Cyryl Ratajski

Cyryl Ratajski (3 March 1875 – 19 October 1942) was a Polish politician and lawyer.

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Cyryl Ratajski

Born	(1875-03-03)3 March 1875 Zalesie Wielkie, Posen, Prussia, German Empire
Died	19 October 1942(1942-10-19) (aged 67) Warsaw, General Government, Nazi Germany
Nationality	Polish
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Ratajski was born in Zalesie Wielkie, then part of the German Empire, on 3 March 1875. He graduated from a high school in Poznań and studied law at the University of Berlin. After leaving university, he worked as a court clerk in Torgau. He opened his own law firm in Racibórz after passing a judge's exam in 1905.^[1] He moved back to Poznań in 1911 to look after his father-in-law's business.^[2]

He became an envoy for the Supreme Popular Council to the Polish National Committee in Paris in January 1919.^[1] He served as mayor of Poznań between 1922 and 1924 and again between 1925 and 1934^[3] as well as Minister of Interior between 1924 and 1925. From 1937, he was a member of the Labor Party. He became mayor of Poznań again in September 1939 before being deported to German-occupied Poland in early 1940. He was the first Head of Delegate's Office of the Polish government in exile (Delegat Rządu na Kraj) on 3 December 1940 until 5 August 1942 when he was replaced by Jan Piekałkiewicz^[2] due to ill health.^[3]

He died on 19 October 1942 in Warsaw.^[1]

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