Józef Kiedroń

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name = Józef Kiedroń


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office = Minister of Industry and Trade of Poland
term_start = 17 December 1923
term_end = 16 May 1925
primeminister = Władysław Grabski
predecessor = Marian Szydłowski
successor = Czesław Klarner
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birthdate = Birth date|1879|3|17
birthplace = Błędowice Dolne, Austria-Hungary
deathdate = death date and age|1932|1|25|1879|3|17
deathplace = Berlin, Weimar Germany
restingplace = Cieszyn
nationality = Polish
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spouse = Zofia Kirkor-Kiedroniowa
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occupation = Mining engineer
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religion = Lutheranism


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Józef Kiedroń (17 March 1879 in Błędowice Dolne - 25 January 1932 in Berlin) was a Polish mining engineer and politician from Cieszyn Silesia.

He was born to a peasant's family. Kiedroń graduated from a school in Cieszyn and then studied at the Lwów Politechnic. In 1902 he graduated from a Coal Mining Academy in Leoben. Kiedroń worked as a director of two coal mines in Dąbrowa and was active in trade unions as well as in the Polish cultural and educational associations. He had merit in establishment of Polish primary schools in the area, mining school in Dąbrowa and a gymnasium in Orłowa. In 1918 prepared manifesto of "Rada Narodowa Księstwa Cieszyńskego" (National Council of the Duchy of Cieszyn), a local Polish self-government council set to temporarily manage the area before the decision concerning the future of Cieszyn Silesia. In 1920, Cieszyn Silesia was divided between Poland and Czechoslovakia by the decision of Spa Conference, in which Kiedroń was present as a Polish delegate. His hometown and the workplace fell to Czechoslovakia and Kiedroń left the Zaolzie area, as he was an active pro-Polish activist; and stayed in Poland, where worked in Upper Silesia and Warsaw. In 1923-1925 he was a Minister of Industry and Trade in the government of Władysław Grabski.

Kiedroń died on 25 January 1932 in Berlin and is buried at a Protestant cemetery in Cieszyn.

References

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last = Dokoupil
first = Lumír
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title = Biografický slovník Slezska a severní Moravy
publisher = Ostravská univerzita
date = 1997
location = Ostrava
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isbn = 80-7042-461-3

s-ttl|title= Minister of Industry and Trade of Poland
years= 1923 – 1925