1. Wincenty Witos was a member of the Polish People's Party from 1895, and the leader of its "Piast" faction from 1913.
22 Facts About Wincenty Witos
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Wincenty Witos had been one of the leaders of the opposition to the Sanacja-government as head of Centrolew and co-founded the People's Party.
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Wincenty Witos was imprisoned shortly thereafter, then lived in exile in Czechoslovakia from 1933 to 1939.
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Wincenty Witos began his education in the village school at the age of ten and finished four grades.
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Between 1895 and 1897 Wincenty Witos served in the Austrian Army, first in infantry then in the artillery.
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Wincenty Witos's daughter Julia was born on 22 March 1899.
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In 1895 Wincenty Witos joined the Galician Stronnictwo Ludowe and in February 1903 he was elected to the Executive Committee of the party.
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Wincenty Witos gradually rose in the ranks of the agrarian movement.
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The group joined the Supreme National Committee a quasi-government for the Poles in Galicia, for which Wincenty Witos served as vice president.
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In 1917 Wincenty Witos joined Roman Dmowski's National League although he left the organization in 1918.
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Wincenty Witos coauthored a manifesto, which declared the aims of a reconstituted, independent Poland and was published in May 1917.
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Wincenty Witos was invited to join the government of Ignacy Daszynski but turned the offer down for political differences.
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Wincenty Witos was unsatisfied with the fact that the new government had no representative from the Prussian Partition.
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However, after the PPS withdrew its support, this government fell and was replaced by that of Wincenty Witos, formed by the Polish People's Party "Piast" and the Christian Union of National Unity.
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On 26 May 1926, Wincenty Witos resigned as President of the Polish People's Party "Piast" shortly after his removal from power, though it was not adopted.
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On 18 August 1927, the Krakow Provincial Office dissolved the Union of Commune Heads, which was created by Wincenty Witos and operating in Lesser Poland under his own leadership.
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Wincenty Witos participated, among others at the Congress of Defense of People's Rights and Freedom in Krakow in June 1930, during which he gave a speech.
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Wincenty Witos was ordered, among others manually cleaning latrines and emptying faeces buckets.
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On 27 November 1930, Wincenty Witos left prison, his bail was set at 10,000 zloty.
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Regardless of Sanation's struggle against the well-known parties, Wincenty Witos declared the need to consolidate with peasant groups.
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Wincenty Witos used the opportunity to explain the harsh criticisms of Sanation's actions, starting with the May Coup of 1926.
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Wincenty Witos was imposed a fine of PLN 80, similar to the fine imposed on Kazimierz Baginski.