Jan Kucharzewski

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox officeholder Template:Conservatism in Poland Jan Kucharzewski (Template:IPA; 27 May 1876 in Wysokie Mazowieckie – 4 July 1952) was a Polish historian, lawyer, and politician. He was the prime minister of Poland from 1917 to 1918.<ref name="Obituary ">Template:Cite news</ref>

In 1898 he graduated from Warsaw University. He was a member of the Zet political organization, the National Democrats (Narodowa Demokracja) movement, and the National League (Liga Narodowa) until 1911. In the first years of World War I he resided in Switzerland, where he wrote articles for the Polish cause. In June 1917 he came back to Warsaw and received a job in the administration under the Regency Council. From 26 November 1917 to 27 February 1918 he was the Minister President of the Polish government.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> He resigned, along with the rest of his government after the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was signed. <ref name="Tucker">Template:Cite book</ref>

After 1920 he dedicated his life to scholarly and legal work. He was named to the International Court of Arbitration in 1925.<ref name="Tucker" /> In 1940 (World War II) he went into exile in the US, where he published many works for the Polish cause, mainly from an anti-communist and anti-Soviet point of view.<ref name="Obituary " />

Publications

• Socyalizm prawniczy (1906)
• Od białego do czerwonego caratu, (vol. 1–7, 1923–35)
• The origins of modern Russia, New York, 1948

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