Ignacy Matuszewski
| Ignacy Matuszewski | |
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| Minister of Treasury of the Second Polish Republic | |
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In office 1929–1931 |
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| President | Ignacy Mościcki |
| Preceded by | Gabriel Czechowicz |
| Succeeded by | Jan Piłsudski |
| Constituency | Bezpartyjny Blok Współpracy z Rządem |
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| Born | September 10, 1891 Warsaw, Congress Poland |
| Died | August 13, 1946 New York City, United States |
| Citizenship | Polish |
| Nationality | Polish |
Ignacy Hugo Matuszewski (born September 10, 1891 in Warsaw, died on August 3, 1946 in New York City) was a Polish politician, publicist, diplomat, Minister of Treasury of the Second Polish Republic, colonel, infantry officer and intelligence agent of the Polish Army, member of the International Olympic Committee.
He was a son of Ignacy Matuszewski, Sr., a well-known literary critic. A strong supporter of Józef Piłsudski, he was counted among the "Colonels" and co-founded the Józef Piłsudski Institute of America. He was also the godson of writer, Bolesław Prus.
Ignacy Matuszewski studied philosophy at the Jagiellonian University, architecture in Milan, law in Tartu, and agriculture in Warsaw.
During World War I Matuszewski was one of the executors of Piłsudski's concept in the Russian Empire. From December 1914, he served in the Russian Army, among others as commander of an intelligence troop. After the February Revolution in 1917, he organized the Assembly of Free Poles in Saint Petersburg and participated in the formation of the Polish Corps in Russia. In December 1917 he joined the Polish I Corps in Russia under the command of General Józef Dowbor-Muśnicki.
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