Birth Name: | Aleksander Józef Skrzyński |
Birth Date: | 19 March 1882[1] |
Birth Place: | Zagórzany, Gorlice County |
Death Date: | 25 September 1931 (aged 49) |
Death Place: | Łąkociny, Poland |
Party: | Stronnictwo Prawicy Narodowej |
Order: | 13th Prime Minister of Poland |
Term Start: | 20 November 1925 |
Term End: | 5 May 1926 |
President: | Stanisław Wojciechowski |
Predecessor: | Władysław Grabski |
Successor: | Wincenty Witos |
Order2: | Minister of Foreign Affairs |
Term Start2: | 27 July 1924 |
Term End2: | 5 May 1926 |
Primeminister2: | Władysław Grabski Himself |
Predecessor2: | Maurycy Zamoyski |
Successor2: | Kajetan Dzierżykraj-Morawski |
Term Start3: | 16 December 1922 |
Term End3: | 26 May 1923 |
Primeminister3: | Władysław Sikorski |
Predecessor3: | Gabriel Narutowicz |
Successor3: | Marian Seyda |
Aleksander Józef Skrzyński (pronounced as /pl/; 19 March 1882 – 25 September 1931) was a Polish politician, from Zagórzany, Gorlice, Galicia, who served as the 13th Prime Minister of Poland from 1925 to 1926.
He was the first Polish Ambassador to Romania (accredited in 1919), and played a significant part in the negotiations that led to the Polish–Romanian alliance. Later, he served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland for two terms, from 1922 to 1923, and from 1924 to 1926.
Shortly after leaving office of prime minister, he engaged in a duel with Stanisław Szeptycki, in which Skrzynski refused to fire. He was killed in a car accident at Łąkociny, Poland.[2]