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Stanisław Thugutt
Polish politician (1873–1941)
Stanisław August Thugutt (30 July 1873 – 15 June 1941) was a Polish activist and politician during the interwar period of the Second Polish Republic.
During World War I, he was a soldier in the Polish Legions. He was the founder and leader of several peasant parties (particularly the Polish People's Party "Wyzwolenie").[1] Later he was the Minister of Internal Affairs (1918–1919), and vice-Prime Minister (1924–1925);[2] he also had a special responsibility within the cabinet for "minority affairs", but was unable to improve the relations between the Ukrainians and the Belarusians, and resigned in May 1925.[3] After the Invasion of Poland, Thugutt escaped to Sweden, where he died in exile. His son Mieczysław Thugutt was a mechanical engineer and became one of the operators of the Świt radio station that broadcast from England during the war to Poles living under the German occupation.[4]