President of the Republic of Poland in exile

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head of state political office

The President of the Republic of Poland in exile was the head of state of the Polish government-in-exile, representing the continuity of Polish sovereignty during and after World War II while the country was under foreign occupation and communist rule.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
President of Poland in exile 3
President of Poland (government-in-exile) 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf head of state ⓘ
political office ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Polish government-in-exile ⓘ
appointedBy National Council of the Republic of Poland (in exile) ⓘ
Polish government-in-exile ⓘ
archivesLocation Polish Institute and Sikorski Museum in London ⓘ
continuedInOppositionTo Polish People’s Republic ⓘ
country Poland ⓘ
countryOfExile United Kingdom ⓘ
dissolvedFollowing democratic transition in Poland (1989–1990) ⓘ
endTime 1990 ⓘ
establishedBecauseOf German occupation of Poland ⓘ
Soviet occupation of Poland ⓘ
loss of effective control over Polish territory ⓘ
establishedInContextOf World War II ⓘ
firstHolder Władysław Raczkiewicz ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver Polish Armed Forces in the West ⓘ
hasPower appoint Prime Minister of the Polish government-in-exile ⓘ
represent the Republic of Poland internationally ⓘ
insigniaTransferDate 1990-12-22 ⓘ
languageOfOffice Polish ⓘ
lastHolder Ryszard Kaczorowski ⓘ
legalBasis April Constitution of 1935 ⓘ
surface form: April Constitution of Poland (1935)
lostRecognitionTo Provisional Government of National Unity (Poland) ⓘ
maintainedContinuityWith Second Polish Republic ⓘ
notRecognizedBy Polish People’s Republic ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
officeHolder August Zaleski ⓘ
Edward Raczyński ⓘ
Kazimierz Sabbat ⓘ
Ryszard Kaczorowski ⓘ
Stanisław Ostrowski ⓘ
Władysław Raczkiewicz ⓘ
operatedDuring Cold War ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
recognizedBy France (until 1940) ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
surface form: United Kingdom (until 1945)

United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States (until 1945)
represents continuity of Polish sovereignty ⓘ
residence London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
role head of state of the Polish government-in-exile ⓘ
seat London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
startTime 1939 ⓘ
successorOffice President of Poland ⓘ
symbolized non-acceptance of communist rule in Poland ⓘ
transferredInsigniaTo President of Poland ⓘ
usedCoatOfArms coat of arms of Poland ⓘ
surface form: White Eagle (coat of arms of Poland)
usedInsignia pre-war presidential insignia of the Republic of Poland ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Polish government-in-exile → hasPart → President of the Republic of Poland in exile ⓘ
August Zaleski → positionHeld → President of the Republic of Poland in exile ⓘ
this entity surface form: President of Poland in exile
Stanisław Ostrowski → positionHeld → President of the Republic of Poland in exile ⓘ
this entity surface form: President of Poland (government-in-exile)
Gunnersbury Cemetery → positionHeld → President of the Republic of Poland in exile ⓘ
subject surface form: Władysław Raczkiewicz
this entity surface form: President of Poland in exile
Władysław Raczkiewicz → positionHeld → President of the Republic of Poland in exile ⓘ
this entity surface form: President of Poland in exile
Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs in exile → subordinateTo → President of the Republic of Poland in exile ⓘ