Jan Stapiński

Austria state institutions Agrarianism and peasant parties Poland Poland 1867–1946 ○ Natural causes

Co-founder of the People's Party and president of the Polish People's Party from 1908 to 1913

Born into a peasant family in Jabłonica Polska, he studied law in Lwów. He co-founded the People's Party in 1895, became its secretary in 1901 and was president of the Polish People's Party from 1908 to 1913, editing Przyjaciel Ludu from 1902. He sat in the Austrian parliament in 1898–1900 and 1907–1918. At the 1913 split he led PSL-Left, and after independence he was a Sejm deputy. He backed the May Coup of 1926, sided with the Sanacja and retired from politics in 1934.

Also known as: Jan Stapinski

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