Polish National Government (November Uprising)
Kingdom of Poland (November Uprising) Królestwo Polskie (Powstanie listopadowe) | |||||||||
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| 1830–1831 | |||||||||
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| Motto: Polish: Za wolność naszą i waszą (For our freedom and yours) | |||||||||
 Congress Poland, 1815 | |||||||||
| Capital | Warsaw | ||||||||
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| Religion | Roman Catholic | ||||||||
| Government | Republic | ||||||||
| Dictator of the Uprising | |||||||||
| President | |||||||||
• 30 Jan – 17 Aug 1831 | Adam Jerzy Czartoryski | ||||||||
• 17 Aug – 7 Sep 1831 | Jan Krukowiecki | ||||||||
• 7–25 September 1831 | Bonawentura Niemojowski | ||||||||
• 25 Sep – 9 Oct 1831 | Maciej Rybiński[a] | ||||||||
| Legislature | Sejm | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• November Uprising | 29 November 1830 | ||||||||
• Suppressed | 5 October 1831 | ||||||||
| ISO 3166 code | PL | ||||||||
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a: Maciej Rybiński was not a president per se, but a legal successor. | |||||||||
Polish National Government of 1831 was a Polish supreme authority during the November Uprising against the Russian occupation of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. It was formed by the decree of the Sejm (parliament) of the Congress Poland on 29 January 1831 to assume the competences of the Polish head of state in the follow-up of an earlier decree of 25 January: deposing the usurping Tsar Nicholas I of Russia from the throne of Poland.[1]
The government concentrated on issues related to the fight with the Russian Empire. In August the government of Prince Adam Jerzy Czartoryski resigned, facing loss of support and radicalization among the Varsovians. Czartoryski was replaced by Jan Krukowiecki. After the capitulation of Warsaw the government was taken over by lawyer Bonawentura Niemojowski. After the government went into exile, it passed its powers to General Maciej Rybiński.
- Presidents
- Prince Adam Czartoryski 30 January-17 August 1831, head of Department of Foreign Affairs
- Jan Krukowiecki 17 August-7 September 1831
- Bonawentura Niemojowski 7–25 September 1831 (left the country with archives, refusing to capitulate)
- General Maciej Rybiński 25 September-9 October 1831 (not a president per se, but a legal successor)
- Others
- , head of Department of War, Drafts and Armaments
- Kajetan Garbiński
- Joachim Lelewel, head of Department of Religion, Education and Justice
- , head of Department of Finance
- Franciszek Morawski
- Wincenty Niemojowski, head of Department of Administration and Police
References[]
- ^ Grażyna Bielińska, Władze Centralne Powstania Listopadowego 1830-1831. Archivum Patriae, 2011. (in Polish)
- 1831 establishments in Poland
- 1831 disestablishments in Europe
- Governments in Poland
- November Uprising
- Political history of Poland