Gabriel Narutowicz
Gabriel Joźef Narutowicz (born 17 March 1865 – 16 December 1922) was a Polish professor of hydroelectric engineering and politician who served as the first President of Poland.
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.jpg) Gabriel Narutowicz in 1915 | |
| 1st President of Second Polish Republic | |
| In office 11 December 1922 – 16 December 1922 | |
| Prime Minister | Julian Nowak |
| Preceded by | Józef Piłsudski (Chief of State) |
| Succeeded by | Stanisław Wojciechowski Maciej Rataj (acting) |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland | |
| In office 28 June 1922 – 14 December 1922 | |
| President | Józef Piłsudski (Chief of State) |
| Prime Minister | Artur Śliwiński Julian Nowak |
| Preceded by | Konstanty Skirmunt |
| Succeeded by | Aleksander Skrzyński |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Gabriel Józef Narutowicz 29 March 1865 Telsze, Russian Empire |
| Died | 16 December 1922 (aged 57) Warsaw, Poland |
| Cause of death | Gunshot wounds |
| Political party | None (supported by the Polish People's Party "Wyzwolenie") |
| Spouse(s) | Ewa Krzyżanowska |
| Children | Stanisław, Anna |
| Education | ETH Zurich |
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Death
On December 16, 1922, only five days after taking office as a first President, Narutowicz was shot three times in the back with a revolver while attending an art exhibit in the Zachęta National Gallery of Art. He was pronounced dead at the scene. The assassin, Eligiusz Niewiadomski, modernist painter and art critic who sympathized with the right-wing National Democracy movement in an art gallery that supported Narutowicz's political enemies. Niewiadomski was sentenced to death in a 1 day trial and executed outside the Warsaw Citadel on January 31, 1923.
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Memorial plaque commemorating Gabriel Narutowicz (ETH Zurich, 1932)
Narutowicz in his office, just days before the assassination
President Gabriel Narutowicz with Marshal Józef Piłsudski in Warsaw, 1922
Narutowicz leaving the Polish Sejm after being proclaimed president, 11 December 1922
Narutowicz lying in state on a bier, 22 December 1922.
