Stanisław-Adam Stempowski (27 January 1870 – 11 January 1952) was a Polish-Ukrainian politician and Grand Master of the National Grand Lodge of Poland. Born in Huta Czernielewiecka,

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(then

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), he was educated in

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(1879 – 1888) and studied in

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(1888–1892). After

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, Stanisław Stempowski served as the minister in several cabinets of the

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(UNR) in 1920, headed by

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, Viacheslav Prokopovych, and

Andriy Livytskyi Andriy Mykolaiovych Livytskyi (; 9 April 1879 – 17 January 1954) was a Ukrainian politician, diplomat, statesman, and lawyer. He was president of the Ukrainian People's Republic in exile (1948–1954) and the Chairman of the Directory prior ...

. He was also a minister in the government of the UNR in exile, until January 1922. At the end of 1921 he entered

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, and was a Grand Master of the National Grand Lodge of Poland (1926–1928). He left Masonry on 19 March 1938, fearing the anti-Masonic policy of the Polish government.Wolnomularz Polski

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