Regency Council of the Kingdom of Poland

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The Regency Council of the Kingdom of Poland was a provisional collegiate body that exercised supreme authority in Poland during World War I, overseeing the transition toward an independent Polish state before the restoration of the monarchy was abandoned in favor of a republic.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf provisional government
regency council
aimedToRestore King of Poland
surface form: Polish monarchy
appliesToJurisdiction Poland
appointedOffice Council of Ministers of Poland
surface form: Council of Ministers of the Kingdom of Poland

Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Poland
capital Warsaw
contextOfFormation Act of 5th November 1916
surface form: Act of 5 November 1916
country Kingdom of Poland (1917–1918)
surface form: Kingdom of Poland (1916–1918)
dateOfCivilAuthorityTransfer 1918-11-14
dateOfMilitaryAuthorityTransfer 1918-11-11
de factoGovernmentForm provisional collegiate body
dissolved 1918-11-14
exercisedPowerOver Polish armed forces being formed under Central Powers
civil administration in the Kingdom of Poland
followedBy Second Polish Republic
foundedBy Austro-Hungarian Empire
surface form: Austria-Hungary

German Empire
governmentForm constitutional monarchy (nominal)
hasMember Aleksander Kakowski
Józef Ostrowski
Zdzisław Lubomirski
hasRole head of state of the Kingdom of Poland (1916–1918)
headquarters Royal Castle in Warsaw
surface form: Warsaw, Royal Castle
inception 1917-09-12
issuedDocument proclamation of Polish independence of 7 October 1918
languageUsed Polish
legalBasis Act of 12 September 1917 by the occupying authorities
legislativeBody Council of State of the Kingdom of Poland
location Warsaw
numberOfMembers 3
occupationPower Austro-Hungarian Empire
surface form: Austria-Hungary

German Empire
oversawTransitionTo independent Polish state
partOf history of Poland (1914–1918)
politicalStatus puppet government (nominally) of the Central Powers
precededBy German and Austro-Hungarian military occupation administration in Poland
religion Roman Catholicism
replacedBy Chief of State of Poland
Józef Piłsudski
significantEvent transfer of civil authority to Józef Piłsudski
transfer of military authority to Józef Piłsudski
significantFor emergence of the Second Polish Republic
statusAfter1918 superseded by republican institutions of the Second Polish Republic
timePeriod World War I
typeOfAdministration supreme authority in occupied Poland

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Kingdom of Poland (1917–1918) headOfState Regency Council of the Kingdom of Poland
Kingdom of Poland (1917–1918) executiveBody Regency Council of the Kingdom of Poland
Provisional People's Government of the Republic of Poland dissolvedBy Regency Council of the Kingdom of Poland
Regency Kingdom headOfState Regency Council of the Kingdom of Poland
Józef Ostrowski memberOf Regency Council of the Kingdom of Poland
Provisional Council of State subordinateTo Regency Council of the Kingdom of Poland
Provisional Council of State followedBy Regency Council of the Kingdom of Poland
Regency Council nativeName Regency Council of the Kingdom of Poland
this entity surface form: Rada Regencyjna Królestwa Polskiego