Gabriel Narutowicz

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Gabriel Narutowicz was a Polish engineer, politician, and statesman who became the first president of the Second Polish Republic and was assassinated shortly after taking office in 1922.

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instanceOf Polish politician
engineer
human
statesman
advocatedFor cooperation between ethnic groups in Poland
parliamentary democracy in Poland
causeOfDeath assassination
commemoratedBy monuments in Warsaw
streets and squares named after him in Poland
countryOfCitizenship Poland
educatedAt ETH Zurich
electedIn Polish presidential election, 1922
familyName Narutowicz
fieldOfWork hydraulic engineering
hydroelectric power
givenName Gabriel
hasCause political tensions in interwar Poland
headOfGovernment Second Polish Republic
legacy symbol of fragile democracy in interwar Poland
mannerOfDeath homicide
memberOf Polish People's Party "Wyzwolenie"
Polish government in exile in Switzerland
nativeLanguage Polish
notableFor being the first president of the Second Polish Republic
notableWork design of hydroelectric power plants in Switzerland
occupation engineer
politician
university teacher
officeContested President of Poland
opposedBy Polish National Democrats
placeOfWork Warsaw
Zurich
politicalAlignment centrist
positionHeld Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland
Minister of Public Works of Poland
President of Poland
religion Roman Catholic Church
sexOrGender male
sibling Stanisław Narutowicz
significantEvent Polish–Soviet War
restoration of Polish independence after World War I
spouse Elżbieta Narutowicz
supportedBy Polish left-wing parties
national minorities in Poland
workLocation Poland
Switzerland


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