The Regency Council: Ostrowski, Kakowski, Lubomirski The Regency Council of the Kingdom of Poland () was a semi-independent and temporarily appointed highest authority (head of state) in

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during World War I. It was formed by Imperial Germany and Austria-Hungary within historically Polish lands around September 1917. The council was supposed to stay in office until the appointment of a new monarch or regent. On 7 October 1918, the Regency Council declared the independence of Poland. That same month, the council took over the command of the ''

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'' armed forces.

History

The members of the Regency Council included: Cardinal Aleksander Kakowski,

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of Warsaw; Prince Zdzisław Lubomirski, president ( mayor) of Warsaw; and landowner Józef Ostrowski, conservative politician, former chairman of the Polish Club in the Duma in St. Petersburg. Together with the State Council and other branches of the government, the Regency Council exercised limited administrative powers, mainly in education and justice. On 7 October 1918, the council declared the independence of Poland from Germany. On 14 November, it transferred all of its authority to Józef Piłsudski, who served from 22 November as temporary chief of state of the newly independent Polish state.

Prime Ministers

Jan Kucharzewski Jan Kucharzewski (; 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. In 1898 he graduated from Warsaw University. He was a member of the ' ...

(November 26, 1917 – February 27, 1918) * Antoni Ponikowski (February 27 – April 3, 1918) *

Jan Kanty Steczkowski Jan Kanty Steczkowski (; 16 October 1862, Dąbrowa Tarnowska – 3 September 1929, Kraków) was a Polish economist, solicitor and politician. Steczkowski served as Minister of Finance of Poland in the government of Jan Kucharzewski. On 4 April ...

(April 4 – October 23, 1918) *

Józef Świeżyński Józef Świeżyński (; 19 April 1868 – 12 February 1948) was the prime minister of the Kingdom of Poland (1916–1918), Kingdom of Poland for a short time — from 23 October 1918 to 4 November 1918. Citations

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(October 23 – November 5, 1918) *

Władysław Wróblewski Władysław Wróblewski (; 21 March 1875, Kraków – 19 August 1951, Łódź) was a Polish szlachcic, politician, scientist, diplomat and lawyer. He is notable as the last provisional prime minister of the German-controlled puppet state of Regen ...

(November 5–11, 1918)

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