Ignacy Jan Paderewski

Ignacy Jan Paderewski, GBE (Polish: [iɡˈnat͡sɨ ˈjan padɛˈrɛfskʲi]; 18 November [O.S. 6 November] 1860 – 29 June 1941) was a Polish pianist and composer, politician, and spokesman for Polish independence. He was the prime minister and foreign minister of Poland in 1919. He represented Poland at the Paris Peace Conference in 1919.

Ignacy Jan Paderewski
File:Ignacy Jan Paderewski.PNG Paderewski circa 1935
3rd Prime Minister of Poland 2nd Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland
In office 18 January 1919 – 27 November 1919
Preceded by	Jędrzej Moraczewski
Succeeded by	Leopold Skulski
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 16 January 1919 – 9 December 1919
Preceded by	Leon Wasilewski
Succeeded by	Władysław Wróblewski
Chief of the National Council of Poland
In office 9 December 1939 – 29 June 1941
Personal details
Born	(1860-11-06)6 November 1860 Kuryłówka, Podolia
Died	29 June 1941(1941-06-29) (aged 80) New York City, U.S.
Profession	pianist, composer, politician
Signature	Ignacy Jan Paderewski's signature

Ignacy Jan Paderewski Media

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  Ignacy Jan Paderewski with his wife, ca 1915-1918

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  Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Polish pianist, composer and politician.

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  Paderewski, c. 1900

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  Monument to Paderewski in Warsaw's Ujazdów Park

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  His manor house (bought in 1897) in Kąśna Dolna near Tarnów in Poland

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  Paderewski's Steinway & Sons grand piano at the Polish Embassy in Washington, D.C.

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  Paderewski's encased heart muscle within this bronze plaque

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  Paderewski's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

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  Alfred Gilbert's bust of Paderewski (1891), at the Victoria and Albert Museum