Ignacy Mościcki was a Polish chemist and politician who was the country's president from 1926 to 1939. He was the longest serving president in Polish history. Mościcki was the President of Poland when Germany invaded the country on 1 September 1939 and started World War II.
Ignacy Mościcki
Mościcki bestows the bulawa (the Marshal of Poland's baton) on Edward Rydz-Śmigły
First family of Poland (1930)
Mościcki's grave in the basement of the St. John's Archcathedral, Warsaw
The president of Poland, officially the president of the Republic of Poland, is the head of state of the Republic of Poland. Their rights and obligations are determined in the Constitution of Poland. The president heads the executive branch. In addition, the president has the right to dissolve parliament in certain cases, can veto legislation, represents Poland in the international arena, and is the commander-in-chief.
President of Poland
The Presidential Palace in Warsaw. It serves as the official seat of presidency.
The Belweder Palace, often known simply as 'Belvedere', is the traditional (now secondary) official residence of the president.
The office of the president at the Presidential Palace in Warsaw
