Władysław Grabski
Władysław Grabski | |
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Grabski c. 1930 | |
| Prime Minister of Poland | |
| In office 19 December 1923 – 14 November 1925 | |
| President | Stanisław Wojciechowski |
| Deputy | Stanisław Thugutt |
| Preceded by | Wincenty Witos |
| Succeeded by | Aleksander Skrzyński |
| In office 27 June 1920 – 24 July 1920 | |
| Chief of State | Józef Piłsudski |
| Preceded by | Leopold Skulski |
| Succeeded by | Wincenty Witos |
| Minister of Finance of Poland | |
| In office 19 December 1923 – 14 November 1925 | |
| Prime Minister | Himself |
| Preceded by | Władysław Kucharski |
| Succeeded by | Jerzy Zdziechowski |
| In office 13 January 1923 – 1 July 1923 | |
| Prime Minister | Władysław Sikorski Wincenty Witos |
| Preceded by | Bolesław Markowski |
| Succeeded by | Hubert Linde |
| In office 13 December 1919 – 25 November 1920 | |
| Prime Minister | Leopold Skulski Himself Wincenty Witos |
| Preceded by | Leon Biliński |
| Succeeded by | Jan Kanty Steczkowski |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Władysław Dominik Grabski 7 July 1874 Borów, Congress Poland, Russian Empire |
| Died | 1 March 1938 (aged 63) Warsaw, Second Polish Republic |
| Resting place | Powązki Cemetery, Warsaw |
| Political party | National-Democratic Party Popular National Union |
| Spouse | Katarzyna Lewandowska (since 1902) |
| Children | 4, including Władysław Jan |
| Relatives | Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska (great-granddaughter) |
| Occupation | Politician, economist |
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Władysław Dominik Grabski (pronounced [vwaˈdɨswav ˈɡrapskʲi]; 7 July 1874 – 1 March 1938) was a Polish National Democratic politician, economist and historian. He was the main author of the currency reform in the Second Polish Republic and served as Prime Minister of Poland in 1920 and from 1923 to 1925. He was the brother of Stanisław Grabski and Zofia Kirkor-Kiedroniowa.
He was responsible for the creation of the Bank of Poland and implementing the zloty. Grabski's cabinet became the longest-standing cabinet in interwar Poland. At the same time, however, Grabski's cabinet was severely criticized. Stanisław Głąbiński, for example, criticized Grabski's inefficiencies in the sphere of international relations, and Wincenty Witos disapproved of Grabski's deficient agricultural reform, as well as his inability to inform the public of the state's real financial situation.