Sanation movement

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The Sanation movement was a Polish political faction led by Józef Piłsudski that dominated interwar Poland with an authoritarian, reformist agenda aimed at "healing" the state after perceived parliamentary dysfunction.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf authoritarian political faction
political movement
activeInPeriod interwar period
after Second Polish Republic parliamentary crisis
aim healing the Polish state
limiting parliamentary influence
strengthening executive power
basedIn Warsaw
controlled Polish government after 1926 coup
country Second Polish Republic
dateOfEvent 1926-05-12
dissolution 1939
fullName Sanacja
governmentTypePromoted presidential system
strong executive rule
hasPart BBWR
Colonels' group
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heritage controversial legacy in Polish political history
historicalRegion Central Europe
ideology Polish nationalism
anti-parliamentarism
authoritarianism
conservatism
militarism
statism
implemented authoritarian constitutional changes
inception 1926
influenced April Constitution of 1935
languageOfName Polish
leader Józef Piłsudski
notableFor dominating Polish politics between 1926 and 1939
opposedBy National Democracy
Polish Socialist Party
peasant parties
opposedTo liberal parliamentarism
party fragmentation in the Sejm
politicalPosition right-wing
prominentMember Edward Rydz-Śmigły
Ignacy Mościcki
Józef Beck
Walery Sławek
reasonForEnd invasion of Poland in 1939
significantEvent May Coup
slogan Sanacja (healing)
usedMeans censorship
military support
state propaganda

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