Władysław Wróblewski (; 21 March 1875,

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– 19 August 1951,

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) was a Polish

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, politician, scientist, diplomat and lawyer. He is notable as the last provisional prime minister of the German-controlled

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of Regency Kingdom before Poland regained their independence in 1918.

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Władysław was the son of Wincenty Wróblewski and Waleria (née Bossowska) and brother of lawyer, Stanisław Wróblewski. He was from noble family of

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. Wróblewski was a notable lawyer and

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of administration and administrative law at the

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. On November 4, 1918, after the withdrawal of

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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's provisional government, Wróblewski was chosen by the

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to act as the head of a new temporary provisional government. As the situation in Poland was changing rapidly, Wróblewski chose not to appoint his own ministers and instead continued the job of his predecessor, with the same set of ministers. The last meeting of his government took place on November 11 of that year, when all powers were ceded to

Józef Piłsudski Józef Klemens Piłsudski (; 5 December 1867 – 12 May 1935) was a Polish statesman who served as the Chief of State (Poland), Chief of State (1918–1922) and first Marshal of Poland (from 1920). In the aftermath of World War I, he beca ...

, who got back from prison in Magdeburg Fortress earlier that day. On November 18, all ministries were taken by the new government of

Jędrzej Moraczewski Jędrzej Edward Moraczewski (; 13 January 1870 – 5 August 1944) was a Polish socialist politician who, loyal to Józef Piłsudski and viewed as acceptable by both left- and right-wing Polish political factions, served as the second Prime Minis ...

and the Regency Kingdom ceased to exist, giving way to the reborn Republic of Poland. Afterwards he remained an active member of the Polish administration, initially as an undersecretary of state at the Council of Ministers and later as a diplomat. Among other posts, he was the Polish ambassador in

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and later in

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. Between 1929 and 1936, he headed the

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, the central bank of Poland.

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