Wincenty Witos

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Wincenty Witos

Wincenty Witos (21 January 1874 - 31 October 1945) was an activist of the Polish Peasant Party (PSL) from 1895 and leader of "Piast" faction from 1913. Member of parliament of Galician Sejm from 1908-1914, from 1911-1918 envoy to Austro-Hungarian National Council in Vienna. A leader of Polish Liquidation Committee (Polish: ) in 1918, member of parliament for Polish Sejm from 1919-1920. Periodically premier of Poland during the early 1920s (1920-1921, 1923 (Chjeno-Piast), 1926).

In 1926, his government was overthrown by an armed May coup d'état led by Józef Piłsudski. One of the leaders of opposition to Sanacja-government: leader of Centrolew 1929-1930, cofunder and leader of Stronnictwo Ludowe. Witos was imprisoned but escaped to Czechoslovakia, emigrated from Poland in 1933 and returned only to be imprisoned again in 1939 by the invading Germans.

Already ill, in 1945, he became one of vice-chairmans of the State National Council (Polish: ).

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