Aleksander Prystor
Aleksander Błażej Prystor (Polish: [alɛˈksandɛr ˈprɨstɔr]; 2 January 1874 – 1941) was a Polish politician, activist, soldier and freemason, who served as 23rd Prime Minister of Poland from 1931 to 1933. He was a member of the Combat Organization of the Polish Socialist Party and in 1908 took part in the Bezdany raid. Between 1912 and 1917 he spent in Russian prisons before being released in 1917. In March 1917 he joined Polish Military Organisation. After independence, he became secretary in the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare. He fought as a volunteer in the Polish–Soviet War of 1919–1920. He worked for a few ministries (Labour, Industry and Commerce). Between 1931 and 1933 he served as Prime Minister of Poland. After that, he became the Marshal of the Polish Senate 1935–1938.
Aleksander Prystor | |
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Aleksander Prystor | |
| 23rd Prime Minister of Poland | |
| In office 27 May 1931 – 9 May 1933 | |
| President | Ignacy Mościcki |
| Preceded by | Walery Sławek |
| Succeeded by | Janusz Jędrzejewicz |
| 4th Marshal of the Senate | |
| In office 4 October 1935 – 17 November 1938 | |
| President | Ignacy Mościcki |
| Prime Minister | Walery Sławek Marian Zyndram-Kościałkowski Felicjan Sławoj Składkowski |
| Preceded by | Władysław Raczkiewicz |
| Succeeded by | Bogusław Miedziński |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Aleksander Błażej Prystor January 2, 1874 Vilna, Russian Empire (now Vilnius, Lithuania) |
| Died | 1941 (aged 67) Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Cause of death | Dysentery |
| Resting place | Powązki Cemetery (symbolic) |
| Nationality | Polish |
| Political party | Polish Socialist Party |
| Spouse |
Janina Prystorowa (m. 1906) |
| Alma mater | Imperial Moscow University |
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After the Soviet invasion of Poland in 1939, he fled to neutral Lithuania. After Lithuania was annexed by the USSR he was arrested in June 1940 by the NKVD; he died probably in 1941 (the date is not known) in the prison hospital of the Butyrka prison in Moscow.