Ignacy Mościcki
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Key facts
- 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
- Born
- ( 1867-12-01 ) 1 December 1867, Mierzanowo , Congress Poland , Russian Empire
- Died
- 2 October 1946 (1946-10-02) (aged 78), Versoix , Geneva , Switzerland
- Resting place
- St. John's Archcathedral
- Party
- Independent (from 1892)
- Other political affiliations
- Proletariat (until 1892)
- Spouses
- Michalina Czyżewska ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1892 ; died 1932 ) Maria Dobrzańska ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1933 )
- Profession
- Chemist politician
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Poland
- Place of birth
- Mierzanowo
- Place of death
- Versoix
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Position held
- President of the Republic of Poland
- Employer
- Lviv University
- Languages spoken
- Polish
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Field of work
- chemistry
- Image
- Ignacy Mościcki (-1934).jpg
- Number of children
- 4
- Coat of arms
- Ślepowron
- Work location
- Warsaw
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- Ignacy Mościcki
- date of birth
- 1867-12-01
- date of death
- 1946-10-02
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Encyclopedic overview
Ignacy Mościcki ( Polish: [iɡˈnat͡sɨ mɔɕˈt͡ɕit͡skʲi] ; 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.
Early life and career
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