of state at the Council of Ministers and later as a diplomat. Among other posts, he was the Polish ambassador inLondon and later in Washington. Between 1929 and 1936 he headed theBank Polski , the state bank of Poland.
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