- Regency Council
The Regency Council of the Kingdom of Poland ( _pl. Rada Regencyjna Królestwa Polskiego) was a semi-independent and temporary highest authority (head of state) during
World War I , formed byGermany andAustria-Hungary in the occupied Polish territories in September 1917. It was planned to be office till a new king orRegent is appointed. In October 1917 the Council was also passed the command over thePolnische Wehrmacht .The members of the Regency Council were:
* CardinalAleksander Kakowski ,Archbishop ofWarsaw ,
* PrinceZdzisław Lubomirski , the President (Mayor ) of Warsaw,
* CountJózef Ostrowski , a conservative politician, former Chairman of the Polish Club in theDuma inSt. Petersburg History
Together with the State Council and the formed governments it exercised a limited administrative powers, mainly in education and justice areas. On
October 7 ,1918 , it declared the independence of Poland, and in onNovember 14 of the same year it passed all authority toJózef Piłsudski , from November 22 the newly appointed Governor of the State (Naczelnik Państwa ).Prime Ministers (1917-1918)
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November 20 ,1917 -February 27 ,1918 :Jan Kucharzewski
* February 27, 1918 -April 3 , 1918 :Antoni Ponikowski
*April 4 , 1918 -October 23 , 1918 :Jan Kanty Steczkowski
*October 23 , 1918 -November 5 , 1918 :Józef Świeżyński
* November 5, 1918 -November 11 , 1918 :Ladislaw Wróblewski Minister of Defence
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Józef Piłsudski (1917), leadingPolnische Wehrmacht office.
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