Economist who led the Galician National Democrats and died in a Soviet prison
Born in 1862 at Skole in eastern Galicia, he was an economist who became professor of law and rector of the University of Lwów. He joined the National Democrats in 1897, led the founding of the Galician National Democratic Party in 1904 and became its president in 1905. A deputy to the Austrian Imperial Council from 1902 to 1918, he led the Polish Circle, opposed Ukrainian national demands and socialist strikes, and was Austrian Minister for Railways in 1911. In 1918 he was foreign minister of the Regency Kingdom of Poland, and in independent Poland he chaired the Popular National Union's parliamentary club and sat in the Senate. Arrested by the Soviets in Lwów in September 1939 and sentenced to eight years for anti-Soviet activity, he died in prison in Kharkiv in 1941.
Also known as: Stanislaw Glabinski
Activities and affiliations
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1897–1939
Political and party leadership
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1902–1918
Austria state institutionsMain
Legislature and state representation -
1911
Government and administration
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1918
Government and administration
Career Timeline
- 1895.09.05Full professor, University of Lwów
- 1902–1918Deputy to the Austrian Imperial Council
- 1905.12President of the Galician National Democratic Party
- 1907.11.12–1911.01.09President of the Polish Circle in the Imperial Council
- 1908–1909Rector of the University of Lwów
- 1911Austrian Minister for Railways
- 1918Foreign minister of the Regency Kingdom of Poland
- 1928Senator; head of the Popular National Union's Senate club
- 1939.09.17Arrested by Soviet agents in Lwów
- 1941.06.14Sentenced to eight years for anti-Soviet activity; died in prison in Kharkiv in August