Mieczysław Mickiewicz
Mieczysław Mickiewicz Мєчіслав Міцкєвіч | |
|---|---|
| Deputy Secretary of Foreign Affairs (Polish Affairs) | |
| In office June 28, 1917 – January 30, 1918 | |
| President | Mykhailo Hrushevsky (speaker of Central Rada) |
| Preceded by | position created |
| Succeeded by | position disbanded |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 26, 1879 |
| Died | 1939 (aged 59–60) |
| Party | Polish Democratic Centrist party Polski Komitet Wykonawczy |
| Occupation | Politician, statesman |
Mieczysław Mickiewicz (1879 – before 1939) was a Ukrainian politician and lawyer of Polish descent, later a statesman of the Second Polish Republic.
Early life
Mickiewicz was born on 26 February 1879 in Kamianets-Podilsky, which was then part of the Podolia Governorate of the Russian Empire.[1] He attended secondary school in his native Kamianets-Podilsky, before studying law at a university in Kyiv and later in Odesa.[2] He then practiced law within the city of Kyiv.[1]
Political career
Mickiewicz was a member of Polish Democratic Centrist party.
In 1917, he became a member of the Polish Executive Committee of the Assembly of Polish Organizations (PKW) in the Russian Empire and was also part of the Board of the Polish Central Committee.[3] He was then appointed undersecretary of Polish affairs in the General Secretariat of the Central Rada.
After the proclamation of the Ukrainian People's Republic (also known as the Ukrainian National Republic), headed by Volodymyr Vynnychenko, he was chosen as Minister of Polish Affairs, of which he served as in several cabinets in 1917/1918.[4] From February 22, 1922, until February 1, 1923, he was the voivode of Volhynian Voivodeship, Poland. He also oversaw the 1922 Polish parliamentary election within the Volhynian Voivodeship, as its voivode, in which he reported to the government that Volhynia voted overwhelmingly for Ukrainian lists and not Polish ones, as by that time Volhynia was a majority Ukrainian.[5] This came as a shock to the dominant Polish nationalist party, National Democracy, who believed that the Ukrainians could be swayed by the Polish administration to vote for Polish-backed candidates in assimilate.[5]
| Predecessor Tadeusz Dworakowski |
Volhynian Voivode 1922–1923 |
Successor Stanisław Srokowski |
References
- ^ a b "Mickiewicz, Mieczysław". www.encyclopediaofukraine.com. Retrieved 8 February 2026.
- ^ Umiejętności, Polska Akademia (1935). Polski slownik biograficzny: Maria Józefa-Mieroszewski Krzysztof (in Polish). Skład główny w księg, Gebethnera i Wolffa. p. 710. Retrieved 8 February 2026.
- ^ Skalski, Teofil (1995). Terror i cierpienie: kościół katolicki na Ukrainie 1900-1932 : wspomnienia (in Polish). Norbertinum. p. 162. ISBN 978-83-85131-85-4. Retrieved 8 February 2026.
- ^ "Council of National Ministers of the Ukrainian National Republic". Encyclopedia of Ukraine. Vol. 1. 1984. Retrieved May 20, 2023.
- ^ a b Snyder, Timothy (28 November 2005). Sketches from a Secret War: A Polish Artist's Mission to Liberate Soviet Ukraine. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-16352-0. Retrieved 8 February 2026.
External links
- "Національні меншини України під час Української революції" [National minorities of Ukraine during the Ukrainian revolution]. Radio Svoboda (in Ukrainian). September 19, 2007.
- Komar, V.L. Poles in the post-imperial Russia 1918-21. pdf