Józef Buzek (16 November 1873 in Końska – 22 September 1936 in

Cieszyn Cieszyn ( , ; cs, Těšín ; german: Teschen; la, Tessin; szl, Ćeszyn) is a border town in southern Poland on the east bank of the Olza River, and the administrative seat of Cieszyn County, Silesian Voivodeship. The town has 33,500 inhabita ...

) was a

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and

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from the region of

Cieszyn Silesia Cieszyn Silesia, Těšín Silesia or Teschen Silesia ( pl, Śląsk Cieszyński ; cs, Těšínské Slezsko or ; german: Teschener Schlesien or ) is a historical region in south-eastern Silesia, centered on the towns of Cieszyn and Český ...

. He was born in the village of Końska to a peasant's family. He graduated from state gymnasium in

in 1894. He then studied law at the Jagiellonian University in

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and in

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, eventually earning a law degree at Jagiellonian University in 1899 and habilitation at Lwów University in 1902. Buzek was also politically active and was a deputy in the Imperial Council in

Vienna en, Viennese , iso_code = AT-9 , registration_plate = W , postal_code_type = Postal code , postal_code = , timezone = CET , utc_offset = +1 , timezone_DST ...

from 1907 to 1918. He worked as a statistician in Vienna and was a chairman of Statistic Office in

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. He was the first director of the Polish Central Statistical Office from 1918 to 1929. Buzek was a member of the

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(1919–1922) and the

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(1922–1927). Buzek wrote many books about statistics, national and political issues. Józef Buzek is related to Jan Buzek and

Jerzy Buzek Jerzy Karol Buzek (born 3 July 1940) is a Polish politician and Member of the European Parliament from Poland. He has served as Prime Minister of Poland from 1997 to 2001, since being elected to the European Parliament in 2004, he served as Pr ...

, Polish politicians.

Works

* ''Proces wynarodowienia w świetle nowszej statystyki narodowościowej państw europejskich'' (1903) * ''Historya polityki narodowościowej rządu pruskiego wobec Polaków : od traktatów wiedeńskich do ustaw wyjątkowych z r. 1908'' (1909) * ''Rozwój stanu szkół średnich w Galicyi w ciągu ostatnich lat 50 (1859–1909)'' (1909) * ''Administracya gospodarstwa społecznego : wykłady z zakresu nauki administracyi i austryackiego prawa'' (1913) * ''Pogląd na wzrost ludności ziem polskich w wieku XIX'' (1915) * ''Projekt konstytucji państwa polskiego i ordynacji wyborczej sejmowej oraz uzasadnienie i porównianie projektu konstytucji państwa polskiego z innemi konstytucjami'' (1918) * ''Główne zasady polityczne ordynacji wyborczej do Sejmu i Senatu : studjum krytyczno-porównawcze'' (1922) * ''Problemat równowagi budżetu państwowego w świetle statystyki finansowej'' (1923) * ''Główne zasady politycznego programu agrarnego w dziedzinie handlowo-celnej : referat wygłoszony na posiedzeniu klubu posłów i senatorów P. S. L. w dniu 27 listopada 1925 r.'' (1925) * ''Program gospodarczy Rzeczypospolitej i środki naprawy obecnych stosunków w rolnictwie '' (1927)

References

* * * 1873 births 1936 deaths People from Třinec People from Austrian Silesia Polish people from Zaolzie Polish Lutherans National-Democratic Party (Poland) politicians Polish People's Party "Piast" politicians Members of the Austrian House of Deputies (1907–1911) Members of the Austrian House of Deputies (1911–1918) Members of the Legislative Sejm of the Second Polish Republic Senators of the Second Polish Republic (1922–1927) 20th-century Polish economists 20th-century Polish lawyers Polish statisticians Jagiellonian University alumni University of Lviv alumni {{Poland-politician-stub