Raman Skirmunt
Raman Skirmunt | |
|---|---|
| Chairmen of the People's Secretariat of the Belarusian Democratic Republic | |
| In office June 1918 – August 1918 | |
| Preceded by | Jazep Varonka |
| Succeeded by | Anton Luckievich |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 May 1868 Parechcha, Pinsky Uyezd, Minsk Governorate, Russian Empire (now Pinsk District, Belarus) |
| Died | 7 October 1939 near Pinsk |
Raman (Roman) Skirmunt (Belarusian: Раман Скірмунт; 7 May 1868 – 7 October 1939) was a Belarusian and Polesian statesman, aristocrat and landlord. Patron, significant landowner, vice-chairman (1907-1917, 1918-?) of the Minsk Agricultural Society. Deputy (1906) of the First State Duma of the Russian Empire; deputy (1910-1911) of the State Council of the Russian Empire from the Minsk province; (nominal) Prime Minister of the BNR (1918) — was not approved for the post of Prime Minister; senator of Poland (1930-1935). His cousin Konstanty Skirmunt was a notable Polish diplomat and minister of foreign affairs.