Ignacy Mościcki
Ignacy Mościcki (Polish pronunciation: [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. Mościcki was the President of Poland when Germany invaded the country on 1 September 1939 and started World War II.
Ignacy Mościcki OOB OPR | |
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| 3rd President of Poland | |
| In office 4 June 1926 – 30 September 1939 | |
| Prime Minister | Kazimierz Bartel Józef Piłsudski Kazimierz Bartel Kazimierz Świtalski Kazimierz Bartel Walery Sławek Józef Piłsudski Walery Sławek Aleksander Prystor Janusz Jędrzejewicz Leon Kozłowski Walery Sławek Marian Zyndram-Kościałkowski Felicjan Sławoj Składkowski |
| Preceded by | Stanisław Wojciechowski |
| Succeeded by | Władysław Raczkiewicz |
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| Born | 1 December 1867 Mierzanowo, Congress Poland, Russian Empire |
| Died | 2 October 1946 (aged 78) Versoix, Switzerland |
| Resting place | St. John's Archcathedral, Warsaw |
| Political party | Proletariat (until 1892) |
| Spouse(s) | Michalina Czyżewska Maria Dobrzańska (m. 1933) |
| Children | 4 |
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