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'''Cyryl Ratajski''' (3 March 1875 |
'''Cyryl Ratajski''' (3 March 1875 – 19 October 1942) was a Polish politician and lawyer. |
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Ratajski was born in [[Zalesie Wielkie]], Poland on 3 March 1875. He graduated from a high school in [[Poznań]] and studied law at the [[University of Berlin]]. After leaving university, he worked as a court clerk in [[Torgau]], Germany. He opened his own law firm in [[Raciborz]], Poland after passing a judge's exam in 1905.<ref name=Roszkowski>{{cite book |last1=Roszkowski |first1=Wojciech |last2=Kofman |first2=Jan |title=Biographical Dictionary of Central and Eastern Europe in the Twentieth Century |date=2016 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-317-47593-4 |page=2366 |url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=RnKlDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA2366 |language=en}}</ref> He moved back to Poznań in 1911 to look after his father-in-law's business.<ref name=Lerski>{{cite book |last1=Lerski |first1=Halina |title=Historical Dictionary of Poland, 966-1945 |date=1996 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=978-0-313-03456-5 |page=498 |url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=luRry4Y5NIYC&pg=PA498 |language=en}}</ref> |
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He was the president (mayor) of [[Poznań]] in the years 1922–1924, 1925-1934 and in September 1939. In the years 1924-1925 he was the [[Ministry of Internal Affairs and Administration of the Republic of Poland|Polish Minister of the Interior]]. |
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He became an envoy for the Supreme Popular Council to the [[Polish National Committee (1917–1919)|Polish National Committee]] in Paris in January 1919.<ref name=Roszkowski /> He served as mayor of Poznań between 1922 and 1924 and again between 1925 and 1934<ref name=Karski>{{cite book |last1=Karski |first1=Jan |title=Story of a Secret State: My Report to the World |date=2012 |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-14-119667-1 |page=592 |url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=G0RhaymiYIIC&pg=PT592 |language=en}}</ref> as well as Minister of Interior between 1924 and 1925. From 1937 he was a member of the [[Labour Faction (1937)|Labor Party]]. He became mayor of Poznań again in September 1939 before being deported to [[History of Poland (1939–1945)#German-occupied Poland|German-occupied Poland]] in early 1940. He was the first [[Government Delegate's Office at Home|Head of Delegate's Office]] of the [[Polish government in exile]] (''Delegat Rządu na Kraj'') on 3 December 1940 until 5 August 1942 when he was replaced by [[Jan Piekałkiewicz]]<ref name=Lerski /> due to ill health.<ref name=Karski /> |
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From 1937 he was a member of the [[Labour Faction (1937)|Labor Party]]. Voivode of the [[Poznań Voivodeship (1921-1939)|Poznań Voivodeship]] in 1939. |
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He died on 19 October 1942 in [[Warsaw]].<ref name=Roszkowski /> |
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During [[World War II]] he was the first [[Government Delegate's Office at Home|Head of Delegate's Office]] of the [[Polish government in exile]] (''Delegat Rządu na Kraj''), in the years 1940–1942. |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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Revision as of 12:24, 4 August 2020
Cyryl Ratajski (3 March 1875 – 19 October 1942) was a Polish politician and lawyer.
Ratajski was born in Zalesie Wielkie, Poland on 3 March 1875. He graduated from a high school in Poznań and studied law at the University of Berlin. After leaving university, he worked as a court clerk in Torgau, Germany. He opened his own law firm in Raciborz, Poland after passing a judge's exam in 1905.[1] He moved back to Poznań in 1911 to look after his father-in-law's business.[2]
He became an envoy for the Supreme Popular Council to the Polish National Committee in Paris in January 1919.[1] He served as mayor of Poznań between 1922 and 1924 and again between 1925 and 1934[3] as well as Minister of Interior between 1924 and 1925. From 1937 he was a member of the Labor Party. He became mayor of Poznań again in September 1939 before being deported to German-occupied Poland in early 1940. He was the first Head of Delegate's Office of the Polish government in exile (Delegat Rządu na Kraj) on 3 December 1940 until 5 August 1942 when he was replaced by Jan Piekałkiewicz[2] due to ill health.[3]
He died on 19 October 1942 in Warsaw.[1]
See also
- ^ a b c Roszkowski, Wojciech; Kofman, Jan (2016). Biographical Dictionary of Central and Eastern Europe in the Twentieth Century. Routledge. p. 2366. ISBN 978-1-317-47593-4.
- ^ a b Lerski, Halina (1996). Historical Dictionary of Poland, 966-1945. ABC-CLIO. p. 498. ISBN 978-0-313-03456-5.
- ^ a b Karski, Jan (2012). Story of a Secret State: My Report to the World. Penguin. p. 592. ISBN 978-0-14-119667-1.