Walery Sławek
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Walery Sławek
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Prime Minister of Poland 19th Prime Minister of the Second Republic of Poland |
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In office 29 March 1930 – 23 August 1930 |
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| Preceded by | Kazimierz Bartel |
| Succeeded by | Józef Piłsudski |
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Prime Minister of Poland 21st Prime Minister of the Second Republic of Poland |
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In office 5 December 1930 – 26 May 1931 |
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| Preceded by | Józef Piłsudski |
| Succeeded by | Aleksander Prystor |
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Prime Minister of Poland 25th Prime Minister of the Second Republic of Poland |
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In office 28 March 1935 – 12 October 1935 |
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| Preceded by | Leon Kozłowski |
| Succeeded by | Marian Zyndram-Kościałkowski |
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In office 22 June 1938 – 27 November 1938 |
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| Preceded by | Stanisław Car |
| Succeeded by | Wacław Makowski |
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Walery Jan Sławek 2 November 1879 Strutynka, Podolia |
| Died | 3 April 1939 (aged 59) Warsaw, Poland |
| Resting place | Powązki Military Cemetery |
| Nationality | Polish |
| Political party | Polish Socialist Party |
| Occupation | Politician, soldier |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Walery Jan Sławek (Polish pronunciation: [vaˈlɛrɨ ˈjan ˈswavɛk]; 2 November 1879 – 3 April 1939) was a Polish politician, military officer and activist, who in the early 1930s served three times as Prime Minister of Poland. He was one of the closest aides of Polish leader, Józef Piłsudski.
Walery Sławek was born on November 2, 1879 into an impoverished noble family, in the village of Strutynka in the region of Podolia, then part of the mighty Russian Empire. He was one of four children: two of his older sisters died early of Tuberculosis. His father, Bolesław Sławek, worked at a sugar plant owned by Count . His mother was Florentyna née Przybylska, and the Sławek family was distinctly related to the family of composer and politician Ignacy Jan Paderewski.
Between 1888 and 1894, he attended an elementary school in Nemyriv. In 1899, Sławek graduated from a trade school in Warsaw and began working for an insurance company. At that time, he became involved in the activities of several socialist organizations. In 1900, Sławek moved to Łódź as an employee for the insurance company Horodiczka i Stamirowski. Soon afterwards, he joined the Polish Socialist Party (PPS). While in Łódź, he was deeply involved in the activities of the PPS, which targeted the Tsarist authorities and struggled for Polish independence.
Upon returning to Warsaw (May 1901), Sławek was named one of leaders of local branch of the PPS. He was frequently sent on missions to other cities of the Russian Empire. In Vilnius (1902), he met and became friends with the future Marshal of Poland, Józef Piłsudski, and Aleksander Prystor. In June 1902, Sławek was elected leader of the PPS for the Governorates of Kielce and Piotrków Trybunalski. At that time, he fell in love with Wanda Juszkiewicz, the stepdaughter of Józef Piłsudski. She became the love of his life, and after her premature death, Sławek did not became involved in any other relationship.
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