Stanisław Car (26 April 1882 – 18 June 1938) was a Polish politician, lawyer, Marshal of the

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, deputy Prime Minister and the Minister of Justice.

Life

Born on 26 April 1882 into a

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middle-class family, he studied law at the

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(until 1905), and then at the

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, where he graduated in 1907. In 1908–1911, Car worked as a clerk in a court, opening then his own legal office. In 1915, he became a judge, and a member of the Commission of Civil Law of the

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. For most of the 1920s, Car worked in his office. In 1924, he opened a magazine of Warsaw lawyers, “Palestra”, of which he was the first editor in chief. After the May Coup of 1926, he returned to politics. A close associate of

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, he remained loyal to the Polish Marshal until Pilsudski's death in May 1935. Car was a prominent member of the pro-

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party

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(BBWR). He co-wrote the

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. Stanislaw Car died in Warsaw on 18 June 1938.

Awards

* Order of the White Eagle, posthumously on June 20, 1938, * Great Ribbon of the

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, 1935, * Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (May 2, 1922), * Officer Cross of the

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(France). 1882 births 1938 deaths Politicians from Warsaw Politicians from Warsaw Governorate Government ministers of Poland Marshals of the Sejm of the Second Polish Republic Deputy Marshals of the Sejm of the Second Polish Republic Members of the Sejm of the Second Polish Republic (1930–1935) Members of the Sejm of the Second Polish Republic (1935–1938) {{Poland-Sejm-politician-stub