Józef Buzek (16 November 1873 – 22 September 1936) was a Polish

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Biography

Buzek was born on 16 November 1873 in the village of Końska to a peasant's family. He graduated from state gymnasium in

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in 1894. He then studied law at the

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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

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 former 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 serv ...

, 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)

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