Jan Kucharzewski

Jan Kucharzewski (Polish pronunciation: [ˈjan kuxaˈʐɛfskʲi]; 27 May 1876 in Wysokie Mazowieckie – 4 July 1952) was a Polish historian, lawyer, and politician. He was the prime minister of Poland from 1917 to 1918.^[1]

Jan Kucharzewski
1st Prime Minister of the Regency Kingdom of Poland
In office 7 December 1917 – 11 February 1918
Monarch	Rada Regencyjna (Regency Council)
Deputy	Józef Mikułowski-Pomorski
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Antoni Ponikowski
Personal details
Born	(1876-05-27)27 May 1876 Wysokie Mazowieckie, Łomża Governorate, Congress Poland
Died	4 July 1952(1952-07-04) (aged 76) New York City, United States
Profession	Historian, lawyer

In 1898 he graduated from Warsaw University. He was a member of the Zet political organization, the National Democrats (Narodowa Demokracja) movement, and the National League (Liga Narodowa) until 1911. In the first years of World War I he resided in Switzerland, where he wrote articles for the Polish cause. In June 1917 he came back to Warsaw and received a job in the administration under the Regency Council. From 26 November 1917 to 27 February 1918 he was the Minister President of the Polish government.^[2] He resigned, along with the rest of his government after the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was signed. ^[3]

After 1920 he dedicated his life to scholarly and legal work. He was named to the International Court of Arbitration in 1925.^[3] In 1940 (World War II) he went into exile in the US, where he published many works for the Polish cause, mainly from an anti-communist and anti-Soviet point of view.^[1]

Publications

• Socyalizm prawniczy (1906)
• Od białego do czerwonego caratu, (vol. 1–7, 1923–35)
• The origins of modern Russia, New York, 1948